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Jan 27, 2023 · 27 January 2023. Gianmarco Chieregato. The epitome of European chic, Her Royal and Imperial Highness Sophie Habsburg, Archduchess of Austria splits her time between her palatial home in Rome, and Sant Angelo d’Alfie; a small town outside of Naples where she has a house next to her working mozzarella farm. It’s the stuff of storybook-dreams.
Sophie of Bavaria. Archduchess of Austria (non-ruling member of the dynasty) Born 27 January 1805 in Munich. Died 28 May 1872 in Vienna. The daughter of King Maximilian I of Bavaria, Sophie married Archduke Franz Karl, the brother of Emperor Ferdinand I in 1824. Hugely influential – she was even called ‘the only man at Court’ – she ...
Sophie of Austria. Sophie of Austria may refer to: Sophie, Princess of Bavaria, after her marriage became Archduchess Sophie of Austria (1805 – 1872) Archduchess Sophie of Austria (1855 – 1857) Category: Human name disambiguation pages.
Following several miscarriages Sophie finally gave birth to a son, Franz Joseph, in 1830. She went on to bear another five children, of whom three sons, Ferdinand Maximilian, Karl Ludwig and Ludwig Viktor, reached adulthood. The archduchess groomed her sons, in particular her firstborn, Franz Joseph, as the future hopes of the dynasty, laying ...
Jun 22, 2023 · On that day, young Franz Josef was born to Archduke Franz Karl and his wife, Sophie of Bavaria. Sophie of Bavaria poses with rosy-cheeked, two-year-old Franz Josef in this 1832 portrait. Album/AKG ...
A portrait of Sophie, Archduchess of Austria. Image from Wikimedia Commons In assessing the life of Archduchess Sophie of Austria, one would easily detest her for the image projected by popular history and the media: a controlling mother, over-bearing mother-in-law, the villain in the romantic love story of Sisi and Franz Josef.
Signature. Elisabeth (born Duchess Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie in Bavaria; 24 December 1837 – 10 September 1898), nicknamed Sisi or Sissi, [1] 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. Elisabeth was born into the Ducal royal branch of the Bavarian ...