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Article: Báthory
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Báthory , Pol.
Batory,
Hungarian noble family.
Stephen Báthory,
1477-1534, a loyal adherent of
John I
of Hungary (John Zápolya), was made (1529) voivode [governor] of
Transylvania
. His youngest son became (1575) king of Poland (see
Stephen Báthory
, king of Poland) and was succeeded as prince of Transylvania by his brother,
Christopher Báthory,
1530-81. Christopher married Elizabeth, sister of Stephen
Bocskay
.
His son and successor,
Sigismund Báthory,
1572-1613, was mentally unbalanced. At first a loyal vassal of the Hapsburg king of Hungary (Holy Roman Emperor
Rudolf II
), he crushed (1594) the pro-Turkish faction of nobles and ...
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