Elizabeth Báthory Killed 600 Young Maidens

  In 1573, Báthory was engaged to Count Ferenc Nádasdy, a member of the Nadasdy family. It was a political arrangement within the circles of the aristocracy. Nádasdy was the son of Baron Tamás Nádasdy de Nádasd et Fogarasföld and Orsolya Kanizsai. On 8 May 1575, Báthory and Nádasdy were married at the palace of Vranov nad Topľou (Varannó in Hungarian). The marriage resulted in combined land ownership in both Transylvania and the Kingdom of Hungary.