1898 : The Austrian Empress, Elisabeth of Wittelsbach, Sisi, is stabbed to death by an anarchist soon after she leaves the Beau-Rivage.
The International Conference of Rome for the Social Defense Against Anarchists was held between November 24 and December 21, 1898 following the assassination of Empress Elisabeth of Austria by Luigi Lucheni on the promenade of Lake Geneva on September 10, 1898.
Her Imperial Majesty, The Empress of Austria visited Summerhill House in February 1879.
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Among the notable members of the Ducal branch were Duke Max, who, a talented Zither player and composer himself, ranks among the most important promoters of Bavarian folk-music; his daughters Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Queen Mary Sophie of the Two Sicilies; and in more recent times Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein.
Elisabeth, a 1992 musical by Michael Kunze about the life of Empress Elisabeth, where Sophie is portrayed as a malevolent intriguer, out to ruin her daughter-in-law's life by any possible means, though more recent productions have somewhat softened her character with additional scenes and a song that give more insight into Sophie's complex motivations and personality.
For her work in Serbia as Head of the newly founded Greek Red Cross she was awarded in December 1914 the Silver Cross of the Order of the Redeemer of the Greek State and in spring of 1915 the Serbian medal of Saint Andrew and the Cross of the Empress Elisabeth of Austria, for her services to the captives of the Serbs.
Brigitte Hamann: The Reluctant Empress: A Biography of Empress Elisabeth of Austria (Knopf: 1986) (ISBN 0-394-53717-3) (410pp.).