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).
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.
Princess Sophie of Bavaria
…Sophie became the power behind the throne. Historically, Sophie is remembered for her extremely adversarial relationship with Franz Joseph's wife Elisabeth, or "Sisi", who was also her niece. Elisabeth hated Sophie for being demanding and controlling the upbringing of her children, but there is no evidence that the…
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