As we all know, the only woman in Chinese history who can be compared with Wu Zetian is Lü Yan, but Lü Yan's brutality is not comparable to Wu Zetian. The Book of Han records that Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gaozu, once favored Lady Qi, and after his death, the jealous Lü Yan ordered Lady Qi to be made into a "human yan" and thrown into a cesspool. Not only that, he also asked his young son Liu Ying to come and "watch" together, which frightened Liu Ying into shouting. However, throughout the history of the world, there is no shortage of women who are similar to Lü Yan's "hobbies", that person is Count Elizabeth Barthori.
Elizabeth Barthori, born in 1560 in East Hungary, is a well-known family that has been passed down to the present day, with a history of more than 200 years and amassed a lot of wealth. As the eldest daughter in the family, Elizabeth had high hopes for urinating, and she not only studied classical classics and mathematics, but also latin, German, Hungarian and Greek, which were rare in the era of Elizabeth's linguistic genius.
However, even the most talented young girls must also get married, especially aristocratic ladies like Elizabeth. On May 8, 1575, the 15-year-old Elizabeth and the 20-year-old Ferenc held a wedding celebration at the palace of Vranov on the Topula, and 4,500 noble guests celebrated it. After the marriage, Ferenc gave Elizabeth more than 17 villages in Chahtisburg and 17 nearby villages, and since then, Elizabeth has lived in the castle.
Ferenc was a Hungarian war hero, and after his marriage, he also led the army for many years and did not live at home. As a result, the young Elizabeth took on the responsibility of a housekeeper, not only in every expenditure, but also invested a lot of money to revitalize the country's medical care and education. Under her management, schools and hospitals were erected, and the lives of the people were greatly improved, and even the King of Hungary ordered his daughter to learn from her.
In 1604, Ferenc fell seriously ill during a battle and eventually died. For Elizabeth, although the couple has gathered less and more in the past 29 years, the relationship between the two is very deep, and whenever her husband comes home, Elizabeth will dress up beautifully, just like when they were just married. What no one knows, however, is that Elizabeth has done something that people are indignant about for her young and beautiful face.
In March 1610, Hungarian Prime Minister Georges Tursso received a murder complaint against Elizabeth, and after much deliberation, he ordered a thorough investigation of the matter. Soon after, Elizabeth and her four servants were arrested, and under interrogation, they confessed elizabeth's murder: Elizabeth used high salaries as bait to trick girls aged 10 to 14 in nearby villages into the castle, and then used various "special" methods to take their flesh and blood, and finally killed them.
But strangely, regarding the number of victims, these four people can not be unified, some say 36 or 37, some say 50 or 51, and on the whole, the victims are about 43. However, as for Elizabeth's motives, she explained it this way: "I am slowly getting old, and the flesh of a young girl will restore me to youth." "It turns out that Elizabeth did all this just to become younger, but becoming younger is what all women yearn for, can they justifiably sin?" The answer, of course, is no. Eventually, Elizabeth was imprisoned in the castle and eventually died on 21 August 1614 at the age of 54.