Eliz Bathory

Countess Elizabeth B\xe1thory (B\xe1thory Erzs\xe9bet in Hungarian, Alžbeta B\xe1toriov\xe1(-N\xe1dasdy) in Slovak, Elzbieta Batory in Polish, August 7(?), 1560 – August 21, 1614), was a Hungarian countess from the renowned B\xe1thory family. The family is famous for defending Hungary against the Ottoman Turks. She is known as the most infamous serial killer in Hungarian and Slovak history and is remembered as the "Blood Countess" and as "Bloody Lady of Cachtice", after the castle near Trenc\xedn, in Royal Hungary, present-day Slovakia, where she spent most of her life.

After her husband's death, she and four collaborators were accused of torturing and killing hundreds of girls and young women, with one witness saying over 600 victims.