Empress Elisabeth of Austria

1837-1898

Elisabeth was Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary after her marriage to Emperor Franz Joseph I in 1854.

She was popular with the people and nicknamed Sisi. The Hungarians held her in particularly high regard because she supported their autonomy as the Austrian empire morphed into Austria-Hungary.

After the newspapers reported her presence in Geneva, the anarchist Luigi Lucheni travelled to the city and assassinated her as a protest against the plutocracy.

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