The Roman Catholic István Báthory, a thirty-seven-year-old…

The Roman Catholic István Báthory, a thirty-seven-year-old member of the prominent Hungarian family, succeeds János II (János Sigismund Zápolya) as prince of Transylvania following the death of the latter on March 14, 1571.

The death of Sigismund and the accession of Stephen Báthory further contribute to the decline of Unitarianism, although Blandrata allies himself to Báthory to maintain a semblance of the earlier toleration.

Dávid meanwhile begins to advocate the view that Christ should not be worshipped at all.