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
Equestrian portrait of Elisabeth at Possenhofen Castle, age 15 (1853)
![The young Elisabeth shortly after becoming Austrian Empress, by Amanda Bergstedt [sv] (1855)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Amanda_Bergstedt_001.jpg/500px-Amanda_Bergstedt_001.jpg)
The young Elisabeth shortly after becoming Austrian Empress, by Amanda Bergstedt [sv] (1855)
Portrait of Empress Elisabeth, 1857 aged 19
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria was the only son and third child of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth of Austria. He was heir apparent to the imperial throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Empress Elisabeth of Austria
…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 rearing of…
Portrait by Károly Koller, 1887
Wedding medal 1881 by Tautenhayn, obverse
The reverse of this wedding medal showing Hymen the god of marriage
Portrait by Eugen Felix