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Katharina Schratt was born in Baden bei Wien, the only daughter of stationery dealer Anton Schratt (1804–1883); she had two brothers. From the age of six, she took an interest in theatre. Her parents tried to discourage her from becoming an actress and sent her to a boarding school in Cologne, however, this only increased her ambition.
May 25, 2020 · Katharina’s older brother was Heinrich Schratt (1851-1940) and her younger brother was Rudolf Schratt (1860-1952). Katharina fell in love with the theater at a young age. Her parents tried to dissuade her, even sending her away to a boarding school.
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May 30, 2022 · Katharina Schratt was born on September 11, 1853 in the spa town of Baden near Vienna. From the age of six she knew she had a passion for theatre . Her parents wanted to dissuade her and sent her to a boarding school in Cologne.
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 ...
Schratt, Katharina (1855–1940) Austrian actress who was later companion to Franz Joseph I. Born in 1855 in Baden, Austria; died in 1940; daughter of a middle-class shopkeeper; attended a convent school; studied acting in Vienna; married into the von Kiss family in 1877; children: son Anton (b. 1878). Katharina Schratt was born in the small ...
In 1885 Franz Joseph met Katharina Schratt, a leading actress of the Vienna stage, and she became his friend and confidante. This relationship lasted the rest of his life, and was—to a certain degree—tolerated by Elisabeth. Franz Joseph built Villa Schratt in Bad Ischl for her, and also provided her with a small palace in Vienna.
