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 […]
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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 […]
Sisi – The Lonely Empress (Part 4)
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)
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 […]