father death_date house mother birth_date spouse article_title name
nicholas báthory 1534 1477 báthory sophia bánffy of losonc 1477 catherine telegdi stephen viii báthory
 stephen báthory
stephen viii báthory

stephen viii báthory -lrb- , -rrb- -lrb- 1477 -- 1534 -rrb- was a hungarian noble .
he was a son of nicholas báthory -lrb- 1462 -- 1500 -rrb- of the somlyó branch of the báthory family .
in 1521 , he was appointed adjoint of the voivode of transylvania , serving under the voivode john zápolya .
after the battle of mohács in 1526 , stephen supported zápolya 's claim to the kingship of hungary and in 1529 was made voivode of transylvania himself .
with his wife catherine telegdi , he fathered eight children : nicholas catharine andrew -lrb- died 1563 -rrb- sophia anna -lrb- 1539 -- 1570 -rrb- , who apparently was born well after her father 's death , the mother of the `` blood countess '' elizabeth báthory .
elizabeth -lrb- 1557 -- 1562 -rrb- , who apparently was born well after her father 's death christopher -lrb- 1530 -- 1581 -rrb- , who governed transylvania in the absence of his younger brother stefan .
stephen -lrb- 1533 -- 1586 -rrb- , who became voivode -lrb- and later prince -rrb- of transylvania and king of poland .
