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 […]
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Sisi – The Lonely Empress (Part 4)
In my great loneliness I make tiny songs My heart, filled with grief and sadness Weighs down my spirit Once I was so young and […]
Sisi – The Wandering Empress (Part 3)
What use the solitary tear? It merely dims my sight A remnant of the olden times Left behind my eyes You ancient, solitary tear Dissolve […]
Sisi – The Austrian Empress (Part 2)
Oh, had I but never left the path That would have led me to freedom Oh, that on the broad avenues Of vanity I had […]
Sisi – The Bavarian Princess (Part 1)
I am Sunday’s child, a child of the sun. Her golden rays she wove into my throne With her glow, she wove my crown It […]
Margaret of Tyrol – “The Ugly Duchess”
Margaret of Tyrol was one of the 14th century’s wealthiest heiresses. As the heiress to the Duchy of Carinthia and County of Tyrol in present-day […]
