death_date birth_date signature reign father death_place house image_size coronation spouse image name caption predecessor succession birth_place successor mother article_title
12 december 1586 27 september 1533 autograph-stefanbatory . svg 1 may 1576 -- 12 december 1586 stephen báthory of somlyó grodno , polish-lithuanian commonwealth -lrb- now in belarus -rrb- báthory 240 14 december 1575 1 may 1576 anna jagiellon file : stefan batory 11.png stephen báthory '' ` stephen báthory '' ' by bacciarelli anna jagiellon king of poland szilágysomlyó -rrb- , transylvania -lrb- now Şimleu silvaniei , romania sigismund iii vasa catherine telegdi stephen báthory

stephen báthory

stephen báthory -lrb- ; ; ; ; 27 september 1533 -- 12 december 1586 -rrb- was voivode of transylvania -lrb- 1571 -- 76 -rrb- , prince of transylvania -lrb- 1576 -- 86 -rrb- , from 1576 queen anna jagiellon 's husband and `` jure uxoris '' king of poland and grand duke of lithuania -lrb- 1576-1586 -rrb- .
the son of stephen viii báthory and a member of the hungarian báthory noble family , báthory was a ruler of transylvania in the 1570s , defeating another challenger for that title , gáspár bekes .
in 1576 báthory became the third elected king of poland .
he worked closely with chancellor jan zamoyski .
the first years of his reign were focused on establishing power , defeating a fellow claimant to the throne , maximilian ii , holy roman emperor , and quelling rebellions , most notably , the danzig rebellion .
he reigned only a decade , but is considered one of the most successful kings in polish history , particularly in the realm of military history .
his signal achievement was his victorious campaign in livonia against russia in the middle part of his reign , in which he repulsed a russian invasion of commonwealth borderlands and secured a highly favorable treaty of peace -lrb- the peace of jam zapolski -rrb- .
