were Dracula and Elisabeth Bathory related?

Question

Those characters are nearly mythological, but their families were real royals, and ruled over neighboring domains (Wallachia for the Draculesti, Transylvania for the Bathory), so the likelihood of marriages between members of those dynasties seem large. Can anybody confirm or infirm the rumor?

And I fragging well know the dates of Vlad III and Elisabeth and what they did and that she was born 130 years after him. I'm not looking for close relationship, just to see if any members of these families married together at any point or, if Cristi@n is right, didn't.

Answer 1

no.
trust me .I'm from Romania

Answer 2

An interesting theory! I am familiar with Elizabeth Bathory as Hungarian Royalty. Are they one and the same with Transylvania? By the way, this is the time of the year to spend Halloween Night in Dracul's Castle. There are trips that visit on that notorius night! The hypothesis you pose is excellent! Is there a genetic link to the vampire gene? By the way, off the subject but germane to this discussion, read the Historian by Elizabeth Kostova.

Answer 3

These characters are purely imaginatory but thery are very similar to each other. The are not at all related in anyway. Read about them.-

Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, and the name of its title character, the vampire Count Dracula.
Dracula has been attributed to many literary genres including horror fiction, the gothic novel and invasion literature. Structurally it is an epistolary novel, that is, told as a series of diary entries and letters. Literary critics have examined many themes in the novel, such as the role of women in Victorian culture, conventional and repressed sexuality, immigration, post-colonialism and folklore. Although Stoker did not invent the vampire, the novel's influence on the popularity of vampires has been singularly responsible for scores of theatrical and film interpretations throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.

Countess Elizabeth Báthory (Báthory Erzsébet in Hungarian, Alžbeta Bátoriová(-NádaÅ¡dy) in Slovak), August 7?, 1560 – August 21, 1614), the Bloody Lady of Čachtice, was a Hungarian countess who lived in the Čachtice Castle near Trenčín, in present-day Slovakia.
She is considered the most famous serial killer in Slovak and Hungarian history. She spent most of her life at the Čachtice Castle. She and her alleged four collaborators were accused of torturing and killing numerous girls and young women. In 1611, she was imprisoned in solitary confinement, where she stayed until her death three years later. Her nobility allowed her to avoid an immediate execution. However, three of her four alleged collaborators were put to death.

Answer 4

Although either no records exist or no one has done the research I would imagine the two blood lines would most certainly have crossed at some point down the centuries so YES they were related.

Answer 5

Bathory was 16th century. I believe she was married...but not sure of his name.Bathory went on trial for those murders(600 young virgin women).

Dracula is from the 1400's( I think).....a bit before Bathory....but both are associated with Transylvania.

Either way both Dracula and Bathory influenced Bram Stoker.

Answer 6

As far as I've read...no. Still....awfully creepy to have a couple of people like this running the show isn't it?

Answer 7

That is really interesting, wish I knew

Answer 8

I have not heard of this but it does not make it where they are related or not

Answer 9

No

Answer 10

Not to my knowledge, but they should have been.