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Stephen Báthory, Hungarian István Báthory, born Sept. 27, 1533, Szilágysomlyó, Transylvania now in Romania —died Dec. 12, 1586, prince of Transylvania 1571–76 and king of Poland 1575–86 who successfully opposed the Habsburg candidate for the Polish throne, defended Poland’s eastern Baltic provinces against Russian incursion, and attempted to form a great state from Poland, and Transylvania.