Actually, the King of Hungary owed her more money the he had and could afford to pay back. And Thurzo was a relative.

So this is the woman that all these metal bands keep writing songs about.

Love it! Especially the sly grin at the end? "Was I a serial killer or wasn't I?" She seems to be asking with her smirk. Happy Halloween! Beautifully done. Thank you so much.

Well, you made her look lovely but also those eyes and that little smile have a sinister cast to them. So, you captured in a face the whole ambiguity of her that you had described. Well done indeed.

I would love to see you do a colorized version of Rasputin. I want to see what he looks like in color, his eyes, hair, etc. I am wondering if he will look more or less spooky in color. :-) Thanks.

I would like to see a recreation of "Bonnie" Prince Charles Edward Stuart based on the portrait of him that was recently discovered, and his death mask. A lot of witnesses who saw him stated that he was very handsome (some said the most handsome man they had ever seen in their life) and it would be great to see his red hair not covered by a wig. Great work! These just keep getting better!

That little smile at the end was positively chilling

Just started watching your channel. Watched your Cleopatra, Vlad the impaler, and now this one. Great content! Always appreciate channels that bring past history to life. As with this one, the reason why there is no original surviving portrait was because after her trial, all of her portraits were simply discarded and/or destroyed. The reason for this was because she was to be 'erased' from history. The Bathory Family was prestigious, rich, and had a-lot of influences in politics. Gyorgy Thurzo and his entourage of personnel wanted to keep this case on the most low-key and quiet note as possible. Servants, poor people, and villagers often tried to uproar against the nobility for common human rights. (During Elizabeth's time you could definitely abuse your servants without consequence, and you could even get away with killing a few if you lied about the cause.)(Although you as a noble would be responsible for replacing that servants job.) Really dark times. Because the accusations against her were so extreme and serious, the officials decided to have a quick trial and ban her name for 100 years in public society. That's right, it was illegal to say her name in public area for 100 years after she died. It wasn't until the 1710s (100 or so years after she died) that her story was picked up by that jesuit scholar Laszlo something...lol. And HE was the one that added all that extra fake folklore about her, like drinkng blood and bathing in it. Scientifically its impossible to bathe in blood because of coagulation. Otherwise, her story probably would have been lost in history if Laszlo didn't pick it up. As for her image, according to people during her time she was described as having: Raven black hair, a milky white skin tone, some people said she had hazel eyes, others said her eyes were almost black, (if you split the difference she probably had brown eyes.) She probably had a very prominent forehead too, as most noblewomen did. Noblewomen would shave a little bit off their hairline to show they were prominent figures in society. Overall, at least during her young adulthood she was said to have beautiful looks. If we were to assume the portraits today of Erzsebet are infact Erzsebet, then her nose was stout and firm. Personally, one thing that I noticed with all her alleged portraits is her eyes. Her eyes are wide and big. She probably had wide open eyes with a big stare. This case has a-lot to it, if anyone truly wants to find out what happened in terms of, what is fake, what is true, and who she really was I would seriously recommend reading: book:"Infamous lady" author: Kimberly L. Craft. In that book are trial transcripts which are translated to English for the first time. And A-LOT MORE. This is where I got my info regarding Bathory from. Ok all have a great day!😁

Indeed, a lot of confessions against Erzebet were taken under torture. Mostly by having their fingers ripped out

That was a good recreation of that unknown woman in the painting.

Robert Dudley would be awesome!! Would love to see an image of the man that held Queen Elizabeth I’s heart for so long.

The recreation is amazing! The hair and makeup instantly transformed her into a 21st Century person. She even kinda reminds me a little of my secondary school history teacher! I would love to see your recreation of Isabella of Portugal (if you haven't already), supposedly one of the most beautiful women of her time in Europe.

The problem with the history of ALL monarchs is that, at the time, and even now, you have parties with vested interests in finding them guilty or innocent, depending or where their interests lay. I did once work on a magazine which was running a piece on one of her descendants. With a mass murderer as an ancestor he worked, appropriately enough, in the London Financial world. I was the only one in the studio who recognised the Bathory name.

10 years ago I reached this conclusion that she may well have been innocent and the evidence for me was astounding, knowing what we do about their period and culture, and how women in general were left unprotected once their husbands or fathers died.

I would love to see King Henry the 8th's boys together, Henry Fitzroy and Edward.

Hmmm I agree that a lot of these stories could be fabricated but to say even if she was a serial killer she wouldn’t of bathed in her victims blood is being naive. Serial killers have done disgusting things like wear people’s skin and so on.

OOhh I was excited for this. I've watched several documentaries about her & cos I'm morbid, a little fascinated by her. Thank you for doing this one x

Your work is SO good! I love it. I'd love to see the "famously ugly" Anne of Cleves. I imagine Henry VIII was overstating things a bit.

Love watching your stuff. It's so interesting. Love the history and the end creation. Your ' brilliant channel is so fascinating. This episode is great, love Sharon 💜

Wonderful work! I know it's not"royalty" but how about classical composer Bach as a modern day heavy metal rocker? Bach n roll baby!

*I have known about Elizabeth for a long time, as I am a history buff. However, to be honest, the thought that she might be innocent and was framed, is a new one for me. Either way, God knows and that's what's important.*

I love the way you showed her with long nails and made her smirk. Make me think your a little morbid which is fine for this specific job. Great work I'm loving it all!!!

I’ve heard of Elizabeth Bathory from watching a documentary about her many many years ago. I always believed she was a serial killer and she is one of the most prolific female serial killers. In my opinion, I don’t think it’s a coincidence that so many of her young servant girls disappeared suspiciously while in her presence. She had to have killed them. In the documentary I watched, it stated that she began killing new servants after the passing of her husband. I’ve also heard the myth of her drinking and bathing in her victim’s blood so she’ll stay youthful but I don’t believe it either. The reconstruction of how she looked like is pretty spot on and she looks sadistic and definitely looks like she was a killer. Amazing work!

Looks amazing I appreciate your skill interpreting these paintings.

Wow! Great job on the contemporary portrait!

Your brief histories and recreations are great! Very interesting and exciting.

I would LOVE to see what King Arthur looked like. And Magician Merlin looked like. And the REAL Robin Hood.

Woh. I always thought of her with a kind of regal Kate Winslet look. Your interpretation is nearly exactly as I imagined - amazing (and somewhat chilling) work! Love it!

Binging your videos I love them! Elizabeth Bathory is fascinating to me I sometimes wonder if she'd been framed as she was a powerful woman with male rivals who probably wanted to knock her down

The framed theory could be true but there has to be some truth to all the accusations. If they wanted to get rid of her they could have came up with something less overkill(pun intended). She is a beautiful lady and as a noble woman in power during that time period her looks would be a great weapon for her. So I am sure she was vain and worried about aging. So one has to think what wouldn't she do to keep her good looks? I don't believe she is entirely innocent nor entirely guilty.

I love this channel. I ADORE your work. Impressive.

Subscribed, i like the way you tell the story behind each figure.

Wow. Increidible work. One more fan and subscribed!!

Funny how just a hairstyle and makeup can make a world of difference. I would have liked to have seen you update the other woman.

Thank you! Happy Halloween

Beautiful work.

Very interesting. Wonderful work you do.

Imagine Elizabeth B and Vlad the Impaler for dinner guests. 😱 Great reconstruction. TY ❤️

Omgosh u did do Bathory , just left a comment asking if u did . Man U are on point !! Ty

Love this! great job!

Her eyes are very...hypnotic!! WOW.

There’s an old movie about her. I remember seeing it in my early teens (decades ago). It completely freaked me out.

This is beautiful!

I love your work, im curious to if you would one day to see one on Emperor Montezuma II of the Mexica (Aztec) there is one painting of him from before the conquest of México, anyways thank you for you work!

Great content ma'am. Thanks to your channel, I get to know more names from the past. If I can suggest, maybe the likes of Billy the Kid or Crispus Attucks can be your next subjects for videos. Thank you.

Good work, thank you! 👍

Bathory was believed to be the inspiration for the Vampiress Carmilla

I believe I once read an SF/fantasy/romance short story that used Bathory and Vlad in a sort of lake house concept- a century apart, they somehow could exchange letters. It made both strangely sympathetic. I mean, I was always kind of sympathetic to Vlad, though I wouldn't want a dinner invitation from him.

The two portraits you worked from look like the same woman, very nice!. William Wallace please?.

The issue I have with this is that it’s the painting of an unidentifiable woman so it’s not Elizabeth B. That’s what I came here for😭

Has she done Delphine Lalaurie? Great video!

You make her look like a horror novelist

I’m chilled by that smile in the end

Wonderful 😊

you would not suspect this beautiful woman of being evil - until you see her smiling. Then you might be nervous..

BEAUTIFUL!!!

I love your work, just discovered you this afternoon. My husband would like to see you do a Napoleon. thanks!

Here is a great video! Another suggestion would be Alice Kyteler!!

If I ever see someone in real life which looks like her, I'M RUNNING AWAY FROM THERE

Nice. thank you.

Marie Antoinette would be interesting

We are all one. She watches the clouds skud by, She breathes your air, Pities the past and those who settled there.

Could you please do all the Julio-Claudian women and also the Romantic Poets (Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley, Byron, Leigh Hunt, Mary Shelley).

You portrait puts me in mindvof

Actually, a minor detail, Hungary is in central Europe 😊. Anyway, love the portrait! Amazing!!

Good job. She was beautiful.

Bravo.

Wow!!!

How about a recreation of William the Conqueror an/or Owain Glyndwr?

I’d love to see what you would do of Princess Diana in 2023. It’s different than what you have done in the past, yet it would be interesting to see.

Such a beautiful girl , that deceitful smirk , says “ try to figure out what makes me tick “ .

Id love to see more egyptian kings like ramses or king tut

Beautiful.

Interesting, were there any descriptions of her appearance on record?

I came upon the "framed" theory a few years ago And after reading I believe it to be true.

I know he’s not a Royal, but try William Wallace . I’d love to see that .

Could you do Helen of Troy?

Nice

Beautiful

I was soo weirdly obsessed with her when i was younger, i don't know why but i kinda do wanna know, maybe something with a past life?

Cool

Please do a facial reconstruction of Saint Cecilia of Rome, I didn’t how Saint Cecilia looks like when she was alive during ancient Roman times and they portrayed her as a ginger, brunette and blonde

A fascinating story. She certainly appears to have been a very beautiful woman, and the recreation is lovely. Did she do all those things, or didn't she? I imagine that a few servants etc. vanished with "the Hungarian noblewomen", but it seems that it is not proven at all. Too bad that they didn't get a deposition from Elisabeth herself.

Great. Here is another suggestion, Isabella Jagiello Zapolya, queen of Upper Hungary and princess of Transylvania. 1519-1559, cousin or rather niece of Catarina Sforza.

Wow just wow, please try some Egyptian pharaohs

sad there aren't any existing contemporary portraits of her. It did sound like after her "trial" they tried to erase her from history from one documentary I watched. Like you apply put, the records on her are "foggy".

Her grin at the last really shows that she is a serial KILLER.

You made this picture from a Jane Doe and recreated the Jane Doe not Elizabeth Bathory. Looks just like the Jane Doe pretty awesome

I wish the first portrait could have been used.

The hair and make up makes the difference... no doubt greetings from Mendoza Argentina

Would love to see king Francis de Valois 2!

I am learning that with the help of the tarot cards we can possibly see if she was guilty or not and please when doing this remember to smudge your deck as our vibrations get on them and so the the readings may get mixed up

Mona Lisa's cousin.

You just know some guys back in the day were saying "I can fix her"

Please do Mary the first!

How do you know that the portrait you worked from eas connected to her after saying there is no image of her? Great work by the way, just that some details don't stack up being actually historical.

Please do Gille De Rais . Marshall of France Friend of Joan Of Arc - and monster .

Nothing was ever done until she started going after the noble girls.

I like the contemporary versions

Looks great in a modern form.