Her assassination brought her rather unsettled life to a tragic end. In 1853, 15 year old elisabeth (better known by her nickname ‘sissi’), accompanied her mother and elder sister helene to meet franz joseph (their first cousin), to receive his formal proposal to helene The pair did not hit it off. Inside the unhappy reign of sisi, empress of austria and queen of hungary On april 25, 1854, a shy and melancholy bride married into a major european royal house. In the annals of history, few stories are as compelling as that of empress elisabeth of austria, known affectionately as sisi
Her story began with love at first sight with emperor franz joseph, followed by the confines of imperial life and an unending quest for freedom. Sometimes known as sisi, empress elisabeth of austria lived a tragic life before she was brutally assassinated with a needle file in 1898.
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