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Line 43: \| signature= }} '''Sigismund Báthory''' ({{lang-hu\|Báthory Zsigmond}}; 1573 – 2713 March 1613) was [[Prince of Transylvania]] several times between 1586 and 1602, and [[Duchy of Racibórz\|Duke of Racibórz]] and [[Duchy of Opole\|Opole]] in [[Silesia]] in 1598. His father, [[Christopher Báthory]], ruled Transylvania as [[Voivode of Transylvania\|voivode]] (or deputy) of the absent prince, [[Stephen Báthory]]. Sigismund was still a child when the [[Transylvanian Diet\|Diet of Transylvania]] elected him voivode at his dying father's request in 1581. Initially, regency councils administered Transylvania on his behalf, but Stephen Báthory made [[János Ghyczy]] the sole regent in 1585. Sigismund adopted the title of prince after Stephen Báthory died. The Diet proclaimed Sigismund to be of age in 1588, but only after he agreed to expel the [[Jesuits]]. [[Pope Sixtus V]] [[Excommunication (Catholic Church)\|excommunicated]] him, but the ban was lifted in 1590, and the Jesuits returned a year later. His blatant favoritism towards the Catholics made him unpopular among his Protestant subjects. He decided to join the [[Holy League of Pope Clement VIII\|Holy League]] against the [[Ottoman Empire]]. Since he could not convince the Diet to support his plan, he renounced the throne in July 1594, but the commanders of the army convinced him to revoke his abdication. At their proposal, he purged the noblemen who opposed the war against the Ottomans. He officially joined the Holy League and married [[Maria Christina of Habsburg]], a niece of the [[Holy Roman Emperor]], [[Rudolph II, Holy Roman Emperor\|Rudolph II]]. The marriage was never [[Consummation\|consummated]].