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Aug 21, 2023 · Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie, Duchess in Bavaria and Princess of Bavaria (December 24, 1837 - September 10, 1898), of the House of Wittelsbach, was Empress-Consort of Austria and Queen consort of Hungary due to her marriage to Emperor Franz Joseph. From an early age, she was called Sisi (or Sissi in films and novels) by family and friends.
Assassination on Elisabeth. On 10 September 1898 Europe was shocked by the news that Empress Elisabeth of Austria had been assassinated. Elisabeth’s tragic death was the end of the troubled, unhappy and often misunderstood life of a highly unusual personality. It also made a decisive contribution to the creation of a myth which Elisabeth had ...
Elisabeth. As consort of Emperor Franz Joseph, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary. Born 24 December 1837 (Munich) Died 10 September 1898 (Geneva) Sisi. Elisabeth, ‘Sisi’ to her family, was the daughter of Duke Max in Bavaria and Duchess Ludovika. She was betrothed to her cousin the young Emperor Franz Joseph at Bad Ischl in 1853; they ...
Explore the museum. Numerous personal objects of Elisabeth give visitors to the Sisi Museum an insight into the life of the beautiful and often misunderstood monarch: Among the more than 300 exhibits are original items of clothing, a miniature secretaire with envelopes painted in Elisabeth's own hand, Sisi's watercolor painting box, a 63-piece first-aid kit, and an accessible reconstruction of ...
In Bavaria, Elisabeth’s country of birth, there are far fewer traces of her life: Elisabeth’s family home in Munich, the Herzog-Max-Palais, was demolished in 1937/38 on Hitler’s orders and replaced with a bank. Sisi’s beloved Possenhofen was converted into luxury private apartments in the 1980s following decades of neglect and has not ...
The Empress of Austria, who always took care to maintain an impeccable appearance, certainly did not clean any “third teeth“ in public. Quite the contrary: it is proven that Empress Elisabeth and her family regularly underwent dental care by dentists, also from America, and spent a great deal of money on this every year.
Nov 8, 2011 · Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known to her family as Sisi, belongs to a famous love story of European royalty - in 1853 the Emperor Franz Josef, the most eligible bachelor in Europe, fell in love with her at first sight when she was fifteen; they were married the next year.
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