Zsófia Báthory

Zsófia Báthory
Zsófia Báthory
Princess consort of Transylvania
	1910 illustration of Báthory
Born	1629; Șimleu Silvaniei, Principality of Transylvania
Died	June or July 1680 (aged 50–51); Palanok Castle, Mukachevo, Principality of Transylvania
Spouse	George II Rákóczi (m. 1643; died 1660)
Issue	Francis I Rákóczi
House	Báthory (by birth); Rákóczi (by marriage);
Religion	Roman Catholicism (1629–1643); Reformed Christianity (1643–1660); Roman Catholicism (1660–death);

Zsófia Báthory (1629 – 2 June or 14 July 1680) was a Hungarian noblewoman and princess consort of Transylvania through her marriage to George II Rákóczi. A rare love marriage, although forced to convert to Reformed Christianity, she secretly followed her birth religion of Roman Catholicism, keeping Jesuits in court and raising her son, Francis I Rákóczi, in the religion. Following her husband's death in 1660, she publicly converted back to Catholicism with her son, and imposed strict anti-Protestant legislature and beliefs throughout the region.