Infamous Lady: The True Story of Countess Erzsébet Báthory (40 page)

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KNOWN STAFF OF COUNTESS BÁTHORY

 

Benedikt Desëo Court Master

Gergely Páztorny Sárvár Judge

Janós Ficzkó Personal attendant, Csejthe

Ilona Jó Nagy Nursemaid, Sárvár; personal attendant, Csejthe

Dorottya Szentes Personal attendant, Csejthe

Katalin Beneczky Personal attendant, Csejthe

Anna Darvolia Personal attendant, Sárvár/Csejthe

Ilona Zalay Lady in Waiting

Jacob Szilvassy Administrator, Leka and Keresztúr

István Martonfalvy Castellan, Leka

Janós Desëo Castellan, Keresztúr

Janós Zamabory Provost and paymaster, Keresztúr

Lady Barbara Bixi Attendant to the Lady

Ferenc Symanoffy Castellan, Beckó

Michael Herwoyth Provisor, Csejthe

Mátyás Sakathyartho Cellar Master, Csejthe

Michael Horwath Castellan, Csejthe

Janós Andachy Castellan, Csejthe

Martinus Gablyowych Staff

Dániel Vas Stablemaster, Csejthe

Benedict Bicserdy Castellan, Sárvár

Imre Megyeri Tutor and guardian, Sárvár

Gregor Paisjártó Vice Castellan, Sárvár

Benedikt Zalay Paymaster, Sárvár

Ferenc Török Squire, Sárvár

Baltasar Poby Castellan, Sárvár

György Tarnoczky Judge in Beckó

István Vagy Administrator, Csejthe

Pál Beöd Vice Castellan, Sárvár

Bulia, Barbera, Käte Servants, Csejthe

Susanna Servant, Sárvár and Csejthe

Sara Baranyai Staff

Helena Kotsis Staff

Anna Geonczy Staff

(István ?) Kozma Staff

 

KNOWN CONTRACTORS

 

Dr. Martinus Pharmacist

Nicolaus Krestyan Carpenter

Adam Pollio Craftsman

Ambrosius Borbély Plaster/paving

Erzsébet Miava (Majorova) Occultist

 

KNOWN VICTIMS

 

Kata Berényi

Kata Fekete

Lady Zsuzska Zelesthey

Lady Anna Ztubyczay

Susanna Tukynzky

Anna Barbel

Elizabeth Jezernyczky

Lady Zichy

Szabattkay girl

Draskóczy girl

Lady Sittkey

Ms. Modli

Lady Nagyvathy

Lady Belanczky

Jánosi girl

Szabo girl

Szoltay girl

    

 

KNOWN CLERGY

 

Rev. Michael Fabri Pastor, Kosztolány

Rev. Nicolaus Barosius Pastor, Verbo

Rev. Janós Ponikenusz Pastor, Csejthe

Rev. Michael Zvonaric Pastor, Sárvár

Rev. István Magyari Pastor, Sárvár

Very Rev. Élias Lányi Superintendant

Rev. Phythiaräus Pastor, Keresztúr

Rev. Andreas Barosius Pastor, Csejthe

Rev. Zacharias Pastor, Leszetice

 

SOME OF THOSE PRESENT ON THE NIGHT OF THE ARREST (along with Thurzó, Megyeri, Zrínyi, and Drugeth de Homonnay)

 

Rev. Nicolaus Barosius

Martinus Waychko

Rev. Janós Ponikenusz

Rev. Zacharias

Janós Krappmann (church servant)

Andreas Butora

Andreas Pryderowyth

Stephanus Bobochay

Michael Horwath (Csejthe Castellan)

György Kubanovich

Martin Jankovich

Martin Krsskó

Janós Valkó

Andreas Ukrovich

Ladislas Centalovich

Tamás Zima

   

NAMES: HUNGARIAN TO ENGLISH

 

Erzsébet : Elizabeth

Ferenc : Francis

György : George

Ilona : Helena

Janós : John

Dorottya : Dorothy

Katalin/Kata : Catherine

Miklós : Nicolas

Mihály : Michael

Mátyás : Matthew

Pál : Paul

András/Andreas : Andrew

Orsolya/Orsika : Ursula

Tamás : Thomas

István : Stephen

Benedek : Benedict

Imre/Emory : Emmerich

Márton : Martin

László/Ladislas : Laslo

Gergely : Gregory

Gábor : Gabriel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOURCES OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS; ARCHIVES; AND CHRONOLOGICAL AND GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES:

    

Reviczky, Bertalan v.,
Elisabeth Báthory
, Piestány (1903), pp. 18-19.

*
Thurzó Letter to his Wife, December 30, 1610

 

Károlyi, Á., and Szalay, J.,
Nádasdy Tamás nádor családi levelezése
, Budapest (1882), pp. 242-45.

* Two Letters of Erzsébet Báthory to Ferenc Nadasdy, 1596

* Letter of Orsolya Nádasdy to E. Báthory, 1604

 

Statny oblastny archiv Presov
, Packet Drugeth Humenné, inv. C. 718.

*
Chronicle of Castle Csejthe

 

Magyar Országos Levéltár (MOL)
, Budapest, Packet E 142. Act. publ. fasc. 28. No. 18.

*
Letter of Mátyás II to Thurzó, Jan. 24, 1613, and Thurzo’s reply from Feb. 5, 1613

* Letter of Thurzó to András of Keresztúr, March 5, 1610

* Report of András of Keresztúr, September 19, 1610

* Letter of Thurzó to Mózes Cziráky, March 5, 1610

* Report of Mózes Cziráky, October 27, 1610

* Letter of Mátyás II to András of Keresztúr, Jan. 14, 1611

* Report of András of Keresztúr to Mátyás II, July 28, 1611

* Report of Mózes Cziráky, December 14, 1611

* Report of the Court at Újhely, Jan. 9, 1612

* Last Will and Testament of Erzsébet Báthory, Sept. 3, 1610,
Id.,
at Act. publ. facs. 44 no. 25.

* Letter of Ponikenusz to Lányi, January 1, 1611,
Id
., Packet E 196. Rksz. 3. Fasc. 7. no. 69.

* Mátyás’s Letter to Thurzó, January 14, 1611, ,
Id
., Packet E 196. Act. publ. fasc. 8. no. 7.

* Letter of Mátyás II to Thurzó, Feb. 26, 1611,
Id
., at publ. fasc. 8. no. 40.

* Letter of Mátyás II to Thurzó, March 18, 1611,
Id
., at publ. fasc. 18. no. 9.

* Letter of Mátyás II to Thurzó, April 17, 1611,
Id.,
at publ. fasc. 23. no. 22.

 

Statny oblastny archiv Bytca (SOBA), Faszikel OK-Thurzovska korespondenicia
, sign. II-Z/24.

* Zrínyi Letter to Thurzó, December 12, 1610

* Thurzó Letter to His Wife, December 30, 1610,
Id
., at sign. III-T/12

* Zrínyi Letter to Thurzó, February 12, 1611,
Id
., at sign. II-Z/24

* Nádasdy Letter to Thurzó, Feb. 23, 1611,
Id
., at sign. II- N/2

* Letter of Stanislas Thurzó to György Thurzó, Aug. 25, 1614,
Id
., at sign. II-T/22

 

R.A. v. Elsberg, Elisabeth Báthory, Breslau (1904), pp. 262-69.

* Letter of Thurzó to Mátyás II, March 30, 1611

* Letter of Hungarian High Chamber to Mátyás II, March 31, 1611

* Letter of Mátyás II to Thurzó, April 17, 1611

* Second Testament of Erzsébet Báthory, August 3, 1614

 

Hesperus
, Prague (1817), vol. 1, No. 31, pp. 241-48 and July 1817, vol. 2, no. 34, pp. 270-73.

* Trial transcripts of January 2
nd
and 7
th
, 1611.

 

Tóth, István György,
Literacy and Written Culture in Early Modern Central Europe
, Central European University Press (2001).

* Letters of Tamás and Orsolya Nádasdy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARCHIVES

 

Országos Széchényi Könyvtár, Budapest

Magyar Orsazágos Levéltár, Budapest

Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum, Budapest

Státni Knihovna Ceske Socialisticke Republiky, Prague

Státny Oblastny Archiv, Bytca

Státny Oblastny Archiv, Presov

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna

Österreichisches Staatsarchiv, Vienna

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

1575

 

Franciscus Hipolytus Hildensheim,
Euchai gamikai Apollinis et Musarum. Ad spectabilem et magnificum dominum, D. Franciscum de Nádasd, sponsum: Et generosam ac magnificam virgiem Elisabetham de Báthor, sponsam
. Viennae Austriae ex officina Stephani Creuzeri, Anno MDLXXV.

 

1609

 

Protestaria Elisabetha Bathory,
fol. 210 liber II
,
Archives of the Cathedral Chapter of Graner (1609)

Civitate libera regia Tyrnavense feria II, proxima ante festum S. Martini episcope et confessoris 1609.
Archives of the Cathedral Chapter of Graner (1609).

 

1729

 

László Turóczi:
Ungaria suis cum Regibus compendio data
, Dum Illustrissimus, Rev. ac Doctissimus Comes Franciscus Barkoczi De Szala, Tyrnaviae, Typis Academicis Soc. Jesu per Fridericum Gall. Anno MDCCXXIX. Mense Septembri, 8., 245, pp. 188-193.

 

1735

 

Mátyás Bel,
Apparatus ad Historiam Hungariae
, sive collectio miscella, Monumentorum ineditorum partim; partim editorum, sed fugientium, Posonii, Typis Joannis Paulli Royer, A. MDCCXXXV, pp. 353-80, pp. 366-67, and p. 370.

1817

 

Abschrift des Zeugen-Verhörs in Betreff der grausamen That, welcher Elisabeth v. Báthory, Gemahlinn des Grafen Franz Nádasdy beschuldiget wird. 1611
.
Hesperus
, Prague, vol. 1, No. 31, pp. 241-48 and July 1817, vol. 2, no. 34, pp. 270-73.

 

1876

 

Zichy, Edmund,
Bethlenfalvi gróf Thurzó György Levelei
, Budapest (1876).

 

1894

 

Ferdinand Strobl von Ravelsberg (R.A. v. Elsberg),
Die Blutgräfin. (Elisabeth Báthory) Ein Sitten- und Characterbild. Mit Illustrationen.
Breslau: Schlesische Buchdruckerei, Kunst- und Verlags-Anstalt v. S. Schottlaender 1894, rev. ed. 1904.

 

1899

 

Chronik der Burg Csejte
.
Történelmi tár
(1899), p. 722f.

 

1908

 

Dezsö, Rexa,
Báthory Erzsébet Nádasdy Ferencné (1560-1614
), Benkö Gyula Udvari Könyvkereskedése, Budapest (1908).

 

1912

 

Sándor, Payr,
Magyari István és Báthory Erzsébet
, Protestáns Szemle, Budapest (1912), pp. 185-203.

 

1924

 

History of the Transdanubian Evangelical Church, Vol. 1, Székely & Társa Könyvnyomdájában, Sopron (1924).

 

1932

 

Níznánszy, Jozó,
Cachtická pani
. Prague (1932). Four Parts.

 

1965

 

Penrose, Valaentine,
Die blutige Gräfin. Erzsébet Báthory
. Verlag der Europäischen Bücherei H.M. Hieronimi, Bonn (1965) (English version, 1969).

 

1975

 

Périsset, Maurice,
La comtesse de sang. Erzsébet Báthory
. Editions Pygmalion, Paris (1975).

 

1976

 

Keller, Paul Anton,
Burg Lockenhaus: Landschaft und Geschichte
. Lockenhaus im Burgenland (1976).

 

1984

 

McNally, Raymond T
., Dracula was a Woman: In Search of the Blood Countess of Transylvania
, Robert Hale, London (1984).

 

1985

 

Katalin, Péter,
A Csejtei Várúrnö: Báthory Erzsébet
, Helikon Kiadó, Budapest (1985).

 

1989

 

Farin, Michael,
Heroine des Grauens: Elisabeth Báthory
, P. Kirchheim Verlag München (1989).

 

1997

 

Ammer, Vladímir. Cachtice. Bratislava: Alfa-Press (1997).

 

2001

 

Katalin, Péter,
Beloved Children: History of Aristocratic Childhood in Hungary in the Early Modern Age
, Central European University Press (2001).

 

Tóth, István György,
Literacy and Written Culture in Early Modern Central Europe
, Central European University Press (2001).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

Baring-Gould, Sabine. The Book of Werewolves. Orig. London: Smith Elder, 1865. repr. New York: Causeway Books, 1973.

 

Bathory Al Babel, Gia. The Trouble with the Pears (fiction) Bloomington, Ind.: Authorhouse, 2006.

 

Bloodcult, The: The Magazine for Dark Souls and Vampire Lovers. Crete: The Nocturnal Summoning V.S., 2001

 

Burtinshaw, Julie: Romantic Ghost Stories. Edmonton, Alberta: Ghost House Books, 2003. Contains "Love Gone Astray: Castle Csejthe, Hungary."

 

Cachtice 1248-1998. Multimediálne CD o obci Cachtice. Nové Mesto: Visgra s.r.o., 1998.

 

Canale, Ray. Nightfall: The Blood Countess. (fiction) Paperback Audio, 1990 (text) 1998 (recording).

 

Carillo, Carlos. Para Tenerlos Bajo Llave. (fiction). 1994. (Contains Legado de los Carpatos).

 

Codrescu, Andrei. The Blood Countess. (fiction) (manuscript); publ. New York: Dell, 1996.

 

Elsberg, R. von. Elizabeth Bathory (Die Blutgräfin). Breslau, 1894; 1904.

 

Glut, Donald F. True Vampires of History. New York: HC Publishers, 1971.

 

Farin, M. Heroine des Grauens. Wirken und Leben der Elizabeth Báthory. Munich, 1989.

Farkas, I. Cséthe vár véres asszonya (Báthory Erzsébet töténete). Budapest, 1936.

 

Glut, Donald F. The Dracula Book. The Scarecrow Press, Inc., Metuchen, N.J.: 1975 Republished as The Truth About Dracula, New York: Stein and Day.

 

Kocis, Jozef. Alzbeta Báthoryová a palatín Thurzo: Pravdo a cachtickej panej. Vydavatel'sto Blaha, 1996.

 

McNally, Raymond T. Dracula Was a Woman. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983.

 

Manguel, Alberto, ed. Other Fires. (fiction) New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1986. (Contains The Bloody Countess by Alejandra Pizarnik)

 

Melton, J. Gordon. The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead. Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 1994.

 

Newton, Michael. Bad Girls Do It! Port Townsend, Washington: Loompanics Unlimited, 1993.

 

Niznánsky, Jozo: Cachtická Pani. Bratislava: L Mazac Praba, 1932

 

Penrose, Valentine. Erzsébet Báthory, La Comtesse Sanglante. Paris, 1962. Eng. trans. The Bloody Countess. London, 1970. New edition: Creation Books, 2000.

 

Pérez, Carlos D.: Siete Lunas de Sangre (fiction). Buenos Aires: Topía Editorial, 1999.

 

Perisset, Maurice. La Comtesse de Sang: Erzsebeth Bathory. Paris: Pygmalion, 1975.

Peters, Robert. The Blood Countess. Cherry Valley, N.Y.: Cherry Valley Editions, 1987.

 

Pirrotta, Luciano: Erzsébet Báthory: Una Visione - Incubo Rosso (play). [no city], Italy, Sallustiana, 2003.

 

Requiem: Archives du vampirisme Montpellier: Cercle d'Études Vampiriques, 1998.

 

Rexa, Dezso. Báthory Erzsébet Nadasdy Ferencne. Budapest, 1908.

 

Ronay, Gabriel. The Truth About Dracula. London: Gallancz, 1972. Repr. New York: Stein and Day, 1972.

 

Seabrook, William. Witchcraft. New York: Harcourt, 1940. Repr. New York: Lancer Books, 1968.

 

Szádeczky-Kardos, I. Báthory Erzsébet igazsá 1983.

 

Thorne, Tony: Children of the Night: of Vampires and Vampirism. London: Indigo, 2000.

 

Thorne, Tony: Countess Dracula. The life and times of the Blood Countess, Elisabeth Bathory. London: Bloomsbury, 1997.

 

Turoczi, Lászlo. Báthory Erzsébet. Budapest, 1744.

 

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Twiss, Miranda: The Most Evil Men and Women is History. London: Michael O'Mara Books, 2002.

 

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