Stephen Bathory, a member of the prominent …
Years: 1493 - 1493
Stephen Bathory, a member of the prominent Hungarian family of the same name and Hungary’s chief justice for twenty-two years, has been governor (vajda) of Transylvania from 1479.
Accused of using excessive cruelty against the Székelys in Transylvania, he is deposed by Vladislaus II in 1493; he dies shortly afterwards.
His family will return to rule as Voivodes, then Princes, of Transylvania.
