Elizabeth Báthory: Difference between revisions

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After her husband [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferenc_N%C3%A1dasdy Ferenc Nádasdy]'s death, she and four collaborators were accused of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture torturing] and killing hundreds of girls, with one witness attributing to them over 650 victims, though the number for which they were convicted was 80.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erzsebet_Bathory#cite_note-autogenerated1-0 [1]] Elizabeth herself was neither tried nor convicted. In 1610, she was imprisoned in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Csejte_Castle Csejte Castle], now in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovakia Slovakia] and known as Čachtice, where she remained bricked in a set of rooms until her death four years later.

Later writings[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed citation needed]''] about the case have led to legendary accounts of the Countess bathing in the blood of virgins[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed citation needed]''] to retain her youth and subsequently also to comparisons ~~with~~ [http://en.~~wikipedia~~.~~org~~/wiki/~~Vlad_III_the_Impaler~~ Vlad ~~III~~ the Impaler] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallachia Wallachia], on whom the fictional [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Dracula Count Dracula] is partly based, and to modern nicknames of ''the Blood Countess'' and ''Countess Dracula''.

Later writings[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed citation needed]''] about the case have led to legendary accounts of the Countess bathing in the blood of virgins[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed citation needed]''] to retain her youth and subsequently also to comparisons with [http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/Vlad_Tepes_the_Impaler Vlad Tepes the Impaler] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallachia Wallachia], on whom the fictional [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Dracula Count Dracula] is partly based, and to modern nicknames of ''the Blood Countess'' and ''Countess Dracula''.

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 After her husband [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferenc_N%C3%A1dasdy Ferenc Nádasdy]'s death, she and four collaborators were accused of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture torturing] and killing hundreds of girls, with one witness attributing to them over 650 victims, though the number for which they were convicted was 80.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_0-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erzsebet_Bathory#cite_note-autogenerated1-0 [1]]</sup> Elizabeth herself was neither tried nor convicted. In 1610, she was imprisoned in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Csejte_Castle Csejte Castle], now in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovakia Slovakia] and known as Čachtice, where she remained bricked in a set of rooms until her death four years later.
-Later writings<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed citation needed]'']</sup> about the case have led to legendary accounts of the Countess bathing in the blood of virgins<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed citation needed]'']</sup> to retain her youth and subsequently also to comparisons with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_III_the_Impaler Vlad III the Impaler] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallachia Wallachia], on whom the fictional [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Dracula Count Dracula] is partly based, and to modern nicknames of ''the Blood Countess'' and ''Countess Dracula''.
+Later writings<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed citation needed]'']</sup> about the case have led to legendary accounts of the Countess bathing in the blood of virgins<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed citation needed]'']</sup> to retain her youth and subsequently also to comparisons with [http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/Vlad_Tepes_the_Impaler Vlad Tepes the Impaler] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallachia Wallachia], on whom the fictional [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Dracula Count Dracula] is partly based, and to modern nicknames of ''the Blood Countess'' and ''Countess Dracula''.
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