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<tr valign=top><td>'''Reign'''<td>From [[1575]]<br> until [[December 12]], [[1586]]
<tr valign=top><td>'''Coronation'''<td>On [[May 1]], [[1576]]<br> in the [[Wawel]] cathedral, [[Krakow|Kraków]], [[Poland]].
<tr valign=top><td>'''[[Royal House]]'''<td>[[Bathory family of Hungary|Bathory]]
<tr valign=top><td>'''[[Polish heraldry|Coat of Arms]]'''<td>[[Trzy Zeby Coat of Arms|Trzy Zęby]]
<tr valign=top><td>'''Predecessor'''<td>[[Henry III of France|Henryk III Walezy]]
<tr valign=top><td>'''Successor'''<td>[[Sigismund III of Poland|Zygmunt III Waza]]
<tr valign=top><td>'''Parents'''<td>Stephan Bathory<br>Catherine Telegdi
<tr valign=top><td>'''Consorts'''<td>[[Anna the Jagiellonian|Anna Jagiellonka]]
<tr valign=top><td>'''Children'''<td>''none''
<tr valign=top><td>'''Date of Birth'''<td>[[September 27]], [[1533]]
<tr valign=top><td>'''Place of Birth'''<td>
<tr valign=top><td>'''Date of Death'''<td>[[December 12]], [[1586]]
<tr valign=top><td>'''Place of Death'''<td>[[Grodno]], [[Poland]], (now [[Belarus]])
<tr valign=top><td>'''Place of Burial'''<td>[[Wawel]] cathedral, [[Krakow|Kraków]], [[Poland]]<br>buried in May, [[1588]]
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Stephen was elected to become King of Poland, after [[Henry III of France|Henry III]] of Valois fled Poland to become King of France. He married [[Anna the Jagiellonian]], daughter of King [[Sigismund I of Poland|Sigismund I the Old]].
The [[Hanse]] city of [[Gdansk|Gdańsk]] had backed Emperor [[Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor|Maximilian II]] in his attempt to become King of Poland. Stephen Bathory, upon becoming King of Poland, attacked Gdańsk and tried to take it by military force. Batory was able to defeat Gdańsk's mercenary army in open field, but unable to take the city; so compromise was reached.[[Image:StefanBatory.jpg|thumbnail|100px|left|'' Stephen Bathory's portrait on a Polish coin'']] Bathory had to accept that Gdańsk continued to hold some of its privileges and the city recognised him as ruler of Poland and paid enormous sum in gold as "apology". Bathory confirmed the privileges of Gdańsk in [[1577]]. Gdańsk later was loyally serving the Kingdom during the war with Sweden and Russia, providing help when requested.
Bathory, with his chancellor [[Jan Zamojski]], led the Polish army in a brilliant decisive campaign against the Baltic invaders of [[Ivan "the terrible" Vasleivich]]. The Russians had invaded Livonia and took [[Dorpat]] from the Polish vassal, the Teutonic Brothers of the sword. The Poles under Bathory routed a Russian force at [[Wielkie Luki]] and [[Pskow|Psków]]. In the [[Peace treaty in Jam Zapolski]], Poland got back [[Livonia]] and [[Polock]]. ▼
▲Bathory, with his chancellor [[Jan Zamojski]], led the Polish army in a brilliant decisive campaign against the Baltic invaders of [[Ivan "the terrible" Vasleivich]]. The Russians had invaded Livonia and took [[Dorpat]] from the Polish vassal, the Teutonic Brothers of the sword. The Poles under Bathory routed a Russian force at [[Wielkie Luki]] and [[Pskow]]. In the [[Peace treaty in Jam Zapolski]], Poland got back [[Livonia]] and [[Polock]].
Stephen Bathory planned a Christian alliance against the [[Ottoman]]s. He proposed an anti-Ottoman alliance with Russia, which he considered a necessary step for his anti-Ottoman crusade. However, Russia was on the way to [[Great Smuta]] so he could not find a partner there.
▲[[Image:Batory_pod_Pskowem.JPG|thumb|left|250px|Stefan Batory at [[Pskov|Pskow]]]]
When Stephen Bathory died, there was a one year interregnum. Emperor Mathias's brother Maximilian III tried to claim title of King of Poland, but was defeated at Byczyna and [[Sigismund III Vasa]] followed Stephen Bathory's reign.
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