Five facts about Empress Karoline Auguste

She was born on 8 February 1792 in Mannheim and died on 9 February 1873 in Vienna.

Five facts about Crown Prince Rudolf

When the Empress started traveling, he was a little boy. But he was aware that his mother had not written him a letter. He was angry, so Sisi wrote to him. But in the style of – I’m writing to you because you want me to.

The Empress (Netlix, 2022)

The fame of Netflix has put all the Sisi movies and TV shows on the back burner, causing there to be nothing between Romy Schneider’s Sissi and the Empress. It is clever. The works follow one concept – dating, marriage, children, and independence. Netflix is sticking with the first two points (so we can expect

Sisis Weg

Sisis Weg is the latest biography of Empress Sisi by Martina Winklehofer. Winklehofer had already written many books about society in the 19th century. Now, when this Austrian historian concentrates purely on one person in her book, we can still admire her deep knowledge of the 19th century in the description of the early life

Ferdinand Karl Viktor – Archduke who died in Brno

Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor d’Este died in Brno on the 15th of December 1849. The late Habsburg had been very successful in his military career; he was the field marshal. Ferdinand Karl was born on the 20th of July 1821 as a son of Duke Franz IV of Modena and his wife Marie Beatrix of

Sisi (2009)

For many people, Romy Schneider will remain the only Sisi. Films with her are so charming that some see no reason to make more and more versions. In 2009, Italian actress Cristiana Capotondi took on the role of the Austrian Empress.

Geliebter Johann, Geliebte Anna

The mountain scenery of Austrian Styria (Steiermark) witnessed the love of a Habsburg archduke and a daughter of a commoner (a postmaster in this case) long before the morganatic love was fashionable at the end of the 19th century.

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Duchess Sophie of Hohenberg were assassinated in Sarajevo on the 28th of June 1914. I prepared the live coverage of this historical event on my Twitter account. When I was checking when what happened, I noticed different time in different publications.

Archduke Friedrich of Austria

The eldest son of Archduke Karl Ferdinand and his wife Archduchess Elisabeth was born in Židlochovice, a little town near Brno on the 4th of June 1856. A midwife who cared for Elisabeth and her newborn son was Julie Plos from Brno. His mother could have been Empress Elisabeth of Austria, unfortunately, she came from