Ecsed is a small village in present day
HungaryHungary , in English officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia. Its capital is Budapest. Hungary is a member of OECD, NATO, EU, V4 and is a Schengen state...
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The Blood Countess
Elizabeth BathoryCountess Elizabeth Báthory , was a Hungarian countess from the renowned Báthory family...
, was raised in Ecsed at Ecsed Castle. Her title in Hungarian nobility was Countess Elizabeth Bathory von Ecsed. The use of the German
adelspredikat "von" meant "of".
In the Hungarian (
MagyarMagyar may refer to:* The Magyars, an ethnic group * The Hungarian language, known also as "Magyar" or "Magyar language"* A Hun Tribe...
) language, the suffix "i" at the end of the name of the village or town meant the same. For example "Ecsedi" is a common surname in Europe.
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Ecsed is a small village in present day
HungaryHungary , in English officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia. Its capital is Budapest. Hungary is a member of OECD, NATO, EU, V4 and is a Schengen state...
.
The Blood Countess
Elizabeth BathoryCountess Elizabeth Báthory , was a Hungarian countess from the renowned Báthory family...
, was raised in Ecsed at Ecsed Castle. Her title in Hungarian nobility was Countess Elizabeth Bathory von Ecsed. The use of the German
adelspredikat "von" meant "of".
In the Hungarian (
MagyarMagyar may refer to:* The Magyars, an ethnic group * The Hungarian language, known also as "Magyar" or "Magyar language"* A Hun Tribe...
) language, the suffix "i" at the end of the name of the village or town meant the same. For example "Ecsedi" is a common surname in Europe. Later the suffix was modified to a "y" to annotate the aristocracy or nobility of someone from the village.