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Archduchess Sophie: The ‘secret empress’. Sophie’s hour came in 1848, when the ailing emperor Ferdinand abdicated in favour of his nephew, the 18-year-old Franz Joseph, in Olmütz, where the imperial family had taken refuge from the turmoil of the revolution. While Sophie did not become empress as she had once hoped, since her husband ...
The Empress (German: Die Kaiserin) is a German historical drama television series based on the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, starring Devrim Lingnau in the title role, and Philip Froissant as Emperor Franz Joseph. It was released on Netflix on 29 September 2022. It was Netflix's second-most watched series worldwide for two weeks and the ...
Nov 1, 2023 · Franz Xaver Winterhalter, Empress Elisabeth of Austria, 1864 Sisi’s Cult of Beauty. Sisi felt trapped in a gilded cage, much like Princess Diana or Marie Antoinette. But in the 19th century, no one at court cared much about female misery. Sisi was supposed to embrace public duty and service, not childishly avoid it. Shyness was unacceptable.
Capuchin Crypt (Imperial Crypt) The Imperial Crypt under the Capuchin Church is dedicated to members of the former Austrian Habsburg dynasty and tells their story. 150 Habsburgs, including 12 emperors as well as 19 empresses and queens, have their final resting place here. The magnificent double sarcophagus of Maria Theresia and her husband ...
Sisi: With Jannik Schümann, David Korbmann, Marcus Grüsser, Dominique Devenport. "Sisi" follows the extraordinary life of empress Elisabeth of Austria. Modern, honest, and authentic.
Der Kaiser und sein Hof. Ein neues Franz-Joseph-Bild, Wien 2008. On 24 April 1854 Franz Joseph married his first cousin Elisabeth (1837–1898), who was seven years his junior and the daughter of one of his mother’s sisters. The romantic circumstances of their first encounter – it was in fact Elisabeth’s elder sister Helene who had been ...
The empress had some bad habits. According to a Los Angeles Times dispatch of September 24, 1890, Empress Elisabeth of Austria smokes "from thirty to forty Turkish and Russian cigarettes a day." After diner, she would enjoy her cup of Turkish coffee together with a strong Italian cigar.
