Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - lafiyar Báthory ta yi ta tabarbarewa na shekaru da yawa. Ya mutu a ranar 12 ga Disamba, 1586. Ba shi da 'ya'ya na halal, kodayake jita-jita na zamani sun ba da shawarar cewa yana iya samun' ya'ya da yawa ba bisa doka ba. Babu wani daga cikin waɗannan jita-jita da masana tarihi na zamani suka tabbatar. Mutuwarsa ta biyo bayan tsaka-tsakin shekara guda. An zabi dan Maximilian II, Archduke Maximilian III, a matsayin sarki amma an kalubalanci shi da Sweden Sigismund III Vasa, wanda ya ci Maximilian a Byczyna
kuma ya yi nasara a matsayin mai mulkin Commonwealth.