Elizabeth Báthory

Hungarian countess and suspected serial killer (1560–1614)

Countess Elizabeth Báthory of Ecsed (Hungarian: Báthory Erzsébet, pronounced [ˈbaːtori ˈɛrʒeːbɛt]; Slovak: Alžbeta Bátoriová; 7 August 1560 – 21 August 1614) was a Hungarian noblewoman, aristocrat, and alleged serial killer from the powerful House of Báthory, who owned land in the Kingdom of Hungary. She was the wife of Hungarian nobleman and influential politician Ferenc Nádasdy of the House of Nádasdy. Báthory and four of her servants were accused of torturing and killing hundreds of girls and women from 1590 to 1610.

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