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Franz Joseph 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 Prussian-led Germany, and in 1914 his ultimatum to Serbia led Austria and.
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.
- 17 September 1898, Imperial Crypt
- Wittelsbach
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Franz Joseph and his mother Archduchess Sophie, by Joseph Karl Stieler Franz Joseph's family gathered in prayer, 1839 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 ...
- 2 December 1848 – 21 November 1916
- Princess Sophie of Bavaria
Der Kaiser und sein Hof. Ein neues Franz-Joseph-Bild, Wien 2008. 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 his mother’s sisters. The romantic circumstances of their first encounter – it was in fact Elisabeth’s elder sister Helene who had been ...
Franz Joseph was torn between the wishes of his wife and the demands of his mother. Elisabeth withdrew more and more, and increasingly turned her back on both the Court and her husband. From the 1860s, the couple could no longer be said to have had a married life together. Franz Joseph and Elisabeth maintained a bond of friendship ...
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 I....
