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Empress Elisabeth and Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria young couple c. 1855 Franz Joseph was passionately in love with his wife, but they had a very complex relationship. He was a stolid and sober man, a political conservative who was still guided by his mother and her adherence to the strict Spanish Court ceremony regarding both his public ...
Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (German: Franz Josef Karl [fʁants ˈjoːzɛf ˈkaʁl]; Hungarian: Ferenc József Károly [ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈjoːʒɛf ˈkaːroj]; 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 2 December 1848 until his death in 1916. [1]
Within two months of her marriage to Franz Joseph, Elisabeth was pregnant. On 5 March 1855, the 17-year-old Empress of Austria delivered a daughter who was christened the same day, without Elisabeth's knowledge, Sophie Friederike Dorothea Maria Josepha, after Franz Joseph's mother.
Meanwhile, Franz couldn't stop gushing to his mom about how "enchanting" Elisabeth was and described her as "fresh and unspoilt as a green, half-opened almond" (er, kay) with lips like "ripe ...
Archduchess Marie Valerie was born on 22 April 1868 in Buda, Hungary to Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and his wife, Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria.She had an older sister, Archduchess Gisela, and an older brother, Crown Prince Rudolf.
Photograph of Elisabeth Franziska and her sister Archduchess Hedwig, 1912. She was born in Vienna on 27 January 1892 to Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria and his wife, Archduchess Marie Valerie, youngest daughter of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. [1]
Prince Joseph Franz, who served as Head of Household of the Empress Elisabeth founded the line of Dolní Beřkovice near the old Lobkowicz land in north-central Bohemia, located on the Elbe river. [6] His seat, Dolní Beřkovice Castle, was rebuilt in the mid-19th century. [5]
Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska Maria of Austria (17 January 1831 – 14 February 1903) was born in Ofen , Hungary. She was the daughter of Palatine Joseph of Hungary (1776–1847) and his third wife Maria Dorothea of Württemberg (1797–1855).