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Johannes Nussbaum (Archduke Maximilian), Devrim Lingnau (Empress Elisabeth) and Philip Froissant (Emperor Franz Joseph) behind the scenes of the second season of The Empress (2022) in a video message for showrunner Katharina Eyssen's win at the Blauer Panther Awards 2023.
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Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, by Giuseppe Sogni.
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Archduchess Sophie of Austria with her two eldest children, Archduke Franz Joseph (future Emperor of Austria) and Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian (future Emperor of Mexico)
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~ Rumors About Our Daughter ~ (fan fiction requested by @historical-epic)
Rumors questioning Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria’s legitimacy have been circulating within the Austrian Court. What do her parents think about this? What do they do?
Characters: Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, Empress Elisabeth of Austria
Valerie heard her mother talking to a random maid servant in the drawing room of their summer home Kaiservilla in Bad Ischl. Thought it sounded more like arguing to her.
“Don’t you dare make such treasonous accusations!” Elisabeth shouted, loud enough for 8 year old Valerie to make out what she said.
“Y-Y-Your Majesty….I didn’t mean to…I was just implying that”
“What, that my daughter is illegitimate? That her father is not The Emperor? How dare you!”
Valerie had never heard her mother this angry before. It was quite shocking, more shocking than the rumors of her own illegitimacy.
These rumors were swirling in and out of Kaiservilla for months now, mostly the fancy talk of lower servants. When the imperial family arrived, the servants had to be more careful about their gossiping and shut out their willful thoughts as these thoughts could imprison them for life, or even worse, death.
Emperor Franz Joseph I was married to Duchess Elisabeth of Bavaria, who later became Empress Elisabeth of Austria by marriage. But everyone close to her called her either Mother or Sisi.
Together they had four children. Archduchess Sophie, who died young, Gisela, Rudolf, and Marie-Valerie. They all lived somewhat happy lives although there were problems in all.
Franz and Sisi had to bear the burden of ruling an all powerful Austro-Hungarian empire, Rudolf had to bear the burden of being heir, Gisela had to bear the burden of being unloved by her parents (it was very complicated), and Valerie now had to bear the burden of various rumors spreading about who her real father was.
There are plenty of servants and nobles who live at Kaiservilla and that means that there are various mouths to blab whatever they want about whoever they want.
A few months ago, the topic of Empress Sisi and her lover Count Andrássy was being spoken about and somebody must’ve put together that Valerie might not have been her father’s daughter.
These were obviously just nonsensical rumors because Valerie was Franz’s child. She was legitimate.
But Valerie herself didn’t know that and neither did all of the servants who had been blabbing their mouths off for months.
“Get out of my sight! Sisi practically screamed at the frightened chamber maid who unfortunately gossiped at the wrong time to a footman.
The maid scurried off and Sisi sat down on the nearest chair and was trying to hold in tears.
“Mama..” Valerie walked in from the other room. “Was that maid talking about me?” She asked.
“Oh darling” Sisi held out her hands to embrace the trembling young girl who started to cry.
“Don’t pay any mind to what that filthy servant said. It was all lies and it wasn’t true at all.”
Sisi stroked her daughter’s unruly dark brown hair and continued to do so until Valerie broke the embrace.
“But Mama…I heard it all…I don’t know what this all means.” Valerie was on the verge of hysterics.
Seeing her mother so upset ignited something in her that is usually hidden away. It made her angry and confused and utterly upset.
“Valerie darling” Sisi soothed. “All you have to believe is that you are your father’s daughter, you are my daughter. If somebody said that you aren’t then shame on them!”
Sisi gave her youngest daughter a little playful slap which turned the sad frown on Valerie’s face into the wide smile that would be seen playing outside with her dogs or drawing pictures with her mother.
“You are Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, youngest daughter of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, King of Hungary. That is who you are and you can’t listen to anybody if they say otherwise, especially the nasty servants who gossip.” Sisi softly placed a hand on Valerie’s face.
“Okay Mama, I love you very much.” The two hugged firmly again.
“Next time Valerie, don’t eavesdrop okay?” Sisi said strictly, but with a laugh.”
“Okay Mama!” Sighed smart Valerie as she skipped out of the room.
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Later that night, when Valerie was doing her nighttime prayers, Sisi was informing Franz about the events of the day.
“Franz, darling,” Sisi spoke to her husband who was sitting calmly on the bed taking his boots off.
“Many people are questioning Valerie’s legitimacy, today I caught a maid servant gossiping with a footman. I’m greatly concerned.” Sis went over to sit next to Franz who wrapped his arm around her.
“Darling, you know those rumors are false. I remember the night we conceived. It couldn’t possibly be anyone else. What makes you so worried?” Franz said
Sisi wanted to say that the rumors were specifically stating that Count Andrássy was the suspected father and that she never did anything with him except one small kiss, but she couldn’t say that to her husband.
She loved Franz and Andrássy’s kiss brought her no affectionate feelings, minus disgust and anger, but this was just not the right time.
That was a story for another day.
Sisi decided to tell Franz the truth about half of the worries about this situation.
“I’m worried because Valerie was in the other room and she could hear me yelling at that maid.” Sisi was close to tears.
“She has never heard me that angry before and she came up to me afterword and was quite distressed...” Sisi wept into Franz’s arms while he gently stroked her back.
They might not have been passionate soulmates, but after all these years of marriage, Franz still loved Sisi, and the feeling was mutual.
“Sisi darling hush now, I will talk to her, I promise.” Franz stated his wife in the eye and gave her a gentle kiss on the forehead.
He then exited the room and let Sisi undress peacefully.
As Franz was walking to Valerie’s rooms, he couldn’t stop himself from thinking more deeply about the rumors.
Why would anyone think that Valerie is not my daughter?
Valerie heard a sudden knock on her bedroom door.
“Valerie, darling, it’s Papa, can I come in?”
“Enter.” Valerie spoke softly as her nanny calmly put the book away and exited the room.
Franz came in and slowly sat down on Valerie’s bed.
“What’s wrong Papa?” Valerie noticed the solemn look on her father’s usually joyful face. At least he was joyful when she was around.
“Valerie…” Franz spoke in a nervous but fairly calm tone. “Mother told me about what happened today.”
Valerie’s face fell into a sad frown.
“Does everyone think like that maid thinks?” She said desperately. “Mama says that I shouldn’t listen to them…but I did.”
“Oh Valerie my dearest,” Franz wrapped his daughter in a tight embrace and rocked her around like he did when she was a baby.
“Look in my eyes, Valerie, you are my daughter. Nothing can or will ever change that.” Franz was disgusted by these ugly rumors. His heart knew that Sisi could’ve and would’ve been unfaithful at times, and he could’ve been too. But he knew deep down in his heart that Valerie was his child, nothing could convince him otherwise.
“Papa is that really the truth?” Valerie asked longingly.
“Darling,” Franz cooed. “It will forever be the truth.”
“Oh Papa I love you so much!” Valerie gave her father a kiss on the cheek and a tight squeeze before hopping under her covers.
Franz kissed the little girl goodnight and exited calmly.
He knew that everything was going to be okay, and if not, he would take care of it.
~
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change my mind
for the life of me I can’t understand why everyone loves empress Elizabeth of Austria. When I was born my mother named me “sisi” because she really liked those Romy Shneider movies where Elizabeth was sold as “the compassionate people’s empress”. Now it’s been years since I started researching her for myself and yet I still can’t understand what the hell did this woman do besides having a tiny waist and nice hair. The more I learn about Elizabeth the more I find her insufferable. I understand that she lived in a sexist society and science at that point wasn’t developed enough to give her the mental health support she needed, but damn that woman was selfish and self-absorbed to a fault. she had enormous privilege and yet couldn’t turn it into anything good.
Today’s media portrays her as a Diana predecessor. A woman whose fierce heart contrasted with the stuffiness of the royal court but this narrative isn’t true for either of the aforementioned women. at least lady D was very good at charity work, Empress Elizabeth was very happy in her fancy villas, traveling around Europe, writing self-congratulatory poems, and being completely oblivious to her children's needs or her duty as an empress.
So it seems to me that she’s still known only because she was pretty, but I'm desperate to change my mind. soooo if anyone would care to educate me on the matter I’d be very happy to learn.
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Franz BARWIG (1868-1931)
“Porträtbüste des Kaisers” (1907/08)
“Bust Portrait of the Emperor”
Holz (vermutlich Linde), bronzeähnliche Farbfassung
Wood (presumably basswood), bronze like color
Georg Spitzer
Fotografie - Schwarz-Weiss
Photography - Black & White
Ausstellung / Exhibition
HAGENBUND - Von der gemäßigten zur radikalen Moderne
HAGENBUND - From moderate to radical Modernism
LEOPOLD MUSEUM Wien / Vienna - 2022/23
#franz barwig#hagenbund#leopold museum vienna#vienna 1900#wien 1900#barwig#wood sculpture#emperor franz joseph#Kaiser Franz Joseph#leopold museum#wien#vienna
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Elisabeth das musical Czech production appreciation pt. 5
Alle Fragen sind gestellt and Sie passt nicht with Soňa Hanzlíčková as Elisabeth, Jozef Hruškoci as Franz Joseph, Venuše Zaoralová Dvořáková as Sophie and Pavel Režný as Smrt/Death
#elisabeth das musical#elisabeth plzeň#emperess elisabeth of austria#der tod#emperor franz joseph#european musicals#that wedding dress is so fluffy!#once again love the lighting#very atmospheric#and love Death strutting in in the background of the last pic
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Nothing but love for MY Emperor 👑🧡
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Netflix Germany shared a picture of Philip Froissant (Emperor Franz Joseph) and Devrim Lingnau (Empress Elisabeth) behind the scenes of the second season of The Empress (2022) on their instagram account.
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Sisi season 3 blog
In ep 4 franz’s parenting was awful, rudolf trusted him enough to come back to Vienna even tho he was pretty miserable in the army. He was happy with sisi (even tho i feel it was stupid of her to take rudolf by herself n leave him alone with a random stranger to hangout with alma lol) he was free and smiling a lot more than he did in Vienna but he still rushed to his dad’s arm n came back with him cuz he loved and trusted franz
But how did franz repay his son’s trust?? He stood at the gate and saw rudolf being bullied, being thrown mud at but did nothing to stop that when he absolutely could he’s the fucking emperor. I guess that was his way of subtly punish rudolf for running away at the first place while he didn’t explicitly punish him but let him suffer to teach him a lesson @archduchessofnowhere i really wanna know your opinion on that scene :))
On the other hand it was ridiculous that the boys dared to bully the emperor’s son lol
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Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary
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Hi, this question is about Franz's potrayal too. In Die Kaiserin did you feel franz is potrayed as too kind? Him talking about liberal ideas are quite ironic since he desperately wanted to rule as an autocrat which he did. Him feeling sorry at the execution and hurting himself out of guilt seemed a bit over the top. This franz doesn't seem like the man who put his own son through hell n eventually driving him to suicide. What did you feel
I honestly thought if the depiction as just dry and very neutral. At some times I really liked how he was depicted, but at other times I hated it. It was like he was like 10 different characters combined instead of one distinct Franz Josef. Like you said the the execution scene, he ordered it but also felt sorry for it? That just doesn’t make sense with Franz Josef like it would for… let’s say Tsar Nicholas II. Overall they could’ve done better and I think that maybe the one in Sisi (2021) was better (at least that’s how it looks)
Thank you for asking!
#answered ask#emperor franz joseph#franz joseph i#emperor Franz Joseph of Austria#sisi (2021)#period drama
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Franz Joseph Karl, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria
Austrian vintage postcard
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