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  1. Empress Elisabeth of Austria - Wikipedia

    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 …

  2. The Many Myths of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, the 19th-Century …

    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...

  3. The Tragic Life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria - History Hit

    Oct 20, 2022 · In 1853, 15 year old Elisabeth (better known by her nickname ‘Sissi’), accompanied her mother and elder sister Helene to meet Franz Joseph (their first cousin), to receive his formal …

  4. The Tragic Austrian Empress Who Was Murdered by Anarchists

    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...

  5. The Tragic Life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria: A Story of Beauty ...

    May 26, 2024 · Empress Elisabeth of Austria, also known as Sissi, was a remarkable figure whose life was marked by both extraordinary beauty and profound tragedy. Born Elisabeth von Wittelsbach, she …

  6. Elisabeth, Empress of Austria - Encyclopedia.com

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

  7. Empress Elisabeth of Austria was a tragic beauty queen

    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...

  8. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi | Biography, President, & Egypt | Britannica

    Dec 18, 2025 · Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (born November 19, 1954, Cairo, Egypt) is an Egyptian military officer who became Egypt ’s de facto leader in July 2013, after the country’s military removed Pres. …

  9. Empress Elisabeth (Sisi): what you need to know - Visiting Vienna

    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 …

  10. The Sisi Myth | Sisi Museum

    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.