Báthory family

At first the powerful Báthory family kept him out of the politics.

The town belonged to the Báthory family, whose ancestral castle stood here.

Stephen belonged to the Ecsed branch of the Báthory family.

Jósika raised among the Transylvanian aristocrats, because his wife was related to the Báthory family.

The Báthory family was a powerful and influential Hungarian noble family from the 14th to 17th century.

After the Báthory family built a mansion in the town in 1592, the castle became deserted and today lies in ruins.

Some of the local noblemen, including a branch of the powerful Báthory family and many Székelys, remained Catholics.

Heraldique Europeenne: Transylvania, including the coats-of-arms of several members of the Báthory family.

Briccius Báthory (died 1322) was a Hungarian nobleman and the founder of the renowned Báthory family.

With its historic atmosphere, this city is known for its 15th- and 16th-century ecclesiastic and secular architectural heritage and for the Báthory family, former landowners.

The actual Báthory family began in the 13th century with Andrew of Rakoméz, surnamed the Bald, son of Nikolaus.

The Báthory family, which assumed power at the death of John II in 1571, ruled Transylvania as princes under the Ottomans (and briefly under Habsburg suzerainty) until 1602.

Because of the gradual disintegration of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary in the 16th century, the last voivodes of Transylvania, who came from the Báthory family, ceased to be high-ranking officials.

Despite the fruitful marriage, not even the murderous and militant Nádasdy family, could compete with cruelty and madness of the Báthory family, whose eccentricity had been increasing through decades of inter-marriage.

The Báthory family were as rich and illustrious as the Nádasdy family, though older and more influential, since they had several relatives who had the charge of Nádor (palatine) of Hungary.

He was a supporter of the Báthory family, as a result he was banished from Transylvania by the Diet of Gyulafehérvár (today: Alba Iulia, Romania) in January 1601.

In the 17th century Péter Réthey was a familiaris (a Hungarian type of vassalage) of the Báthory family, whose members were Kings of Poland and Princes of Transylvania at the time.

The army of Andrew Báthory numbered approximately 30,000 men, but in the course of the battle many defected and joined the army of Michael, including Székely Hungarians who despised the ruling Báthory family.

Since none of the Báthory family but Stephen Bocskay endorsed his decision; eventually, Sigismund Báthory appointed him to be the captain of Várad, and thus Stephen Bocskay wielded power over entire Partium.

She was buried in the church of Csejte, but due to the villagers' uproar over having "The Tigress of Csejte" buried in their cemetery, her body was moved to her birth home at Ecsed, where it is interred at the Báthory family crypt.