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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 ...
Mother. Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria (Margarete Sophie Marie Annunciata Theresia Caroline Luise Josephe Johanna; 13 May 1870 – 24 August 1902) [1] was a member of the House of Habsburg and an Archduchess of Austria by birth. She was married to Duke Albrecht of Württemberg .
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Mar 5, 2022 · 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. She was allowed to join them inside around [read more]
The Children of Empress Sisi. Sisi gave birth to four children. The first two were daughters; Sophie (5 March 1855) and Gisela (15 July 1856). Archduchess Sophie immediately took control over the children, taking them away from the care of their mother. Sisi should spend all her time doing her duties as the Empress of Austria.
Jan 27, 2023 · By Chandler Tregaskes. 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.
- Chandler Tregaskes
Daughter of the King of Bavaria, Princess Sophie was married for political reasons to Archduke Franz Karl, second son of Emperor Franz, in 1824. She soon recognized the personal weaknesses of the men who now surrounded her, and although Franz enjoyed the image of the ‘good Emperor’, he was no longer young. Franz’s son and heir Ferdinand ...
Archduchess Elisabeth Marie, known in the family as Erzsi, the diminutive of her name in Hungarian, was the only child of Rudolf and Stephanie. After Rudolf’s death she became the ward of her grandfather Emperor Franz Joseph, who idolized her. She herself began to heroize her late father, whose unconventional character she had inherited ...
