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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.
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.
- 17 September 1898, Imperial Crypt
- Wittelsbach
Franz Joseph was born on 18 August 1830 in the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna (on the 65th anniversary of the death of Francis of Lorraine) as the eldest son of Archduke Franz Karl (the younger son of Francis I ), and his wife Sophie, Princess of Bavaria.
- 2 December 1848 – 21 November 1916
- Princess Sophie of Bavaria
His wife Elisabeth, popularly known by her familiar name of Sisi, is today the most popular figure from the dynasty, and the tragic fate of his son Rudolf is still a subject of fascination for many people. On 24 April 1854 Franz Joseph married his first cousin Elisabeth (1837–1898), who was seven years his junior and the daughter of one of ...
Franz Joseph and Elisabeth, the ‘perfect couple’ of the Austrian monarchy, have gone down more in the annals of popular literature than in history. The emperor falls in love with a beautiful young princess and takes her back to his palace; such is the stuff of fairytales. But how happy was their marriage in reality?
Sep 30, 2022 · In The Empress —the new German royal drama based on the life of Austria’s Empress Sisi that debuted on Netflix this week—the first two episodes focus on her courtship with Franz Joseph...
Elisabeth and Franz Joseph: wedding and marriage. When the search started at the Viennese court for a suitable bride for the young Emperor Franz Joseph, Archduchess Sophie looked on the daughters of her sister Maria Ludovika as a welcome pool of possible candidates. Marriage is an absurd institution.
