Báthory family

The Báthory were a high noble family in Hungary, which had anywhere in the country fiefs and castles. They made a king of Poland, various voivode of Transylvania, a Palatine of Hungary, bishops and royal judges. They were the 16th and 17th century in a long-lasting power struggle with the House of Habsburg to Hungary, Transylvania and Poland also once involved, which was once the political, fought times by military means and in which the house Báthory ultimately defeated. In the context of these disputes and the arrest and setting of Elizabeth Báthory should have been made ​​to the later legends entwined as the " Blood Countess ".

Family Tree

Early Báthory

Briccius Báthory, son of Andreas von Rakomáz from the house Guthkeled, progenitor of the Báthory

The Stanislofi

As the descendants of Stephen (1477-1534), voivode of Transylvania, as the branch of the Báthory designated by Somlyó, they understood from his generation among the Stanislofi in the narrower sense the younger Stanislofi, the descendants of the younger brothers of Stephen's father, John and Stephan. Their branches were the only of the Báthory, the " extinct " were not in the sense of patrilineage 1802.

The Báthory of Somlyó

From the third generation of the Báthory of Ecsed

Coat of arms

The root of the coat of arms Báthory de Somlyó et Ecsed shows in red the three forward-facing silver cross peaks. Designated on the helmet with red and silver covers as a sign of the flight. Later reported the cross- peaks (sometimes interpreted as a wolf or dragon's teeth ) also backwards. The wing on the helmet was then also shown black and doubled the helmet number on two identical faces. As a sign holder, a green dragon.

Coat of Arms of the " Blood Countess ": white dragon's teeth on a red background