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Empress Elisabeth of Austria
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Elisabeth, nicknamed Sisi, was Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary from her marriage to Franz Joseph I on 24 April 1854 until her assassination in 1898.
Formal portrait, 1867
Formal portrait, 1867
Equestrian portrait of Elisabeth at Possenhofen Castle, age 15 (1853)
Equestrian portrait of Elisabeth at Possenhofen Castle, age 15 (1853)
The young Elisabeth shortly after becoming Austrian Empress, by Amanda Bergstedt [sv] (1855)
The young Elisabeth shortly after becoming Austrian Empress, by Amanda Bergstedt [sv] (1855)
Portrait of Empress Elisabeth, 1857 aged 19
Portrait of Empress Elisabeth, 1857 aged 19
Archduchess Sophie of Austria
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Archduchess Sophie of Austria was the first child of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth of Austria. She died aged two.
Empress Elisabeth of Austria
…thrust her into the much more formal Habsburg court life, for which she was unprepared and which she found suffocating. The couple had four children: Sophie, Gisela, Rudolf, and Marie Valerie. Early in her marriage, Elisabeth was at odds with her aunt and mother-in-law, Archduchess Sophie, who took over the…
Sophie in c. 1856
Sophie in c. 1856
Archduchess Sophie lying in rest, 1857
Archduchess Sophie lying in rest, 1857
"Birth of Sophie", a lithograph by Joseph Kriehuber.
"Birth of Sophie", a lithograph by Joseph Kriehuber.
Franz Joseph, Sissi and their family soon after Gisela's birth. Lithograph by Kriehuber.
Franz Joseph, Sissi and their family soon after Gisela's birth. Lithograph by Kriehuber.