Elisabeth Bathory lived at the beginning of the 17th century and was the sister of the king of Poland. Her name is now
famous but still it is often hard to find her because of the variations in spelling. The truth is that Elisabeth could be
also written as Elizabeth, Erzsebet, Erzsébet or Elzbieta. Her last name could also be either of the following variants,
depending on who is using it: Bathory, Báthory, Bathori, Báthori, Batori, Bátori, Batory. Each of these names refers
to the same blood-thirsty woman who drained the blood of her innocent victims at her castle in Csejta.
Upon the discovery of her crimes, George Thurzo captured her and put her on trial. Because of her nobility, she was
got away with a life sentence but her assistants were burned alive. Mind you, it was not her assistants who bathed
regularly in the blood of innocent youth but the Elisabeth Bathory herself.
In any case, Elisabeth's story became well-known and she is today a common theme for movie scripts and novels. And
she is always remembered as a beautiful, if utterly evil, lady: so in the end, bathing in blood did preserve her
beauty for eternity.
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