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Austria

Stéphanie of Belgium – The would-be Empress of Austria (Part three)

June 3, 2019 Moniek 0

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)

May 21, 2019 Moniek 1

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)

January 28, 2019 Moniek 1

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”

January 27, 2019 Amy Eloise Kelly 3

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 […]

Sisi – The Lonely Empress (Part 4)

January 21, 2019 Moniek 0

Read part one here. Read part two here. Read part three here. In my great loneliness I make tiny songs My heart, filled with grief […]

Sisi – The Wandering Empress (Part 3)

January 14, 2019 Moniek 1

Read part one here. Read part two here. What use the solitary tear? It merely dims my sight A remnant of the olden times Left […]

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