Elisabeth (Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie; German: [eˈliːzaˌbɛt aˈmaːliə ɔʏˈɡeːniə]; 24 December 1837 – 10 September 1898), nicknamed Sisi, [1] was Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary from her …

Apr 28, 2025 · In the mid-1950s Austrian Sissi trilogy, which used an alternative spelling of the nickname Sisi, actress Romy Schneider played Elisabeth as a knowing yet delicate youth who was thrust into a...

Oct 31, 2022 · Since her death, Elisabeth (‘Sissi’) has become a cultural icon, especially in Europe. Romanticised depictions of the moody, intellectual and beauty-obsessed empress have featured in …

On April 25, 1854, a shy and melancholy bride married into a major European royal house. Trembling and overcome with emotion, 16-year-old Elisabeth, known by her childhood nickname Sisi, was wed...

Dec 20, 2025 · Elisabeth was the daughter of the Bavarian duke Maximilian Joseph. In August 1853 she met her cousin Franz Joseph, then aged 23, and he quickly fell in love with the 15-year-old Elisabeth, …

The German-born Elisabeth, Empress of Austria (1837-1898), was the beloved “Sisi,” one of the most famous royal celebrities of her day.

Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known as Sisi or Sissi, was born in Munich. This biography traces her life from royal palaces to family and personal struggles.

Franz Winterhalter’s iconic 1865 portrait of Elisabeth (Sisi) depicts her at age 27, with a coquettish smile and bejeweled hair. The life of Elisabeth of Austria sounds like a romantic novel: A...

Sisi has gone down in history as an empress of eternal youth and beauty. For more than 3 decades she was regarded as the most beautiful queen in Europe.

Sportswoman, fashion icon, traveller, poet, friend to the Hungarians, and tragic victim of an assassin’s blade. Elisabeth’s name and face appears all over modern Vienna. But how much of her story and …