helena schilizzi met greek statesman eleftherios venizelos in 1912, and married him in 1921. she was injured in an assassination attempt against her husband in 1933, and widowed when he died in 1936. she died in paris in 1959, aged 85 years. today there are schilizzi foundation scholarships named in her memory, awarded to students of greek nationality studying at king's college london. in crete (her husband's homeland) the elena venizelou prize is named in her memory, and awarded to advanced music students. in athens, there is a city square and a maternity hospital named for helena venizelos. there was also an oil tanker named the helena venizelos, built in norway in 1958, now decommissioned or lost.