See also:

• SIGISMUND (1368-1437)

SIGISMUND See also:

• SIGISMUND BATHORY (ZSIGMOND), (1572-1613)

BATHORY (ZSIGMOND), (1572-1613)  , See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of Transylvania, was the son of See also:

• CHRISTOPHER, SAINT (Christophorus, Christoferus)

Christopher, prince of Transylvania, and See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth See also:

• BOCSKAY, STEPHEN [ISTVAN] (1557–1606)

Bocskay, and See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew of the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen See also:

• BATHORY, SIGISMUND (ZSIGMOND), (1572-1613)

Bathory . He was elected prince in his See also:

• FATHER

father's lifetime, but being quite See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young at his father's See also:

• DEATH

death (1580, the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government was entrusted to a regency . In 1588 he attained his See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority, and, II following the See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice of his favourite councillor Alfonso Carillo, departed from the traditional policy of Transylvania in its best days (when friendly relations With the See also:

• PORTE, THE SUBLIME (Arab. babi-'ali, the high gate, through the French translation la sublime porte)

Porte were maintained as a See also:

• MATTER

matter of course, in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to counterpoise the ever hostile See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of See also:

• HABSBURG, or HAPSBURG

Habsburg), and joined the See also:

• LEAGUE

league of See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian princes against the Turk . The obvious danger of such a, course caused no small anxiety in the principality, and the See also:

• DIET

diet of Torda even went so far as to demand a fresh See also:

• CORONATION (Lat. corona, crown)

coronation See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath from See also:

• SIGISMUND (1368-1437)

Sigismund, and, on his refusal to render it, threatened him with deposition . Ultimately Bathory got the better of his opponents, and executed all whom he got into his hands (1595) . Nevertheless, if anybody could have successfully carried out an See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish policy, it was certainly Bathory . He had inherited the military See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius of his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle, and his victories astonished contemporary See also:

• EUROPE

Europe . In 595 he subdued See also:

• WALACHIA, or WALLAHHIA

Walachia and annihilated the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army of Sinan See also:

• PASHA

Pasha at See also:

• GIURGEVO (Giurgiu)

Giurgevo (See also:

• OCTOBER

October 28th) . The turning-point of his career was his separation from his wife, the archduchess See also:

• CHRISTINA (1626–1689)
• CHRISTINA [MARIA CHRISTINA HENRIETTA DESIREE FELICITE RENIERE]

Christina of See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria, in 1599, an event followed by his own See also:

• ABDICATION (Lat. abdicatio, disowning, renouncing, from ab, from, and dicare, to declare, to proclaim as not belonging to one)

abdication the same See also:

• YEAR

year, in order that he might take orders . It was on this occasion that he offered the See also:

• THRONE

throne of Transylvania to the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• RUDOLPH
• RUDOLPH (d. 1o8o)
• RUDOLPH, or RAOUL

Rudolph II., in See also:

• EXCHANGE

exchange for the duchy of See also:

• OPPELN (Polish, Oppolie)

Oppeln . In 1600, however, at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of an army of Poles and See also:

• COSSACKS (Russ. Kazak; plural, Kazaki, from the Turki quzzaq, " adventurer, free-hooter ")

Cossacks, he attempted to recover his throne, but was routed by See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael, See also:

• VOIVODE (also Vaivode, Vayvode, Wayvode, &c., Med. Gr. oe 68os)

voivode of See also:

• MOLDAVIA

Moldavia, at Suceava . In See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 16o1 the diet of Klausenburg reinstated him, but again he was driven out by Michael, never to return .

He died at See also:

• PRAGUE (Ger. Prag; Bohemian Praha)

Prague in 1613 . Bathory's indisputable genius must have been warped by a See also:

• STRAIN (through O. Fr. straindre, estraindre, mod. i treindre, from Lat. stringere, to draw tight, related to stress, stretch, string, &c.)

strain of madness . His incalculableness, his See also:

• SAVAGE
• SAVAGE, MINOT JUDSON (1841– )
• SAVAGE, RICHARD (d. 1743)

savage See also:

• CRUELTY (through the O. Fr. crualte, mod. cruaute, from the Lat. crudelitas)

cruelty (like most of the princes of his house he was a fanatical See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic and persecutor) and his perpetual restlessness point plainly enough to a disordered mind . See Ignaz Acsady, See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Hungariaa(See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State (Hung.) vol. ii., (See also:

• BUDAPEST

Budapest, 1904). u' (R . N .