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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 ...
For the wedding ceremony, Sissi travels with her family on the steamboat Franz Joseph down the Danube to Vienna. People line the banks, waving flags and cheering their future Empress. As part of a grand procession, Sissi enters the city in a gilded carriage. The wedding takes place in the Augustinian Church on 24 April 1854.
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 ...
Franz and Sisi married in April 1854 to the great cheer of the population. Contrary to all etiquette, they kiss each other in front of the entire wedding party and later spend their wedding night outdoor, in the palace gardens of Schönbrunn. Sisi begins her new life in Vienna, oppressed by the Austria court ceremony and by her mother-in-law ...
Wedding medal 1881 by Tautenhayn, obverse The reverse of this wedding medal showing Hymen the god of marriage Portrait by Eugen Felix Garter encircled arms of Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria. Rudolf was born at Schloss Laxenburg, [2] a castle near Vienna, as the son of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth.
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.
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.
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]