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Sep 28, 2018 · Empress Elisabeth (born Elisabeth of Bavaria; December 24, 1837 – September 10, 1898) was one of the most famous royal women in European history. Famed for her great beauty, she was also a diplomat who oversaw the unification of Austria and Hungary.
May 14, 2019 · Empress Elisabeth of Austria was a tragic beauty queen. Life for this Bavarian princess was no fairy tale. Married at 16 to the emperor of Austria, Elisabeth—nicknamed Sisi—was a reluctant...
Dec 21, 2022 · The new film Corsage tells the story of the Austrian Empress Elisabeth. It allows us a glimpse behind the mask of a 19th-Century glamour icon, writes Christina Newland.
Sep 11, 2023 · The ill-fated Empress Elisabeth ‘Sissi’ of Austria, who died on 10 September 1898, has had her story retold countless times on screen. But what is the truth behind the period dramas?
The German-born Elisabeth, Empress of Austria (1837-1898), was the beloved “Sisi,” one of the most famous royal celebrities of her day.
Elisabeth, 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.
‘Elisabeth’ has become a major tourist marque and is today the most well-known member of the Habsburg dynasty: Sisi, the reluctant empress, has thus become the ‘poster child’ for Habsburg tourism, a position that she would surely have abhorred.
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