Thursday, July 30, 2009

Queen Maria Pia escapes assassins

July 30, 1901

The Dowager Queen Maria Pia of Portugal has escaped an assassination attempt, according to the Chicago Tribune. Her Majesty was "a course of the baths" in Aix-les-Bains, but "was so perturbed by the attack upon her" that she left Aix "hastily for Rome."
Maria Pia is the mother of King Carlos of Portugal and the sister of the late King Umberto of Italy. Details of the assassination attempt have not been made public, but police do have several clues regarding the identity of the attacker.

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