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  1. 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 ...

  2. Mar 4, 2024 · Franz Joseph (born August 18, 1830, Schloss Schönbrunn, near Vienna, Austria—died November 21, 1916, Schloss Schönbrunn) was the emperor of Austria (1848–1916) and king of Hungary (1867–1916), who divided his empire into the Dual Monarchy, in which Austria and Hungary coexisted as equal partners. In 1879 he formed an alliance with ...

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  4. Aug 26, 2021 · In addition to his foreign policy problems, Franz Joseph had a troubled and turbulent personal life. He married Duchess Elizabeth of Bavaria in 1854 (via Britannica). Known as "Sisi," the new queen was only 16 years old at the time of the wedding, and the shy bride wasn't a fan of all the public attention (via History). The couple had three ...

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  5. Oct 4, 2022 · Spouse: Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary Children: Sophie (1855-57), Gisela (1856-1932), Rudolf (1858-1889), Marie Valerie (1868-1924) Known for: Famed for her beauty, she was a celebrity of her day who set fashion trends and loved horse riding and travelling.

  6. Although loved and pampered by her grandfather Franz Joseph, the emperor of Austria-Hungary, Elizabeth rejected the socially rigid, conservative values of his ancient clan. Instead, in January 1902, "Erzsi" became a Court rebel by marrying Prince Otto Windisch-Graetz, a man regarded in Court circles as being considerably beneath her in social rank.

  7. Dec 26, 2020 · December 26, 2020. Reading Time: 4 minutes. I never had much time for the Empress Elizabeth. She was just 16 when she married the Habsburg emperor Franz Joseph, in Vienna in 1854, and from the very first she seemed to me willful, self-obsessed, and unready for the role she had taken on. Within days of her marriage, “Sisi,” as she was known ...

  8. Whenever ‘the Habsburgs’ are mentioned in public, the image that impresses itself on most people’s minds is that of the happily married imperial couple Franz Joseph and Elisabeth. The picture of a smartly uniformed Franz Joseph replete with his characteristic sideburns is just as popular as that of Empress Sisi – the ‘Sissi’ of the much-loved film series. The principal works