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On May 28, 1872, 67-year-old Sophie of Bavaria, Archduchess of Austria, died. Franz Joseph sobbed like a child and Sisi had to be carried from the room. Sophie was buried at the Imperial Crypt beneath the Capuchin Church in Vienna, Austria. From 1960 – 1962, the New Vault was added to the Imperial Crypt to relieve overcrowding.
Archduchess Marie Valerie Mathilde Amalie of Austria (22 April 1868 – 6 September 1924) was the youngest child of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth of Austria. She was usually called Valerie. On 31 July 1890, she married Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria; the marriage caused a rift between her and her siblings as their marriages had to be dynastic, while Marie Valerie’s was, as ...
Sophie Friederike Dorothea Wilhelmine of Bavaria (27 January 1805 – 28 May 1872) was Princess of Bavaria and Archduchess of Austria. Mother of Emperor Francis Joseph I. Emperor Francis Joseph I of Austria (1830 - 1916) - Emperor of Austria-Hungary. Married his cousin Princess Elisabeth in Bavaria, had issue; Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico (1832 - 1867) - Emperor of Mexico. Married Princess ...
Born in 1883 into the imperial family of Austria-Hungary, Elizabeth von Habsburg was the daughter of a Belgian mother and Austrian father whose marriage was emotionally dead. She was baptized Elizabeth in honor of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary (1207–1231) as well as her beautiful grandmother, Elizabeth of Bavaria (1837–1898), who was known as ...
Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria (1868 – 1915), married Bertha Czuber, morganatic marriage, no children; Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria (1870 – 1902), married Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, had seven children. Franz Ferdinand had two younger half-siblings via his father’s third marriage to Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal:
May 12, 2013 · Archduchess Maria Johanna (1750-1762), died of smallpox, no issue; Archduchess Maria Josepha (1751-1767), died of smallpox, no issue; Archduchess Maria Carolina (1752-1814), married King Ferdinand IV of Naples and Sicily, the future King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies after her death, had seventeen children
Feb 14, 2019 · Franz Ferdinand arrived in Sarajevo on 25 June 1914. Reuniting with his wife, Sophie, Archduchess of Austria (1868-1914), the Archduke spent the following two days attending to his official duties as well as sightseeing. Princip is believed to have first observed the imperial couple as they toured the city’s famous old bazaar.
