Princess Sophie of Bavaria
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Princess Sophie of Bavaria was the daughter of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and his second wife, Caroline of Baden. The identical twin sister of Queen Maria Anna of Saxony, Sophie became Archdu
Photograph c. 1866
Portrait of Princessses Sophie, Ludovika, and Maria Anna (painting by Karl Joseph Karl Stieler, 1822)
Archduchess Sophie and her son, the future emperor Franz Joseph (by Joseph Karl Stieler)
Archduchess Sophie (front row, seated, second from left) with family members, 1860).
Franz Joseph I
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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
Princess Sophie of Bavaria
…identical twin sister of Queen Maria Anna of Saxony, Sophie became Archduchess of Austria by marriage to Archduke Franz Karl of Austria. Her eldest son, Franz Joseph, reigned as Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary; her second son, Maximilian, briefly reigned as Emperor of Mexico. The fourth child of King Maximilian…
Formal portrait, 1910
Franz Joseph's family gathered in prayer, 1839
The Battle of Győr on 28 June 1849. Franz Joseph enters Győr leading the Austrian troops.