She has been labelled by Guinness World Records as the most prolific female murderer. However, this number comes from the claim by a serving girl named Susannah that Jakab Szilv. The book was never revealed, and Szilv. She was imprisoned in December 1. Csetje Castle, Upper Hungary (now in Slovakia), and held in solitary confinement in a room whose windows were walled up where she remained imprisoned until her death five years later.
The stories of her serial murders and brutality are verified by the testimony of more than 3. Her story quickly became part of national folklore, and her infamy persists to this day. Her father was George B. Through her mother, Elizabeth was the niece of the Hungarian noble Stephen B. As a young woman she learned Latin, German and Greek. As Elizabeth's social standing was higher than that of her husband, she refused to change her last name, remaining a B. The couple married when she was 1.
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Varann. Approximately 4,5. That role usually included responsibility for the Hungarian and Slovakpeople, even providing medical care. She was an educated woman who could read and write in four languages. Her other known children include Orsolya (Orsika) N. Ferenc II N. All of Elizabeth's children were cared for by governesses, as Elizabeth had been.
Although the exact nature of the illness which led to his death is unknown, it seems to have started in 1. From that time, he never fully recovered, and in 1.
Before dying, Ferenc N. Finally, in 1. 61. King Matthias II assigned Gy. The trial records include the testimony of the four defendants, as well as thirteen witnesses. Priests, noblemen and commoners were questioned. Witnesses included the castellan and other personnel of S. Later, she is said to have begun to kill daughters of the lesser gentry, who were sent to her gynaeceum by their parents to learn courtly etiquette.
Abductions were said to have occurred as well. Others reported having seen traces of torture on dead bodies, some of which were buried in graveyards, and others in unmarked locations.
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However, two witnesses (court officials Benedek Dese. In addition to the defendants, several people were named for supplying Elizabeth B. However, she was arrested and detained prior to the discovery or presentation of the victims.
It seems most likely that the whole idea of Thurz. A trial and execution would have caused a public scandal and disgraced a noble and influential family (which at the time ruled Transylvania), and Elizabeth's considerable property would have been seized by the crown. It was decided that Matthias would not have to repay his large debt to Elizabeth. All but one of the Countess's servants testified against her. During the trial, Szentes and Ficko reported 3. She remained there for four years, until her death. On the evening of 2.
August 1. 61. 4, B. The theory is consistent with Hungarian history at that time, which included religious and political conflict, especially relating to the wars with the Ottoman Empire, the spread of Protestantism and the extension of Habsburg power over Hungary. The physical evidence collected by the investigators, including numerous bodies and dead and dying girls found when the castle was entered by Thurz. The most common motif of these works was that of the countess bathing in her victims' blood to retain beauty or youth. This legend appeared in print for the first time in 1.
Jesuit scholar L. They included no references to blood baths. Sadistic pleasure is considered a far more plausible motive for Elizabeth B. Some versions of the story were told with the purpose of denouncing female vanity, while other versions aimed to entertain or thrill their audience. Ancestry. Euphemia Jakcs of Kusaly.
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