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- The Báthory family was a powerful noble dynasty in medieval Hungary, especially influential during the Ottoman occupation, with members becoming princes and one even elected as King of Poland.!
- Recent archaeological excavations in Romania uncovered their former family chapel, leading to the identification of two Báthory family members among 13 skeletons found at the site.!
- Genetic analysis revealed that these family members belonged to a specific Y chromosome haplogroup indicative of their Germanic origins, along with evidence of intermingling with medieval Hungarians.!
Article Abstract
The Báthory family was one of the most powerful noble families in the medieval Hungarian Kingdom. Their influence peaked during the Ottoman occupation of Hungary, when the only partially autonomous region of the country was Transylvania, under Turkish protectorate. Several members of the family became Princes of Transylvania, and one of them, István Báthory, was also the elected King of Poland. We hereby present the first genetic data about this extinct family. Archaeological excavations in Pericei, a settlement now part of Romania, revealed the former family chapel of the Báthory family. Through this work, two Báthory family members were successfully identified among the 13 skeletons found at the site. The presence of Y chromosome haplogroup R-S498 fits the historical account describing the family's German (Swabian) origins. Their genomic composition also indicates a family of Germanic origin that intermixed with medieval Hungarians.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10550723 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.107911 | DOI Listing |
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