The future Empress Elisabeth of Austria was born on 24 December 1837 at the Herzog-Max-Palais in Munich. That day, her mother, Ludovika, was planning to spend the evening with her mother, Caroline, when she suddenly went into labour at the Herzog-Max-Palais. The birth happened quickly, and the little one was born with one milk tooth, [read more]
*contains affiliate links* Empress Elisabeth of Austria was well-known for her travels as she wished to spend as little time as possible with her husband in Vienna. One of her favourite destinations was Greece, and she even had a villa named the Achilleion built on Corfu. Unfortunately, she lost interest in the villa a few [read more]
In 1837, Princess Ludovika was pregnant for the fourth time. Her marriage to Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria was in shambles, but that didn’t stop the regular arrival of new babies. Her first child Ludwig Wilhelm was born in 1831, followed by the short-lived Wilhelm Karl in 1832 and Helene in 1834. On 24 December, [read more]
When the future Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria was born in 1830, he was third in the line of succession. His grandfather was Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (Francis I, Emperor Austria from the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806) and his uncle Ferdinand, who had an intellectual disability and suffered from [read more]
Empress Elisabeth felt the constant pressure to remain youthful, and her continuous dieting and excessive exercise kept her waist at 50 cm (19.5 inches) and her weight at a maximum of 50 kilos (110 pounds). She also often laced so tightly that she suffered from shortness of breath. The lacing frequently took up to an [read more]
Read part two here. Empress Elisabeth of Austria and her husband Franz Joseph had four children, of which three survived to adulthood. These children all had children of their own, thus leaving a long line of descendants. Please note that this information is likely to be incomplete and that most, if not all, of the [read more]
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