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Countess Irma Sztáray de Sztára et Nagymihály (10 July 1863 – 3 September 1940) was a Hungarian courtier and memoirist. She was the last lady-in-waiting of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, and the sole companion traveling with the empress when she was assassinated.
Irma Sztáray is best known for being an eyewitness to the assassination of Empress Elizabeth of Austria - in Geneva on September 10, 1898. She had been the main lady-in-waiting to the Empress for the previous years and devoted her life to her.
The single, middle-aged Hungarian countess Irma Sztáray, having rejected marriage and the convent, is forced by her overbearing mother to apply to be handmaiden to the increasingly reclusive Empress Elisabeth of Austria, also known as Sisi.
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When Irma Sztáray undid the empress’s bodice to help her to breathe and noticed the small bloodstain on her chemise, she realised that Lucheni had stabbed the empress. She revealed the true identity of the Countess of Hohenembs and the dying empress was carried back to the hotel.
Gróf sztárai és nagy-Mihályi Sztáray Irma (Sztára, 1863. július 10. – Szobránc, 1940. szeptember 3.) Wittelsbach Erzsébet magyar királyné udvarhölgye, csillagkeresztes hölgy, az Erzsébet-rend nagykereszt tulajdonosa.
Apr 30, 2023 · A life that contained countless tragedies – whether it be murder-suicide, accidental fire, infant death, or ultimately an ill-fated assassination. What the history books leave out is the perspective of the lauded Sisi’s lady-in-waiting: Irma Sztáray.
Jun 24, 2021 · And despite rumors of possible assassination attempts, on September 10, Elisabeth decided to walk with Countess Irma Sztáray from the hotel to the pier to board a steamer without any bodyguards.
