The pair did not hit it off. 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
Sisi (Fernsehserie 2021– ) - IMDb
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.
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. No royal family was as ubiquitous as the hapsburgs, but the rebellious empress sisi was an early feminist who rejected the court