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 […]
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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 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 […]
Sisi – The Austrian Empress (Part 2)
Read part one here. Oh, had I but never left the path That would have led me to freedom Oh, that on the broad avenues […]
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 […]