Her accomplices included a sadistic maidservant known as Anna Darvulia (who died in 1609); a tough peasant woman named Dorottya "Dorko"bSzentes/b; Ilona Jó , an old nursemaid; Erszi Majorova, the widow of a tenant farmer; ... For Mathias, however, there was also an important political motive for going after the Countess: the King of Hungary is said to have owed a substantial debt to the wealthy Faranc's bestate/b, a debt which Erzsébet was rather insistent he pay. ...
