Family

= ** The Bathory Family ** = Elizabeth Bathory was born to Baron George Bathory and Baroness Anna Bathory. The Bathory’s were a powerful Hungarian Protestant family; she was brought up to believe in her superiority. Her cousin Stephen became Prince of Transylvania in 1571 and was later elected King of Poland. Elizabeth ancestor Stephen Bathory had fought alongside Vlad Dracula in one of his many successful attempts to reclaim the Wallachian throne. Other members of the family were less respectable including Elizabeth’s brother Stephen who was a drunkard and lecher.