The Disturbing Legend of The Vampire Princess | Eleonore von Schwarzenberg

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Cervical cancer, no wonder the woman had blood curdling screams. That poor woman. Very interesting upload and great narration.

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[@rufust.firefly2474]

Since Bram stoker utilized as many vampire Traditions as he could when writing, "Dracula," literally any vampiric case that occurred prior to 1897 could be construed as an inspiration for "Dracula," and has been. Giving her gender I'm inclined to consider that the princess, if she were an inspiration for any literary works, would be more likely to be associated with, "Carmilla," which predated Stoker's novel in publication by many years.

[@carolinasassenach8535]

I always thought that "Vlad the Impaler" was the inspiration for Dracula. Well, one of the inspirations.

[@rufust.firefly2474]

@@carolinasassenach8535 they found Bram stokers original notes for the novel some years back and sold them an auction. In them, you can actually see the point where stoker decided to name his King vampire Dracula. He practices writing it out several times and exchanging it for his earlier name for the vampire, and unimaginative Count Wampyr! If you haven't read the book Hollywood Gothic, get yourself a copy and the story of the original notes and their contents will be available for you in detail. Vlad Tepes is the only inspirational historical character who is mentioned in the notes for the novel, and stoker mentions also the real name of the real person who first told him about the 15th century wallachian Prince, arminius vanbury, whom Van Helsing speaks of as a close personal friend.

[@carolinasassenach8535]

@@rufust.firefly2474 Thanks so much, truly! I never knew about the notes, nor the book you mentioned. I'll definitely be buying a copy. I loved, "Carmilla", by the way. I first read it in an old copy of a book of vampire tales spanning 200 years. It gave me chills! Glad to see another classic gothic tales fan. 🖤🦇🖤

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@@rufust.firefly2474 wow thanks for the info. Maybe you need to start a KZbin channel lol

[@rufust.firefly2474]

@@carolinasassenach8535 several literary critics have commented on the fact that although " Dracula is more powerful and horrific, the novelette, " carmilla, " by LeFanu is actually more atmospheric and erotic. It's publication in 1872 was a direct, although somewhat oblique, influence on Bram stoker's decision to write of a traveling vampire count.

[@georginaellison6280]

The poor woman had a hard life. Then died in agony from cervical cancer!!!!!!!! Then to be maligned by superstitious people for centuries!!! Its a really sad story, I hope she had some happiness with her children!!!😇

[@easternflower6476]

I’m sure they brought her comfort in her final days, knowing her children would still live on. So sad to think that people would die of cancer back then without even at least having any pain killers.

[@crystallong9625]

What an interesting but sad story. It’s astonishing how women were treated in those days. I hope she’s found health, peace, and happiness in the ever after. May she Rest In Peace.

[@thejudgmentalcat]

Poor woman was treated like so many royal women...just a vessel for heirs. She lived in so much pain 😥

[@gothicgirlfriend7375]

Shoot. Women are still kinda treated like this. I have a rare connective tissue disorder and because it's rare I'm often brushed off as nuts by Dr that know nothing about it.

[@DaleDix]

@@gothicgirlfriend7375 I see so many shows and stories and documentaries about doctors who are only as smart as their text books.

[@glitzzbrattie9543]

In that time women knew "their place". They knew they would be used as a vessel to birth children, it was said marriage was a business of the riches, and women were a man's pawn. Rich women weren't required to have an education bc of their status and beauty. Kind of like today's "trophy wife". They would teach their daughters how to be the perfect a wife, bc one day her family would marry her off to a wealthy man, or put her in a prince's harem as a potential wife. This was practiced for centuries until the women's rights movement in the 90's. Some wealthy modern families still believe this, they send their daughters to a school of etiquette and marry her off. The men of the family will inherit the business or name.

[@gothicgirlfriend7375]

@@naco1390 well i guess that makes it okay then. ::heavy eye roll::

[@luciparadise6781]

@@gothicgirlfriend7375 I was thinking the same thing.

[@ItsJustLisa]

She already lived a rather sad life with her husband killed for looking like a stag (sounds like either drinking was involved or he was bumped off for whatever reason), but to then sully her memory in death by deciding that she was a vampire I’d just terrible. She didn’t deserve that.

[@hepsabaptron00]

I'd not give the slightest f*ck should people vilify me as a vampire after I'm gone. Hell! While I'm alive and kicking it'd still make me giggle. You never know. Eleonore may have felt the same?

[@Blaklege63]

My wife has cervical cancer. I could not imagine the pain she must had been in towards the end of her life.

[@annvictor9627]

I hope your wife is receiving effective therapy and pain management.

[@janetcw9808]

Lady Devorgilla, wife of John Balliol, had her husbands heart removed and she carried it in a box until she died and could have it interred with her. New Abbey, SW Scotland, Sweetheart Abbey hence the expression sweetheart. Devorgilla Bridge is a beautiful feature of the River Nith.

[@winterweib]

Since it is Scotland, I think they were catholic, too. For example, in the huge Habsburg Kapuzinergruft in Vienna is only ONE woman'complete'. She said strict in her Last Will, she would not wish her heart buried apart from her.

[@littlewoodimp]

Poor woman. Sold off in marriage by an ambitious father, to a resentful man who wanted to be with someone else. Her father then makes another advantages marriage and becomes her brother-in-law. Manages to find a way of getting on with her husband (and produce the essential heir), only for him to get shot by Royal friendly fire. When she finally gets a bit of more orderly & less stressful life cancer eats her alive. The villagers listening to her agonised screaming while telling vampire stories and sharpening their pitchforks! What a life. Beautifully delivered as always though. Thank you.

[@ARiddle1986]

Poor lady! I can't imagine the amount of pain she was in. May she RIP.

[@brendawhitehead7575]

I had heard that Countess Elizabeth Bathory was Bram Stoker's inspiration, especially given that she lived in Hungary/Romania and supposedly used blood is nefarious ways.

[@gaddyify]

All my life I heard it was Vlad the impaler? Vlad III Dracula who's the inspiration for Bram Stoker's Character Dracula who shared the same name as the Romanian ruler.

[@luciparadise6781]

Umm...no

[@thalia7104]

Both is wrong. Sheridan Le Fanu's Novel "Carmilla" was Stoker's main inspiration (besides from being inspired also by John Polidori's "The Vampyre"), he at first wanted to let his novel take place in Steiermark in Austria as well (as Sheridan Le Fanu's Novel does), but a friend of him, a historian, who knew a lot about Romanian history (and because of that, he of course knew about Vlad Țepeş) told him more about this country and Vlad and suggested that Bram Stoker's novel should take place in Romania, near Bistrița, so Stoker "placed" Dracula's castle near Pasul Tihuța; Vlad III Draculea became his historical precedent.

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Well done on some of those name pronunciations. Such an interesting story on Eleanore.

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It is interesting that I have never heard about this and I live in Czech Republic and also than you for calling us Central Europe. Amazing video as always.

[@SomeonesGhost]

Fascinating! I have done 2 separate papers when I was in school on "vampires", and legends of them, delving into some of the medical issues that were attributed to vampires. I never did run across Eleonore in my research however, by this video, I wish I had! (My research turned up Erzebet Bathory (of course), and then general tales/medical reasons.)

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I wonder if the removal of the hearts was for a similar reason to Chopin's : he was terrified of being buried alive, so instructed his heart be removed before burial

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Thanks for the upload! This is a fascinating story

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Thank you for this awesome topic FLives. Your narration is truly amazing!

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All the French Kings had their hearts placed in a French Cathedral. And everyone was always carting some dead famous person’s heart around for burial someplace special. Very common.

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I love how down to earth you are about this especially when everybody else is so keen to emphasize occult influences when talking about this stuff when that was actually not a factor. Thank you for being real about this. Love this video!

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Another highly interesting video, as always. Thank you so much for making these! Don't know if you've already talked about Elizabeth Báthory, but that could be one interesting persona too (although, she's pretty well-known...) Anyway, always look forward to your videos :D

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[@galadrielgaladriel]

Good story! but the young lady at the start of the video is Eleonore von Schwarzenberg (1812-1873), she was the wife of one of the Eleonore 1682-1741 grandchildren. I noticed her dress and hairstyle, which are typical of 1830-35. Thank you!

[@TheDarkDuchesse]

thank you for the video! it's really cool to see someone do such a well researched video on a bohemian noblewoman. great job pronouncing the slavic words it's really sad to see people pick a random historical figure and make them into a crazy devil worshipper or a vampire, but unfortunately it's really common to see here in central Europe. I don't really know why they keep doing it other than blowing things out of proportion for... attention? tourism's sake? I could name several czech and slovak cases (bathory and anna rosina listhius especially) like that from the recent years, it's really easy to take a tale and manipulate the image to suit our modern perceptions of vampiric tales since we don't really know about the common practices from those times

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During those times, the elite often split their burial sites. To be more specific, and I hope I'm remembering correctly, the elite split their body's internment between their a family/spouse & a church they attended &/or contributed to. This way you honor your faith, duty and your loved ones. It's not too far a cry from how people today will split their cremated remains between an urn for display, or an ornament filled with ashes & having the rest scattered at place of significance to them.

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Thanks for using part of the illustration for the title page of "Varney the Vampire; or, the Feast of Blood". It was fun to see that again.

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Just a little bit of nitpicking: the engraving shown at 1:50 can't possibly be her, as it's a portrait clearly from the 1830s! (It only could be a 1830s version of her, but in my opinion it has no historicistical elements, so I doubt it should show her)

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One of my favourite songs is 'Lady Eleonore' by Lindisfarne. Me and my husband always argue because I say that Lady Eleanore is a vampire. I wonder if Lindisfarne, or whoever wrote the song, had come across this story and used it as a basis for the 🎵 🎶 🎵

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[@YeahitsMeSylvia]

I almost confused her for Elizabeth Bathory at first Edit: for those who dont know, Elizabeth Bathory was a 16th century Hungarian countess who murdered and tortured various young girls and women and bathed and consumed their bloof to retain her youth and vitality

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Thanks so much for your work, research and information. Poor lady, basically sold off and a terrible end to her life. May she rest in peace 😔🙏🏼❤️🗺️🍀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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This is interesting. A new story dealing with vampire history. Sad story all around.

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I guess the legend of Elizabeth Bathory, The Blood Countess cast a large shadow.

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Lovely. As always.

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[@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647]

Bram Stoker had many influences on Dracula, one was Ludmilla, and the bloody Elizabeth Bathory and Vlad the impaler,

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[@gothicgirlfriend7375]

Omg. The part about it being cancer the whole time. Sad 😔 Thank you for sharing. It was heart breaking but very good.

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[@rosemartasgaminghoard]

Um that "documentary" sounds like bullshit. It sounds like they completely ignore Carmila and Erzabet Bathory. They also seem to ignore the fact that the use of Dracula, firmly cements Vlad the Third (nickname Dracula) as the inspiration for Dracula. Originally Bram Stoker had a different name for his lead vampire and a different title all together. But during his research for the book he came across the name Dracula and after delving further into the history of the man and of Transylvania he decided to change both the characters name and the title of his book to Dracula. There is no evidence at all to support the claims of this so called documentary.

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I remember that Simpsons Halloween Tree House Special when they did Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven.

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[@cypher7648]

Love your videos and your wonderful narration. Thank you again for another really enjoyable experience!

[@dylangarcia3898]

I can honestly think of a good Netflix series inspired by this vampire princess , where it's reveled that Eleanore is actually a vampire and has been ruling krumlov for centuries behind the scenes

[@honeymilano5325]

They never want to give us good stories like this though they wanna give us shows like ”the great” and vampire diaries but why can’t we get a classic 17th century old school bram stokers type series where everything is corsets and horses lol

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I've literally just found your channel and I greatly enjoy it! You are very well spoken young man and seem to be very interested in your subject matter. Each video is a well put together mini biography. Thank you for sharing your content.

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[@rheinhartsilvento2576]

Wonderful work, thank you - I enjoy your channel often. But i have a remark concerning the portrait of Eleonora von Schwarzenberg that you are using as the main image - it's NOT the right Eleonore von Schwarzenberg. This lady is very clearly dressed and coiffed in the style of the 1830's, which is obviously more than a century later than our heroine. Seeing her every time you speak of Eleonore takes me out of the story..... The right Eleonore, seems to be the portrait you used as the still for your video. She's wearing the right clothes and hairstyle ;-) Thanks again for your great research and presentation. Keep up the good work!

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He also attributes Poe's Lenore to someone else.

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[@loisreese2692]

Really interesting historical tale. Thank you!

[@shanny4306]

You are a great story teller,,,,,,please continue on bringing these people to LIFE with your command of the language,,,,,,,and your choices of art depicting these events are beautiful,,,,,sooooo much research too ,,,,,,you are gifted,THANKYOU for sharing your gift,,your fan base is going to BLOW UP!!! 🤗 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 🌬💨 🇨🇦🕊,,,,,,,,,,,,,hard to imagine witnessing a person being bullied after they died!!!

[@patricialong5767]

Medical misunderstandings occurred all the time back then, sadly.

[@invidusspectator3920]

I kept forgetting what her name was, so I couldn't find any information about her. Thank you for the video. I remember watching some documentary years ago about her, but I couldn't for the life of me remember anything about her, except her later life.

[@lovelive2216]

Love this story! I was so surprised to learn the connection with the book Dracula 🧛‍♂️ Amazing video thank you ☺️

[@sd41793]

5:11. O_O So, that would make Eleonore's children both the first cousins and half-niece and half-nephew of their grandfather's children by his second wife (if he had any with her)... Good grief!

[@Z3nHolEminD]

Danzigs new movie “ Death Rider “ would pertain well with this topic .

[@christopherellis2663]

Bohemia and Moravia are the Czech Republic Countess Erszabet Bathory is a far stronger candidate for Vampirism.

[@user-hx5xq6tl9f]

I heard it was Countess Bathory and Vlad the Impaler that gave Stoker his inspiration. Bathory was from an ancient powerful bloodline and they were from Transylvania. I guess both ladies could be a contender though… 🙂

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