The reluctant empress known as "Sisi" painstakingly crafted her image through portraits and photographs, ensuring she would ...

In real life, Elisabeth married her first cousin Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, in a union that ... at the age of two ...

Empress Elisabeth of Austria mothered four children in her ... Sophie tragically passed away at just two years old during a trip to Hungary. Her death severely affected Sisi and Franz Joseph's ...

Empress Elisabeth of Austria remains a figure of fascination 125 years on ... Unsurprisingly, Elisabeth took to escaping to Hungary in extreme bouts of sadness, where she could recover from her grief ...

Don’t despair! Netflix has knocked the proverbial dust off the celluloid legacy of Elisabeth, Empress of Austria and Hungary, for a six-part drama entitled “The Empress”. The series includes plenty of ...

A fateful encounter – the proverbial love at first sight. He is Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary, she is Elisabeth von Wittelsbach, Princess of Bavaria and the sister of the woman Franz ...