Friday 26 August 2022

1505) Catherine Telegdi

Catherine Telegdi (1492–1547). Hungarian noble lady, daughter of royal treasurer Stephen Telegdi and his wife Margit Bebek de Pelsőcz.

In 1516 she married the deputy voivode of Transylvania Stephen VIII Báthory. They had four sons and four daughters, but Bàthory died in 1534. Their daughter Anna is mother of the famous countess Elizabeth Bàthory. 
 
Portrait of Catherine Telegdi in a Green Dress, by Palma Vecchio

Madonna and Child, by Lucas Cranach the Elder

Sacra conversazione, with Catherine Telegdi as Saint Catherine, by Giovanni Cariani

Venus, by Bernardino Licinio

 
 

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