
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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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