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    Transylvania and one King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (Stephen Báthory). The Báthory family belonged to the Gutkeled, a clan of Hungarian nobles, which...
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    Briccius Báthory (also Báthori or Bátori, Hungarian: Bátori Bereck; died around 1322) was a Hungarian nobleman and the founder of the renowned Báthory family...
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  • Stephen III Báthory (Hungarian: Báthory István) (died 11 November 1444, Varna) was a Hungarian nobleman and commander. His most prestigious position was...
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    Stephen Báthory was the first powerful prince of independent Transylvania, a Hungarian Catholic who later became king under the name Stephen Báthory of Poland...
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    him as Nicolaus Petrasko Waiwoda or Nicolaus Petrascus Waiwoda. The registers of the Hof-Bibliothek, also kept in Latin, name him as Nicolaus Petrascus...
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    family lines. His daughter Anna was the great-grandmother of Elizabeth Báthory. (in Lithuanian) Mikalojus Radvila "Radvilas Family". Archived from the...
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    Bars, Bodrog, Syrmia, Tolna and Valkó Counties. Nicolaus de Chak, alias vaiuoda Transyluanus, Nicolaus Csáki, Hungarian nobleman, Voivode of Transylvania...
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    Maria Znamierowska-Prüfferowa (category Academic staff of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń)
    Znamierowska-Prüfferowa (1898–1990) was a Polish ethnographer, professor at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, founder and long-term director of the Toruń...
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    War. From 1589-1599, Prince Andrew Cardinal Báthory of Transylvania, nephew of Polish King Stephen Báthory, was the administrator for the castle. The town...
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    peasants and fiefdoms. After their dues were paid, appointed captain Steven Báthory gathered an army of 40,000 soldiers and began the siege in June 1491, which...
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  • founded in 1579 as the Jesuit Academy (College) of Vilnius by Stephen Báthory. It was the third oldest university (after the Cracow Academy and the Albertina)...
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    Parts of the Kingdom of Hungary". He died childless. The Catholic Stephen Báthory succeeded him. John Sigismund's father, John Zápolya, was the wealthiest...
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    Latin writings. One of the first Lithuanian authors who wrote in Latin was Nicolaus Hussovianus (around 1480 – after 1533). His poem Carmen de statura, feritate...
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    When he left Poland to become King of France, his successor, Stephen Báthory, led a successful campaign in the Livonian War, granting Poland more lands...
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  • Finnish Eleanor Alberga 1949 Jamaican James Barnes 1949 American Dennis Báthory-Kitsz 1949 American Javier Busto 1949 Spanish John Casken 1949 British...
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    Jerónimo de Ayanz y Beaumont, Spanish inventor (b. 1553) March 27 – Sigismund Báthory, Prince of Transylvania (b. 1572) April 27 – Robert Abercromby, Scottish...
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    between Șibot and Orăștie. The Hungarian army was led by Pál Kinizsi, István Báthory, Vuk Branković, and Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân. All forces combined totaled...
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  • Silvio Piccolomini 1458–1467 Paul I von Legendorf (Legendorf) 1467–1489 Nicolaus von Tüngen (Mikołaj I Tungen) 1489–1512 Lucas Watzenrode 1512–1523 Fabian...
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    romances and tales. Among his dramatic works are the tragedy, The Two Báthorys (1827); and several comedies, the most notable being The Old Coins; or...
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  • aristocrat Stephen Báthory (r. 1571–1586) ruler. Báthory was the Ottomans' candidate, but he swore fealty to Maximilian in secret. Báthory was elected the...
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    Condemning Dózsa's ambition to be king, Hungary's monarch Stephen VIII Báthory orders that Dózsa be tied to an iron throne over a fire, then forced to...
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    Many knights and Hungarian aristocrats joined, one of them being Stephen Báthory, bringing 500 cannons and other heavy siege equipment. The Moldavians,...
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    suzerainty) until 1602. The younger Stephen Báthory, a Hungarian Catholic who later became King Stephen Báthory of Poland, tried to maintain the religious...
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    throne, Danzig supported Maximilian II in his struggle against Stephen Báthory. It was the latter who eventually became monarch but the city, encouraged...
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  • Martinuzzi, Governor of Transylvania Marco Aurelio Ferrari 1613 Gabriel Báthory, Prince of Transylvania Hajduks Killed after he was accused of planning...
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    Modern Art in the Department of History of Modern Art, Faculty of Fine Art, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń. p, 11 Biographical notes @ Biografiya.ru...
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    with Prince Michael the Brave of Wallachia against the army of Andrew Báthory, recently appointed Prince of Transylvania. In the Middle Ages, the Székelys...
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    September 1563 he was crowned King of Hungary by the Archbishop of Esztergom, Nicolaus Olahus, and on his father's death, in July 1564, he succeeded to the empire...
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    Castle and King Stephen Báthory of Poland, whom they attempted to convince of the importance of angelic communication. The Bathory meeting took place at...
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    Bálint was sent to the camp of Gáspár Bekes to assist him against Stephen Báthory; but his troops were encountered and scattered on the way there, and he...
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