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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 Franz Josef I of Austria on 24 April 1854 until her assassination in 1898.
Under the Spell of a Myth: Empress Sisi in Greece. KDP Publishing. ISBN 979-884-421-950-4. Haderer, Stefan (2018). "A Fairytale Palace on Corfu. I: The Achilleion and Empress Elisabeth of Austria". Royalty Digest Quarterly. ISSN 1653-5219. Haderer, Stefan (2019). "A Fairytale Palace on Corfu. II: The Achilleion and German Emperor Wilhelm II".
Hermesvilla. Hermesvilla is a palace in the Lainzer Tiergarten in Vienna, a former hunting area for the Habsburg nobility. Emperor Franz Joseph I gave it to his wife Empress Elisabeth (nicknamed "Sisi"), and he called it the "castle of dreams.“
Empress Sisi from Netflix's 'The Empress' was assassinated by an anarchist while on vacation and died tragically at the age of 60, shocking the world.
Originally the palace was a Biedermeier villa belonging to a Viennese notary named Josef August Eltz. In 1850 it was purchased by Eduard Mastalier. After Franz Joseph's engagement to Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria in 1853, Franz Joseph's mother, Princess Sophie of Bavaria, purchased the villa as a wedding present for the couple.
Possenhofen Castle (German: Schloss Possenhofen) is a condominium complex and former palace located in Possenhofen on the western shore of Lake Starnberg in Bavaria, Germany. It is best known as being the childhood summer residence of Empress Elisabeth of Austria .
Elisabeth's Childhood Was Pretty Wild. Empress Sisi was born into a prominent Bavarian family—in fact, her mother was the King of Bavaria's daughter.
Wien.info: Schönbrunn Palace—"Empress Sisi's former summer residence" Schönbrunn Palace: My Way of Telling History (PDF format) Official Vienna city map: Schönbrunn—a far better aerial view, zoomable up to <1m resolution. *Click "Orthophoto" and "Draw new map", then zoom in [there seems to be no direct link].