Caroline of Baden was born on 13 July 1776 as the daughter of Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden, and his wife Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt. She was one of a set of twins – her sister Amalie remained unmarried. Her parents would have a total of eight children, of which seven survived to adulthood. Her [read more]
On 12 July 1856, Empress Elisabeth of Austria gave birth to a second daughter. The labour went quickly and was without complications. She was named Gisela, after the wife of the first Christian King of Hungary, King Stephen I. Elisabeth’s mother Ludovika was the child’s godmother, but she was not present at the christening the [read more]
Read part one here. Melancholy seemed to run in the family. Following the death of her son, Elisabeth’s sister Helene “often seemed mad in her terrible passion.” Following the death of her cousin King Ludwig II of Bavaria, who had been declared insane shortly before, Elisabeth’s chamberlain wrote that “though there is no reason for [read more]
Shortly after marrying her first cousin Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, Elisabeth reluctantly began to follow court protocol while lamenting the loss of her former “carefree, innocent existence of Possenhofen.” In Vienna, her health quickly deteriorated, and she suffered from coughing fits and anxiety attacks. These ailments were possibly psychosomatic. In those early years of [read more]
Netflix has, at last, given us a first look at their new series The Empress about Empress Elisabeth of Austria. The three images don’t give away much, though I can’t imagine them sitting like that! The trailer is quite interesting but a little short. It appears to only be available in German, but you can [read more]
Read part two here. Maximilian woke early on the morning of 19 June. Around 5, he received the last sacraments during a short mass. He handed his wedding ring, a rosary and a scapular to Doctor Basch and told them to give them to his mother. He had a breakfast of coffee, bread, chicken and [read more]
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