which Female historical figure can i reference as being a perpetrator of unspeakable sadism or cruelty.....?

Question

...other than ilse koch or myra hindley?

Answer 1

Here is a list of 10 to select from: http://listverse.com/crime/top-10-most-evil-women

Answer 2

Nobody has mentioned Myra Hindley!

http://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/famous_criminal/33/the_aftermath/1/Myra_Hindley.htm

Answer 3

Queen Olympias. Alexander the Great's mother. Although some of it may be political in-fighting and propoganda from the age, she supposedly roasted Alexander's only son in front of his mother after Alexander died, so that the boy wouldn't inherit and she could maintain power. She was also responsible for a large number of equally brutal executions, most of which have a bit more historical backing than roasting the child.

Answer 4

Queen Mary I, nicknamed Bloody Mary.

Around 300 people were killed (burned at the stake) because they were Protestants and Queen Mary I was a staunch Catholic and she wanted Catholicism to be the only religion in England.

England also suffered from economic ruin during her reign.

Answer 5

THe female Dracula:

Countess Erzsébet Báthory (Báthory Erzsébet in Hungarian, Alžbeta Bátoriová(-Nádasdy) in Slovak, Elżbieta Batory in Polish, 7 August (?), 1560 – 21 August, 1614), was a Hungarian countess from the renowned Báthory family.

She is considered the most infamous serial killer in Hungarian and Slovak history and is remembered as the Bloody Lady of Čachtice (Csejte), after the castle near Trenčín (Trencsén), in Royal Hungary, in present-day Slovakia, where she spent most of her life.

After her husband's death, she and her four alleged collaborators were accused of torturing and killing dozens of girls and young women. In 1610, she was imprisoned in Čachtice Castle, where she remained until her death four years later. Her nobility allowed her to avoid trial and execution. The Báthory case has inspired many stories, featuring the countess bathing in the blood of her victims in order to retain her youth. This inspired nicknames like the Blood Countess and Countess Dracula.

Answer 6

Here is a list of "The Top Ten Most Evil Women in History". Enjoy! =P

Answer 7

Lady Macbeth..seriously

Answer 8

has it got to be a real woman? if not try Cruella de Vil she,s a fictional character and the primary villain in Dodie Smith's novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians, Disney's 1961 animated film adaptation One Hundred and One Dalmatians, and Disney's live-action film adaptations 101 Dalmatians and 102 Dalmatians. In all her incarnations, Cruella kidnaps dalmatian puppies for their fur. She also always has the left half of her hair white and the right half black.
Cruella's name is a play on the words cruel and devil, an allusion which is emphasized by having her country house be nicknamed "Hell Hall". In some translations, Cruella De Vil is known as "Cruella De Mon", presumably to change the play on the word "devil" to one on "demon" because the word "devil" in some languages does not exist. An example is Italy, where she is called "Crudelia De Mon" (a pun on "crudele", cruel, and "demone", demon). In some languages (such as Spanish) where her last name has been left as De Vil, but is not similar to their equivalent of devil, it is taken to be a play on their equivalent of "vile" or "villain".

Answer 9

Look up Elizabeth Bathory, countess of Transylvania, 16th century or so. Wikipedia may have her. Beware, because all the tales about her may just be bad press.

Answer 10

Hungarian noblewoman Elizabeth Bathory comes to mind first and foremost.