Emperor Franz Joseph dies at the age of 86 because of pneumonia ... Franz married Elisabeth of Wittelsbach, often called 'Sissi'. They married when Elizabeth was 16 and he was 23.
Who is the titular historical figure in the hit Netflix series The Empress? Here is the true story of the ruler on whom the ...
Before Netflix's The Empress, her life was chronicled in several books and films, including the Sissi film trilogy and 2022's Corsage. Elisabeth's meet-cute with Franz Joseph was very similar to ...
Sissi, born Duchess Elisabeth of Bavaria, had an incredible but troubled life. She disturbed the strict Viennese court conventions with her marriage to Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary.