The Countess Elizabeth Bothrey de Echett was a Hungarian noble woman in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.

She was highly educated, spoke at these four languages, had eight children, and lived in a palace.

And oh, by the way, she was one of the most prolific and sadistic serial

killers in world history. Learn more about Elizabeth Bothrey, aka the

Countess of Blood on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. I always try to keep this podcast clean or as I'd like to say as cleanest history will allow. This podcast is one of those

episodes where the details of history can get quite gory. So if you're eating or have

children listening, be forewarned.

Elizabeth Battery was born in 1560 in the town of Nerebatore in Hungary, in what was at the time

the Holy Roman Empire.

She was born to a noble family.

Her father was the Baron George the 6th Bateri.

From her mother's side of the family, she was related to the King of Poland, the Grand Duke of

Lithuania, and the Prince of Transylvania.

Outside of her genealogy, much of her early life remains in the Prince of Transylvania. Outside of her genealogy, much of her early life

remains in the realm of legends and stories. Supposedly, she suffered seizures when she

was younger and might have had epilepsy. She was highly educated for a woman in that period. In addition to speaking

Hungarian, she could speak Latin, Greek, and German. So to summarize her position, she

was rich, educated, and of high social rank. She had everything that someone in the late 16th century could possibly hope for.

I don't want you to think her life was perfect, but given the circumstances of the period,

she was at the very top of the pyramid. Later

biographers have posited that she witnessed horrible events take place

when she grew up as a child. She might have seen instances of torture and

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