Sophie of Hohenberg – The insanity of life (Part three)
Read part two here. Sophie’s husband had survived the war, but they had no news of their eldest son Erwein. They did learn that Sophie’s […]
austria
Sophie of Hohenberg – The insanity of life (Part two)
Read part one here. Sophie and her brothers travelled to Vienna with their aunts and uncles and stayed with their stepgrandmother Maria Theresa at the […]
Frederica of Hanover – The princess who followed her heart
Princess Frederica of Hanover was born in 1848. Her father was George, Crown Prince of Hanover and her mother was Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenberg. The […]
Helene in Bavaria – The almost Empress
Helene had expected to make the most brilliant match of all until the man she was supposed to marry fell in love with her younger […]
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 […]
Stéphanie of Belgium – The would-be Empress of Austria (Part two)
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 […]