Location of the Castle of Csejte, where Elizabeth Báthory was imprisoned and where many of the tortures and killings allegedly took place.

Elizabeth Báthory (1560–1614), Hungarian countess and alleged serial killer.

One of the few surviving portraits of Elizabeth Báthory.

The Castle of Csejte, where Báthory was imprisoned for her crimes.

Artistic representation of the trial of Elizabeth Báthory and her servants.

Elizabeth Báthory, a Hungarian noblewoman from the powerful House of Báthory, is notorious for her alleged crimes as a serial killer. Between 1590 and 1610, she and her four accomplices were accused of torturing and killing hundreds of girls and women. The victims were predominantly from the lower classes, and the crimes were purportedly committed in her estates across the Kingdom of Hungary. Báthory's trial resulted in the execution of her servants, while she herself was imprisoned in the Castle of Csejte where she eventually died in 1614.

Kingdom of Hungary

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Elizabeth Báthory