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Events on Saturday 10 September 1898 2
1837 – 1898Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837-1898)Assassinated 10 September 1898, aged 60Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known as Sisi, was stabbed to death by Italian anarchist Luigi Lucheni while walking beside Lake Geneva in Switzerland. Her death shocked European royal courts and made her one of the most romanticized figures of the Habsburg monarchy. She had been Empress consort of Austria and Queen consort of Hungary for over four decades.
1837 – 1898Empress Elisabeth (Sisi)The Tragic EmpressThe beloved but rebellious Empress known for her beauty and tragic assassination in Geneva.