Bathory Blood Bead Bracelet

This fascinating Bathory Blood Bead Bracelet is named after the Blood Countess.  If features gorgeous semi-precious Brecciated Jasper which is a lovely deep blood red colour that is veined with Haematite (8mm) and Czech glass faceted beads (6mm).

If you would like the bracelet to be a different length, please contact me.  All metals are silver plated, lead and nickel free.

Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed (Báthory Erzsébet in Hungarian, Alžbeta Bátoriová in Slovak; 7 August 1560 – 21 August 1614) was a countess from the renowned Báthory family of Hungarian nobility. Although in modern times she has been labeled the most prolific female serial killer in history, the number of murders and even her guilt is debated. She is nevertheless remembered as the "Blood Countess."

After her husband's death, she and four collaborators were accused of torturing and killing hundreds of girls, with one source attributing to them over 650 victims, though the number for which they were convicted was 80.  Elizabeth herself was neither tried nor convicted. In 1610, however, she was imprisoned in the Csejte Castle, now in Slovakia and known as Čachtice, where she remained bricked in a set of rooms until her death four years later.

Later writings about the case have led to legendary accounts of the Countess bathing in the blood of virgins in order to retain her youth and subsequently also to comparisons with Vlad III the Impaler of Wallachia, on whom the fictional Count Dracula is partly based, and to modern nicknames of the Blood Countess and Countess Dracula. [ Courtesy of Wikipedia ]

Brecciated Jasper

Brecciated Jasper absorbs negative energy and therefore allows the wearer to develop a positive outlook on life.  It is an uplifting stone, rejuvenates energy and encourages mental focus and mental clarity as well as feelings of deep happiness.