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 Nevertheless, she was regarded as a role model by many women of that era. The pair did not hit it off.
Empress Sisi’s Christmas for the poor - Nobility and Analogous Traditional Elites
In the annals of history, few stories are as compelling as that of empress elisabeth of austria, known affectionately as sisi
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.
Sportswoman, fashion icon, traveller, poet, friend to the hungarians, and tragic victim of an assassin’s blade. 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. Empress sisi was a special, even extraordinary personality, but her role within the imperial family was characterized by conflict
