Stabbed with a file
Empress Elisabeth of Austria, born a Bavarian duchess, was stabbed in Geneva in September 1898 by the anarchist Luigi Lucheni with a sharpened needle file. She walked on and boarded a lake steamer before collapsing.
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Empress Elisabeth of Austria
1837–1898 · Wittelsbach
Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary from 1854 to 1898. Born at Munich. Died at Geneva.
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Family
- Father
- Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria
- Mother
- Princess Ludovika of Bavaria
- Married
- Franz Joseph I of Austria 1854
- Children (4)
- Archduchess Sophie Friederike of Austria 1855
Archduchess Gisela of Austria 1856
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria 1858
Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria 1868 - Siblings (7)
- Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria 1831
Duchess Helene in Bavaria 1834
Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria 1839
Duchess Marie Sophie in Bavaria 1841
Duchess Mathilde Ludovika, Countess of Trani 1843
Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria 1847
Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria 1849
Related to
- Empress Elisabeth of Austria was the 29× great-granddaughter of Charlemagne.
- Empress Elisabeth of Austria was the fourth cousin twice removed of Victoria.
- Empress Elisabeth of Austria was the third cousin 5 times removed of Louis XIV of France.