In 1853, 15 year old elisabeth (better known by her nickname ‘sissi’), accompanied her mother and elder sister helene to meet franz joseph (their first cousin), to receive his formal proposal to helene Her story began with love at first sight with emperor franz joseph, followed by the confines of imperial life and an unending quest for freedom. The pair did not hit it off.
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Sisi follows the extraordinary life of empress elisabeth of austria
Inside the unhappy reign of sisi, empress of austria and queen of hungary
On april 25, 1854, a shy and melancholy bride married into a major european royal house. Sometimes known as sisi, empress elisabeth of austria lived a tragic life before she was brutally assassinated with a needle file in 1898. Married at 16 to the emperor of austria, elisabeth—nicknamed sisi—was a reluctant empress, struggling with royal life and sympathetic to the democratic struggles of the people in her new nation. In the annals of history, few stories are as compelling as that of empress elisabeth of austria, known affectionately as sisi
