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Elisabeth in Bavaria

Empress Elisabeth of Austria – “A miserable, languishing creature” (Part two)

Thursday, 7 July 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part one here. Melancholy seemed to run in the family. Following the death of her son, Elisabeth’s sister Helene “often seemed mad in her terrible passion.” Following the death of her cousin King Ludwig II of Bavaria, who had been declared insane shortly before, Elisabeth’s chamberlain wrote that “though there is no reason for [read more]

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Elisabeth in Bavaria

Empress Elisabeth of Austria – “A miserable, languishing creature” (Part one)

Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Shortly after marrying her first cousin Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, Elisabeth reluctantly began to follow court protocol while lamenting the loss of her former “carefree, innocent existence of Possenhofen.” In Vienna, her health quickly deteriorated, and she suffered from coughing fits and anxiety attacks. These ailments were possibly psychosomatic. In those early years of [read more]