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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. Jan 4, 2018 · Trembling and overcome with emotion, 16-year-old Elisabeth, known by her childhood nickname Sisi, was wed to the 23-year-old Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, the absolute monarch of the largest ...

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  3. Feb 29, 2024 · Elisabeth (born December 24, 1837, Munich, Bavaria [Germany]—died September 10, 1898, Geneva, Switzerland) was the empress consort of Austria from April 24, 1854, when she married Emperor Franz Joseph. She was also queen of Hungary (crowned June 8, 1867) after the Austro-Hungarian Ausgleich, or Compromise. Her assassination brought her rather ...

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  4. The assassination of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. It was a beautiful Indian summer day 117 years ago in Geneva, Switzerland, when Empress Elisabeth of Austria left the Hotel Beau-Rivage, where she spent a night incognito, to hurry to the steamship “Genève”. On this Saturday, 10 September 1898, Empress Elisabeth was assassinated by Luigi ...

  5. Oct 7, 2022 · Enter Empress Elisabeth of Austria, who ruled from 1854 to 1898 as the wife of Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph I. "Sisi," the childhood nickname that Elisabeth commonly went by, married into the royal family at the age of only 16, as History tells us. Sisi's parents, who'd raised her in a wealthy family of seven brothers and sisters in ...

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  7. Oct 20, 2022 · Amy Irvine. Elisabeth von Wittelsbach was Empress of Austria from her marriage in April 1854 until her assassination in 1898. Tall, slim and considered one of the most beautiful women of her age, her daring personal style was often emulated within and outside the Austrian empire. Elisabeth was progressive and a woman ahead of her time.

  8. www.sisimuseum-hofburg.at › en › about-the-locationDeath | Sisi Museum

    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 ...

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