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Luigi Lucheni (22 April 1873 – 19 October 1910) was an Italian anarchist and the assassin of Empress Elisabeth of Austria.
Empress Elisabeth was assassinated on 10 September 1898, stabbed with a file in the sixty-first year of her life. What drove the young Luigi Lucheni to such a deed?
Sep 10, 2021 · Learn about the life and motives of Luigi Lucheni, the Italian anarchist who stabbed Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary in Geneva in 1898. Discover how his head was preserved and moved after his death.
Luigi Lucheni, auch Louis Lucheni, war ein italienischer Hilfsarbeiter und der Mörder der österreichischen Kaiserin Elisabeth. Lucheni verstand sich als „individueller Anarchist“, als Anhänger von Bakunin und als Vertreter der „Propaganda der Tat“.
Luigi Lucheni proclaimed himself an anarchist but his military service in Italy and the context of events surrounding the murder of Sissi seem to conflict with this idea. Tension existed between Italy and the Austrian Empire and more importantly he wished to be recognized as a political martyr for his assassination of Empress Elizabeth.
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The anarchist Luigi Lucheni had travelled to the city in order to carry out an assassination as a protest against the plutocracy. His intended victim was Prince Henri Philippe Marie d’Orléans, but the latter had cancelled his visit to the city at short notice.