Catherine Telegdi
# Catherine Telegdi

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

## Family

Telegdi married the deputy voivode of Transylvania Stephen VIII Báthory. They had eight children from this marriage:

* Nicholas, mentioned in 1516,
* Catharine, mentioned in 1516,
* Andrew (d. 1563),
* Sophia, wife of Demeter Csáky de Kőrösszegh,
* Anna, the mother of the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory,
* Elizabeth, wife of Lajos Pekry de Petrovina and László Kerecsélyi de Kányaföld,
* Christopher (1530–1581), who governed Transylvania in the absence of his younger brother Stefan,
* Stephen (1533–1586), who became Voivode (and later Prince) of Transylvania and King of Poland.
