The forceful and ambitious Báthory, his goal…
1586 CE
The forceful and ambitious Báthory, his goal being the unification of Poland, Muscovy, and Transylvania under his rule, prepares to renew his war against Russia but first proposes an anti-Ottoman alliance with Muscovy, which he considers a necessary step for his anti-Ottoman crusade.
The project of a Polish-Lithuanian-Muscovite Commonwealth is dissipated by his sudden death at fifty-three on December 12, 1586, in Hrodna.