Empress Elisabeth of Austria remains a figure of fascination 125 years on ... raised her to explore the countryside and enjoy creative musings. The young Sissi wed Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria at ...

The second and eldest surviving child of Holy Roman Emperor, Charles VI and Elisabeth Christine of ... Land – at that time spanning much of central Europe, including Germany, Austria and Switzerland – ...

“The Empress” is a historical drama, often compared to “The Crown,” that offers a fictionalized account of the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria and her relationship with Emperor Franz ...

Painting by 17th-century Dutch painter has been researched and restored as part of the Women of the Rijksmuseum project ...

For thousands of years, people have survived in the Alps with traditional, straightforward food and drink. From strudel to ...

These days, the Hofburg Palace is residence and office of the President of Austria ... named after Empress Elisabeth, wife of Emperor Franz Joseph, with more than 300 objects on display.

but she was an important figure in the royal family of Austria and Hungary. Her story is retold in the German drama The Empress. It begins in 1854 when Elisabeth (Devrim Lingnau) meets Emperor ...

The empress, like many other rulers at the time, legitimized her reign through Buddhism, portraying herself either as a ...

Archduchess Estelle of Austria, married to Archduke Carl Christian, has died at the age of 46, her family confirmed. She was ...