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Jan 1, 2005 · John Van der Kiste read Librarianship at Ealing Technical College, where he edited the student librarian journal Stamp Out. The author of about a hundred books, including historical and royal biography, popular music, true crime, local history, plays and fiction, he has also contributed articles to and reviewed books and records for local and national publications, was a consultant to the BBC ...
Franz Joseph provided them some autonomy. In 1908, Austria-Hungary annex Bosnia and Herzegovina. The tension resulted in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the grand-nephew of Franz Joseph, in 1914. Soon, World War I. broke out. Franz Joseph I. was married to Elisabeth of Austria (“Sissi”) and had four children.
While many of the names are relegated to the corners of history, the adoration of former subjects and admirers is still alive in the Emperor’s Crypt, the tombs of Franz Joseph the last great Austria-Hungarian emperor, and Maximilian, Mexico’s last feudal ruler still have fresh flowers and offerings.
Sophie Friederike Dorothea von Habsburg, Archduchess, (1805-1872) Archduchess of Austria, mother of Emperor Franz Joseph I, born January 27, 1805 in Munich; died in Vienna May 28, 1872. Sophie Friederike Dorothea von Wittelsbach was one of five daughters born to King Maximilian Joseph of Bavaria from his second marriage with Friederike Karoline ...
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 secured the succession for her eldest son Franz Joseph following the abdication of Ferdinand I in 1848. She also played a dominant role in the corridors of power during the early
He is legally known in Austria as Eduard Habsburg-Lothringen, and is referred to by the traditional title of Archduke Eduard of Austria in the Almanach de Gotha. [1] He acquired Hungarian citizenship as his father was born in Hungary. [2] Eduard is the great-great-great-grandson of Emperor Franz Joseph I. [3] [4]
Consort to Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, Elizabeth was a modern woman who fled the confines of Habsburg to roam free--she fancied dangerous riding, sailing and poetry--but her life ended with her assassination in 1896.
