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Stéphanie of Belgium

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 two)

May 29, 2019 Moniek 0

Read part one here. After the formal ceremony, Stéphanie and Rudolf changed into their travelling clothes. She said goodbye to her beloved Toni, her parents […]

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 […]

Marie Henriette of Austria – A desperately lonely Queen

May 31, 2018 Moniek 1

Marie Henrietta of Austria was born on 23 August 1836 as the daughter of Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary, and Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg. Dorothea de Ficquelmont […]

mary vetsera

The Mayerling Tragedy: Mary Vetsera’s goodbye letters found

July 31, 2015 Moniek 3

Most of us know the tragic story of Crown Prince Rudolf and his mistress Mary Vetsera. They probably made some sort of murder-suicide pact, which […]

Elisabeth Marie of Austria

Elisabeth Marie of Austria – Getting away with murder

June 15, 2015 Moniek 1

Archduchess Elisabeth Marie was born on 2 September 1883 as the only child of Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria and Princess Stephanie of Belgium. She […]

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