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The failure of her son Maximilian as Emperor of Mexico was a heavy blow for Sophie. After his execution in 1867 she withdrew from politics. In the same year the Austro-Hungarian Compromise and the introduction of the constitutional monarchy dealt a final blow to her neo-absolutist ideals.
The identical twin sister of Queen Maria Anna of Saxony, Sophie became Archduchess of Austria by marriage to Archduke Franz Karl of Austria. Her eldest son, Franz Joseph , reigned as Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary ; her second son, Maximilian , briefly reigned as Emperor of Mexico .
Oct 13, 2022 · Sophie, Franz Joseph’s mother, was also his aunt and through the marriage she also became Sisi’s mother-in-law. The marriage between Franz Joseph and Elisabeth produced four children : three daughters and one son: Sophie Friederike (1855-1857) died of an intestinal infection at the age of only two. This plunged the young couple into a first ...
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The only members of the Imperial family who were present were Franz Ferdinand's stepmother, Archduchess Maria Theresa, and her two daughters, Maria Annunciata and Elisabeth Amalie. Upon her marriage, Sophie was given the title Fürstin von Hohenberg ("Princess of Hohenberg") with the style of Durchlaucht ("Serene Highness").
Mar 5, 2022 · (public domain) In the early hours of 5 March 1855, the 17-year-old Empress Elisabeth of Austria went into labour with her first child. Her mother-in-law Archduchess Sophie sat outside the bedchamber with her needlework as her son Franz Joseph went back and forth between his wife and his mother.
One such woman was Archduchess Sophie, the mother of Emperor Franz Joseph. Leopold Kupelwieser: Archduchess Sophie conducts her son Franz Joseph to the throne, watercolour, 1848 The imperial family: Sophie and Franz Karl; Franz Joseph and his wife Elisabeth with the children Gisela and Rudolf; Franz Joseph's brothers Carl Ludwig and Ferdinand ...
The marriage produced four children: Sophie Friederike (1855–1857), who died at the age of two from an intestinal infection.
