In this paper I present a history of friendship between Franz Liszt and a Silesian prince, Felix Lichnowsky, from their first meeting (beginning of 1840s) until the death of the prince in September 1848. During this period Liszt and Lichnowsky spent much time together (e.g. holidays in 1841 on the German island Nonnenwerth). Lichnowsky accompanied Liszt during his European tournées (in 1841 and 1842). The composer stayed at Lichnowsky’s estates in Krzyżanowice, Racibórz and Hradec nad Moravicí. These stays occurred between his concerts in 1843 and 1846. Liszt set to music a poem by Lichnowsky – in his Lied Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth, which became a tribute to Marie d’Agoult. In his last years the composer revised many of his works among which was his Elegy, a piano transcription of his Lied from 1841 Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth. This time it seems to be written as a posthumous homage to Lichnowsky, Marie d’Agoult, and other loved people who had passed away prematurely.