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Luigi Lucheni
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Italian anarchist and the assassin of Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1873–1910)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1873-04-22 ) April 22, 1873, Paris , France
- Died
- October 19, 1910 (1910-10-19) (aged 37), Geneva , Switzerland
- Cause of death
- Suicide
- Resting place
- Zentralfriedhof, Vienna , Austria, 48°08′58″N 16°26′28″E / 48.14944°N 16.44111°E / 48.14944; 16.44111 ( Burial site of Luigi Lucheni's head )
- Criminal charge
- Murder of Empress Elisabeth of Austria
- Criminal penalty
- Life imprisonment
- Allegiance
- Kingdom of Italy
- Branch
- Royal Italian Army
- Service years
- 1893–1896
- Conflicts
- First Italo-Ethiopian War
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Luigi
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- Geneva
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Field of work
- anarchism
- Conflict
- First Italo-Ethiopian War
- Military branch
- Royal Italian Army
- Image
- Lucheni fitxa.jpg
- Convicted of
- murder
- Significant event
- Murder of Elisabeth of Austria
- Political ideology
- anarchism
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- Commons category
- Luigi Lucheni
- date of birth
- 1873-00-00
- date of death
- 1910-00-00
- manner of death
- Suicide
- cause of death
- hanging to death
- name in native language
- Luigi Luccheni
- place of burial
- Vienna Central Cemetery
- allegiance
- Kingdom of Italy
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Encyclopedic overview
Luigi Lucheni (born Louis Lucheni; 22 April 1873 – 19 October 1910) was an Italian anarchist and the assassin of Empress Elisabeth of Austria.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Luigi Lucheni” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.