Question
Franziska Feifalik’s elaborate hair care routine for this woman included a wash with egg yolk and cognac every two weeks to create her “crown braid.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this woman who commissioned a palace named after Achilles on Corfu as a summer refuge after a family tragedy. This woman was assassinated in Geneva by the anarchist Luigi Lucheni (“loo-KAY-nee”).
ANSWER: Empress Elisabeth of Austria [accept Duchess Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie; accept Elisabeth of Bavaria; accept Sisi or Sissi]
[10m] Empress Elisabeth built the Achilleion (“ah-KILL-ee-on”) after this event. This event was named after the hunting lodge where her son Rudolf died, after the Habsburg family learned of his affair with the young Baroness Mary Vetsera.
ANSWER: Mayerling incident
[10e] The Mayerling incident led to this man becoming the heir to the Austrian throne, though this man never inherited due to his assassination by Gavrilo Princip.
ANSWER: Franz Ferdinand [or Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria; or Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria]
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Summary
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