On December 24, 1837, Princess Sissi was born in Munich. Her real name is Elizabeth Amerie O'Genne, and Sissi is the nickname people give her.
Sissy was born into an aristocratic family in Bavaria (present-day Germany). In 1854, she married Franz Josef, Emperor of the Habsburg Empire of austria, and became Empress of Austria. She was known for her beauty and engaged in European politics with her charisma, similar to Ekaterina in Russia (here in St. Petersburg, 18 July 1762). The difference is that she has no right to smoke her heart and is quite a benevolent person.
Originally, according to the arrangement of the families of both sides, it should be the sister Helen who married the emperor. However, when the emperor first met the sisters at the party, he fell in love with the 15-year-old Sissi at first sight, and Sissi also had a good feeling for the emperor. This is the storyline of a fairy tale, and the plays and movies based on Princess Sisi also tell the story warmly and beautifully.
However, the real history is cold. In 1898, in Geneva, she was stabbed to death with an awl by an Italian anarchist. Although she was magnificent, most of her life was very sad, very similar to Princess Diana.
So, what does the real Princess Sisi look like? What misfortunes did she have in her life?
First of all, she is a "small waist essence" resisted by high society.
Princess Sissi grew up in the remote Castle of Posenhofen, which was considered "country" in the eyes of the royal family. She grew up unrestrained and unaccustomed to the red tape of the court. Every time, when she wanted to walk down the steep and narrow stairs, Sissi was trembling. The royal nobles, led by their mother-in-law, were very dissatisfied with this.
Sissy was distinctly different from most of the noble ladies in that she preferred "natural beauty". Every day, spend hours practicing parallel bars, hoops, and even pull-ups. Therefore, her waist is super thin and has remained around 50 centimeters for many years. If it was a little thicker, Sissi began a hunger strike.
Corsets were common in Europe in the 19th century. Legend has it that Josephine, the empress of Napoleon (here in Paris on December 2, 1804), secretly became pregnant and wrapped her waist around a cloth to cover up, triggering a trend. In essence, it is the bad habit of women flattering male aesthetics, similar to China's "wrapping small feet".
Like Josephine, Sissi also led a fashion, and her "wanted hairstyle" was imitated by women from all walks of life and painted in oil paintings.
Princess Sissi loves beauty, but not to be a vase. She was well aware of the hostility of the Austrian royal family to her, and her beauty was a source of influence and a capital for her political involvement.
Secondly, she is also the glue of Austria and Hungary.
In 1858, Princess Sisi gave birth to a crown prince for the royal family, and her position in the court became stable. At this time, she was also truly mature and increasingly interested in politics.
At that time, the situation in Europe was changing. The leadership of Bismarck (here hamburg on July 30, 1898) made Prussia a hegemon. Austria felt threatened and had to consider an alliance with Hungary against Prussia.
However, the Hungarian leader Andrássy opposed excessive Austrian interference. In this case, it is not easy to form an alliance.
At this point, Sissi became very important. She traveled to Hungary many times, was well-known, and was admired by the Count of Andrássy.
In 1857, Sissi visited Hungary, deliberately wearing the beautiful dress of the Hungarian nation and supporting their revolutionary movement. At this time, her husband, under her influence, made some compromises with Hungary, but still insisted on centralized rule. Later, Sissi continued to state the criticality of the situation and made it soft and emotional, and her husband decided to go to Budapest with Sissi to negotiate reconciliation, which was warmly welcomed by Hungary.
In 1867, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was established, a dual monarchy ruled by the Habsburgs. Sissi facilitated the peace talks and became queen of Hungary.
Finally, she is the sad mother in the "Battle for the Son".
Princess Sisi can be loved by people, and the root of it lies in benevolence. However, such a kind person has been hurt repeatedly.
10 months after the marriage, Sissi gave birth to her eldest daughter, Sophie. Her mother-in-law, Princess Sophie, looked down on Sissi and, without greeting her daughter-in-law, she named her child by her own name and called Sissi a "stupid mother."
In 1858, Sissi gave birth to a boy whom the royal family had hoped for, named Rudolf. The son was taken away by the mother-in-law again, and the husband Franz Joseph only knew that he was obedient and strong mother, and lacked sympathy for Sissi.
After the political influence grew, Sissi was determined to fight for herself. She gave her husband an ultimatum: she had to choose between her mother and wife. Franz Joseph finally fought his mother once, and the children returned to Sissi once and for all.
No one expected that Fate and Princess Sisi had made a cruel joke. Crown Prince Rudolf was unfamiliar with his parents and could not communicate well. In addition, his marriage and love affair were always not going well, and he was interfered with by his father. In 1889, After Killing His Mistress, Rudolf committed suicide.
Since then, Sissi has changed as a person, she gave away all the colorful clothes, wore black clothes all the time, traveled around, and finally was assassinated in Geneva.
The real life of Princess Sisi is usually not well known to most people. Some people think that she is the princess in fairy tales, on the one hand, people are influenced by dramatic works, on the other hand, they love to add beautiful things to beauties, which also confirms the "layered theory" of historical figures (for details, see the historical law 1 - "layered theory": ancient history dissemination and information processing).
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For three centuries, we have gone from faith to hope after several setbacks, and now there is only one wish left, and that is that this nation can love a member of the royal family from the bottom of its heart. Apparently, we've done it now...
— Joseph, Minister of Education and Culture of Hungary