Anna Juliana Gonzaga – Guided by the Virgin Mary
Anna was born with the first names Anna Caterina in Mantua in modern-day Italy in 1566 into a wealthy and noble family. Her father was […]
Austria
Empress Elisabeth’s Tattoo
Empress Elisabeth of Austria, perhaps better known as Sisi, has gone down in history as a formidable but complicated woman. One would perhaps be surprised to […]
Stéphanie of Belgium – The would-be Empress of Austria (Part three)
Read part one here. Read part two here. Stéphanie awoke on 30 January 1889 to a gloomy winter day. She had a singing lesson as […]
Stéphanie of Belgium – The would-be Empress of Austria (Part one)
At the time of Stéphanie’s marriage to Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, the Austrian court was one of the most brilliant in Europe. The following […]
Sisi – The Final Years (Part 5)
Read part one here. Read part two here. Read part three here. Read part four here. In 1883, Katharina Schratt came into the life of […]
Sophie of Bavaria – “The only man at court”
Without doubt, Archduchess Sophie was the most significant figure of all the women of the imperial house after Maria Theresia. Sophie was born in 1805 […]
