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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.
Netflix's 'The Empress,' featuring Elisabeth of Austria, is a new hit show, and everyone wants to know the true story. All about Emperor Franz Joseph's wife.
On 24 December 1869, after ten years of marriage, Maria Sophie gave birth to a daughter, Maria Cristina Pia, who was born on the birthday of her aunt, Empress Elisabeth, who became her godmother. Unfortunately, the baby lived only three months and died on 28 March 1870. Maria Sophie and her husband never had another child.
Empress Elisabeth adored Hungary and its people and proposed to her husband that they take a trip to her favourite country, perhaps even tour it. [1] Franz Joseph accepted and they left in early spring 1857. While in Buda, both Sophie and her sister Archduchess Gisela fell ill with diarrhea and had a very high fever.
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 ...
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.
She was Napoleon's second wife and as such Empress of the French and Queen of Italy from their marriage on 1 April 1810 until his abdication on 6 April 1814. As the eldest child of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor and Emperor of Austria , and his second wife, Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily , Marie Louise grew up during a period marked by ...
Sisi's challenges are many, including her adjustment to the strict norms of royal life and her struggle integrating into the dynastic, powerful Habsburg family.