10. Isabella of Castile
Born in 1451 and died in 1504, Isabella the Catholic, was queen of Castile and León. Her husband was Ferdinand II of Aragon. Both of them worked really hard to bring stability in the kingdom. Isabella and Ferdinand completed the Reconquista, and ordered the exile of their Muslim and Jewish subjects and financed Christopher Columbus’ 1492 voyage that could lead to open the “New World”. Isabella is also titled as Servant of God by the Catholic Church in 1974.
9. Queen Mary I of England
Mary I, born on 1516 and died on 1558, was the Queen of England and Ireland. She ruled the two nations from July 1553 until her death. She was titled as’ Bloody Mary’ because of her aggressive style of protest. She is reminded for her violent behavior with the people of England.
8. Mary Ann Cotton
The first serial killer of Britain, Mary Ann Cotton was born in 1832 in Low Moorsley, County Durham. She got married at the age of 2- with William Mowbray. She gave birth to five kids, four out of which died of gastric fever and stomach pain. Her husband also died of an intestinal disorder in 1865. Mary’s second husband, George Ward also had severe intestinal disorder. According to resources, Mary moved around northern England. In total, she had lost three husbands, a lover, a friend, her mother and a dozen children. Finally, she was hanged at Durham County Gaol, in 1873, for murdering all her family members.
7. Elizabeth Bathory
Born in 1560 and died in 1614, Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed belonged to a Báthory family of Kingdom of Hungary. She is known as one of the most prolific female serial killers of all time. She is titled as the “Blood Countess.” She used to murder peasant girls by beating, burning, and cutting their body parts.
6. Ilse Koch
Born in 1906, Ilse Koch is famous as “Die Hexe von Buchenwald” and “Buchenwälder Schlampe”. She married to Karl-Otto Koch. She was the first Nazi tried by the US military. She is said to be addict of wine and heroine, due to which she used to torture and abuse her husband seriously. She committed suicide at Aichach women’s prison in 1967.
5. Beverly Allitt
The Angel of Death, Beverley Gail Allitt is an English serial killer. She used to kill children, and attempted to murder various adults in the history. It is said that Beverly physically harmed six children. She did all these crimes in 59 days between February and April 1991. In May 1993, at Nottingham Crown Court, she received 13 life sentences for the crimes.
4. Irma Grese
Irma Ida Ilse Grese was born in 1923. She died in 1945. This German lady was employed at the Nazi concentration camps of Ravensbrück and Auschwitz as a warden at Bergen-Belsen. She used to torture the women of the camp and loved giving them painful deaths. She was nicknamed “the Beast of Belsen”, “The Beautiful Beast”, and “Die Hyäne von Auschwitz”.
3. Myra Hindley
Born in 1942, Myra Hindley was an English serial killer. She partnered with Ian Brady to commit rapes and murders of five kids. These two monsters used to kidnap the little girls and sexually abused them. Her brother-in-law tipped her off to the police. Hindley didn’t feel guilty of her crimes.
2. Belle Gunness
Belle was a physically strong woman. She was a professional serial killer of USA. It is said that she also killed her husband and other family members. She was accused for committing various crimes in the history. So, finally she was sent to jail.
1. Katherine Knight
Born on 24 October 1955, Katherine Mary Knight was the first Australian woman who was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. She remained in violent relationships throughout her life. She had mashed the dentures of one of her ex-husbands and slashed the throat of another husband. Overall, Katherine is regarded as a highly aggressive lady. She had hung her several fellows the living room, cutting off their head.
