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  1. Sep 28, 2018 · Empress Elisabeth (born Elisabeth of Bavaria; December 24, 1837 – September 10, 1898) was one of the most famous royal women in European history. Famed for her great beauty, she was also a diplomat who oversaw the unification of Austria and Hungary. She holds the title of the longest-serving Empress of Austria in history.

  2. May 14, 2019 · Empress Elisabeth of Austria was a tragic beauty queen. Life for this Bavarian princess was no fairy tale. Married at 16 to the emperor of Austria, Elisabeth—nicknamed Sisi—was a reluctant...

  3. Sep 11, 2023 · 11 September 2023. Getty Images. Empress Elisabeth of Austria, who died on 10 September 1898, remains a figure of fascination 125 years on. Beautiful, tragic, powerful – it is easy to understand why the tale of this ill-fated royal beauty has captured the imagination. Indeed, Elisabeth, known as ‘Sissi’, has returned to the public ...

  4. The German-born Elisabeth, Empress of Austria (1837-1898), was the beloved “Sisi,” one of the most famous royal celebrities of her day. As the consort of the emperor of Austria—a land that dominated the map of Europe at the time—Elisabeth was a wellknown figure whose exploits were avidly chronicled in the nineteenth-century press much ...

  5. Dec 21, 2022 · 22 December 2022. By Christina Newland,Features correspondent. Felix Vratny/IFC Films. (Credit: Felix Vratny/IFC Films) The new film Corsage tells the story of the Austrian Empress Elisabeth....

  6. Elisabeth’ has become a major tourist marque and is today the most well-known member of the Habsburg dynasty: Sisi, the reluctant empress, has thus become the ‘poster child’ for Habsburg tourism, a position that she would surely have abhorred.

  7. Elisabeth (born Duchess Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie in Bavaria; 24 December 1837 – 10 September 1898), nicknamed Sisi or Sissi, was Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary from her marriage to Emperor Franz Joseph I on 24 April 1854 until her assassination in 1898. Quick Facts Elisabeth, Tenure ... Close.

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