Archduchess Sophie of Austria was the first child of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth of Austria. She died aged two.
Sophie in c. 1856
Archduchess Sophie lying in rest, 1857
"Birth of Sophie", a lithograph by Joseph Kriehuber.
Franz Joseph, Sissi and their family soon after Gisela's birth. Lithograph by Kriehuber.
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Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I 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. In the early part o
Archduchess Sophie of Austria
…Archduchess Sophie of Austria (5 March 1855 – 29 May 1857) was the first child of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth of Austria. She died aged two. Within two months of her marriage to Franz Joseph, Elisabeth was pregnant. On 5 March 1855, the…
Formal portrait, 1910
Franz Joseph with his mother Archduchess Sophie, by Joseph Karl Stieler
Franz Joseph's family gathered in prayer, 1839
The Battle of Győr on 28 June 1849. Franz Joseph enters Győr leading the Austrian troops.