Stephen Báthory
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
Stephen Báthory , Pol. Stefan Batory, 1533-86, king of Poland (1575-86), prince of Transylvania (1571-75), son of Stephen Báthory (1477-1534). He was elected to succeed John II as prince of Transylvania. In Poland, he was elected by a majority to succeed Henry of Valois, who had left Poland in 1574 to rule France as Henry III . A minority voted for Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II , who died before he could make good his claim. As had been stipulated by the Polish diet, Stephen married Anna, daughter of Sigismund II , the last Jagiello king of Poland. To his brother, Christopher Báthory, he gave Transylvania. With his chancellor, Jan Zamojski , Stephen fought several successful campaigns against Ivan IV of Russia in the lengthy war for the succession to Livonia . Peace was made in 1582 through papal mediation, and Poland retained Polotsk and its part of Livonia. Toward the end of his reign Stephen Báthory planned a Christian alliance against the Ottomans. He also schemed to make Russia a vassal state of Poland—a project that he considered a necessary step for his anti-Ottoman crusade. He supported the Society of Jesus (see Jesus, Society of ) in Poland in an attempt to foster the Catholic Reform, and he effected useful judiciary reforms. After his death Sigismund III, a Swedish nephew of Sigismund II , was elected king.
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