ILLUSTRATES Edward Belgian
1) elizabeth was the daughter of nobility, born in a influential family of 16th century Hungary. As a child, he suffered from seizures, followed by mood swings and fits of rage. At the age of 15, she had an arranged marriage with Count Ferenc Nádasdy and went to live in the castle of Cachtice.
two) Although she was very well-mannered (speaks Hungarian, Latin and Greek), the countess was not polite to the servants. While her husband was away from home on military missions, she tortured the servants. When she became a widow, in 1604, her sadistic behavior worsened.
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3) Tired of mistreating and injuring employees, the Countess began to kidnap people in villages close to the castle. According to the testimonies of witnesses, it is estimated that the bloodthirsty has killed more than 600 people.
4) The main victims of the countess Bathory they were virgin teen girls, from families who provided services to her. It is speculated that her predilection for girls has roots in her own adolescence – a time when she lived with a bisexual aunt.
5) In the most famous legend, the countess would have beaten a servant and «discovered» that spilled blood reduced the signs of skin aging. Hence the habit of bathe in blood of the teenagers – a story never confirmed by witnesses.
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6) In addition to the “beauty treatment”, elizabeth kept girls chained up to be tortured with clubs and barbed whips. Finally, she would drag the naked teenagers through the snow and pour water over them until they froze to death.
7) Servants who escaped torture fell into the clutches of the law. Between the accomplices Tried with the Countess were her children’s nanny, the crippled servant Ficzko, another servant named Dorka, and a peasant woman believed by many to be a witch.
What end did it take?
In order not to tarnish the family name, the “Blood Countess” escaped the death penalty and was under house arrest between 1610 and 1614, when she was found dead in her castle.