Bathory was a hungarian countess accused of the torture and murder of as many as 650 maids during the first decade of the 17th century. The descendant of elizabeth bathory is abducted by a cult of selfproclaimed supermen who achieve this state of superiority by drinking from the blood cows read. Scarred as a psychotic bloody serial killer and countess dracula instead of the richest most powerful woman in a history ruled by men the lies about. The countess of the blood, elizabeth bathory and draculas. Countess dracula 1971 fictionalization hammer countess. She was raised as magyar royalty and surprisingly had an active childhood. She is reputed to have tortured and murdered young women in her charge during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Hungarian countesses torturous escapades are exposed. Her first step was to try to counter the charges thurzo was forging against her. Pinned in oddities because few people bathe in blood every night. The main source i used for research was tony thornes biography countess dracula. In 1421, regal countess elizabeth bartley was tried as a vampire and found guilty after. However, her name is still roaming despite all these years gone by.
The hypothetical link between count dracula and countess elizabeth bathory 15601614 can be. The life and times of elisabeth bathory, the blood countess kindle edition by thorne, tony. This was countess elizabeth bathory, a noblewoman who used the blood of virgins to ensure her eternal life and beauty. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Bathory, elizabeth article about bathory, elizabeth by. It is widely believed that bram stoker was inspired by elizabeth bathory as well as vlad the impaler when he wrote dracula in 1897. Her parents george and anna were part of the hungarian nobility and her uncle stephen was king of poland and prince of transylvania. Countess elizabeth bathory what a scary lady, thought to have murdered over 600 young girls i adore the countess.
According to the guinness book of records, hungarian countess elizabeth bathory was the most murderous woman in history. Elizabeth bathory, also known as the blood countess is a 16th century hungarian aristocrat ranked in none other than the guinness book of records as the most murderous murderess of all time. Hungarian countesses torturous escapades are exposed history. However, some believe the acts attributed to her were politically motivated slander that allowed relatives to appropriate her lands. I think shes my most beloved historical figure with vlad iii, prince of wallachia running a close second. In the last scene, the peasants curse her as devil woman and countess dracula. Her family had many powerful relatives a cardinal, princes, and a cousin who was prime minister of hungary are among these relatives. Bathory is considered as one of the iconic figures in many vampire media and is considered as one of the most evil women in history. Elizabeth bathory lady dracula or the blood countess. Bathory, elizabeth 15601614 pop culture elizabeth bathory, a slovakian countess who was said to have tortured and murdered numerous young women, became known as one of the true vampires in history. The most famous relative was istvan ishtvahn bathory 153386.
Scarred as a psychotic bloody serial killer and countess dracula instead of the richest most powerful woman in a history ruled by men the lies. Some say that countess elizabeth bathory, considered by many to be the. The life and times of elisabeth bathory, the blood countess, which i absolutely recommend to really dig into all of the secondary people involved here, and how the sociocultural context of hungary at this time set the stage for all of what happened. She was known as the blood countess, and sometimes the countess of the blood. The gruesome tale of elizabeth bathory has become part of national folklore and the subject of numerous plays, books, and movies. Countess elizabeth bathory, simply known as elizabeth bathory, is the main antagonist of the 2009 novel dracula the undead, written by dacre stoker bram stokers greatgrandson and ian holt and the first official sequel to bram stokers classic dracula. Elizabeth bathory was a countess and a serial killer from the bathory noble family in hungary and is renown for killing hundreds of women by torture, particularly peasant girls. In 1983, mcnally additionally suggested that stoker was influenced by the history of hungarian countess elizabeth bathory, who allegedly tortured and killed between 36 and 700 young women. She was accused of torturing her victims, eating them, and bathing in their blood. Elizabeth bathory is born into one of the oldest and wealthiest families in transylvania.
Elizabeth bathory was a very vain woman during her time. Nicknames and literary epithets attributed to her include the blood countess and countess dracula. Elizabeth erzsebet bathory has often been described as countess dracula. Elizabeth bathory, hungarian countess who purportedly tortured and murdered hundreds of young women in the 16th and 17th centuries. Here the character has been renamed the countess nadasdy and is. Elizabeth bathory dracula the undead villains wiki fandom.
This hammer horror made during the companys swansong years is based on the real life tale of the hungarian countess bathory who bathed in the blood of young virgins in order to preserve her youth. Her mother was anna bathory, daughter of stephen bathory the one that aided vlad in. She is the vampiress niece of count dracula and one of the main antagonists in the game. Her family ruled transylvania as an independent region within the hungarian kingdom. Many of the elements of her life and crimes have no doubt been exaggerated and warped over time to make her out to be some kind of.
Where fact ends and fiction begins in her horrible story is now impossible to determine, but in her fame as a legendary vampire she is outrivalled only by count dracula. Fright night 2 20 com jaime murray interpretando elisabeth bathory. Elizabeth bathory wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Let me tell you the chilling story of countess elizabeth bathory, a woman who some say was the original inspiration for bram stokers dracula i first came across her story when a reader named lou left a comment on the post about bloody mary, basically saying that if i thought bloody mary was scary then i should check out the true story of elizabeth bathory. The family traced its descendency from vid bathory, a legendary and mighty warrior who had allegedly slain a dragon with a mace in what is now eastern romania. The countess prepared for her fall elizabeth bathory knew she was in trouble in the latter half of 1610 when she heard of the investigations into her affairs. The countess filem drama drama tahun 2009 yang ditulis dan diarahkan oleh julie delpy. Elizabeth bathory, anonymous portrait, 17th century. Legend has it she was beating a servant girl for some minor infraction when the. Elizabeth bartley erizabeto batori, erzsebet bathory is a character and boss in castlevania. Like countess elizabeth bathory, dracula is an aristocrat who disdains the common folk around him, the way countess elizabeth bathory looked down upon her peasants. Elizabeth bathory 16th century deranged serial killer or.
She was from a very important family that included kings, cardinals, knights, and judges. He is the ultimate authority figure in his world, much in the way that elizabeth was a commanding figure in hers. There is no direct connection made to hammers dracula series, aside from the title and some vague whispers of countess dracula on the soundtrack during the films closing shot. Elizabeth bathory by edward eaton, the blood countess by andrei codrescu, the progeny by tosca lee, in search of drac. Ingrid pitt gets her vamp on as the quite literally bloody countess elizabeth bathory, wholl stop at nothing to regain and retain her youth.
It is one of the many literary versions inspired by the equally famous historical character sadly famous for its serial killer and torturer. Possibly the most prolific female serial killer in history, a primary inspiration for dracula, one of the most reviled women in history, and, i argue, innocent. Born in 1560, she was endowed with looks, wealth, an excellent education and a stellar social position as one of the bathory family, who ruled transylvania as a virtually independent principality within the kingdom of hungary. The bathory family was an old and illustrious oneone of the oldest in transylvania in fact. Countess dracula was based on hungarian countess erzsebet bathory 15601614, who was accused of murdering young girls, although this was not proved by the testimonies and false evidence. Countess elizabeth bathory, simply known as elizabeth bathory, is the main antagonist of the 2009 novel dracula the undead, written by dacre stoker bram.
Ingrid pitt played elizabeth bathory in the film countess dracula. Elizabeth bathory dracula the undead villains wiki. The album itself incorporates narrative bits from the 1971 film countess dracula, a british horror film that explored bathorys wrongdoings. She was also virtually untouchable as a member of the bathory family. Her father was baron george vi bathory of the ecsed branch of the family, brother of andrew bonaventura bathory, who had been voivode of transylvania, while her mother was baroness anna bathory 15391570, daughter of stephen bathory of somlyo. Elizabeth bathory was born on a family estate in nyirbator, kingdom of hungary, in 1560 or 1561, and spent her childhood at ecsed castle.
Elizabeth was born in nyirbator, hungary in august 1560. She is often compared with vlad iii the impaler of wallachia, on whom the fictional count dracula is partly based, and. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading countess dracula. The life and times of elisabeth bathory, the blood countess. Elizabeth bathory 15601614 was a countess who lived in transylvania, then a part of the kingdom of hungary. It was later a commonly believed rumor that she committed these crimes to bathe in their blood, believing that this preserved her youth. Elizabeth bathory urban legends villains wiki fandom.
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