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Maria Sophie Amalie, Duchess in Bavaria (4 October 1841 – 19 January 1925) was the last Queen of the Two Sicilies as the wife of Francis II of the Two Sicilies.She was one of the ten children of Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria.
Herzog-Max-Palais in Munich where she was born. Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie was born on 24 December 1837 in the Herzog-Max-Palais in Munich, Bavaria.She was the third child and second daughter of Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, the half-sister of King Ludwig I of Bavaria.
[citation needed] In spite of the earlier objections to the match, Helene is considered to have had the only happy marriage among the five Wittelsbach sisters. [citation needed] The first child, a daughter, who they named Louisa, was born in 1859, followed by a second daughter, Elisabeth, in 1860.
In the biography The Lonely Empress: Elisabeth of Austria, author Joan Haslip describes Sisi and her sister Helene as "wild, undisciplined little girls" who were "full of jokes and laughter."
Elisabeth receives news that her younger sister, Maria (Mimi), is set to marry the following year, while her elder sister, Helene, has fallen in love with a man of modest means. King Maximilian II of Bavaria has refused to grant his blessing for the union of his niece. Seeking solace, Elisabeth visits her father, who encourages her to ...
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.
Sisi (Italian: Sissi) is a 2009 Austrian-Italian-German biographical drama television miniseries directed by Xaver Schwarzenberger and starring Cristiana Capotondi in the title role. It was produced by Sunset, Publispei, RAI and EosTV, with a budget of about 11 million euros . [ 1 ]
He also had an older sister, Mimi, whom he described as loving but hot-tempered, and a younger sister, Alice, whom he considered the most normal in the household because “she was the child my ...