Elizabeth Bathory(Báthory Erzsébet in Hungarian, 07 August 1560 – 21 August 1614) born in 1560 into one of the oldest and wealthiest families in Hungary.

As a young woman she learned Latin, German and Greek. She was also interested in science and astronomy. She was married to Count Ferencz Nasdasdy when she was 15.

In 1600 Ferencz died and Elizabeth's period of real atrocities began.Over the next 10 years Elizabeth's evil henchmen provided her with new girls for the blood-draining ritual and her blood baths. She is remembered as the "Blood Countess" and as the "Bloody Lady of Čachtice"

But one of her intended victims escaped and told the authorities about what was happening at Castle Csejthe. King Mathias of Hungary ordered Elizabeth's own cousin, Count Cuyorgy Thurzo, governor of the province to raid the castle. On December 30, 1610 they raided Castle Csejthe. They were horrified by the terrible sights in the castle - one dead girl in the main room, drained of blood and another alive whose body had been pierced with holes; in the dungeon they discoverd several living girls, some of whose bodies had been pierced. Below the castle, they exhumed the bodies of some 50 girls.

All the people involved in the killings, except the Countess Bathory and the two witches were beheaded and cremated. The court never convicted Countess Elizabeth of any crime. Stonemasons were brought to Castle Csejthe to wall up the windows and doors of the bedchamber with the Countess inside. They left a small hole through which food could be passed. King Mathias II demanded the death penalty for Elizabeth but because of her cousin, the prime minister, he agreed to an indefinitely delayed sentence, which really meant solitary confinement for life.

In 1614, four years after she was walled in, one of the guards wanted a look at this famous beauty. He saw her lying face down on the floor. Elizabeth Bathory, the Blood Countess, was dead.