photo: User: Bbb at Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 Elisabeth’s Childhood Home: Possenhofen Castle In 1937, the palace was sadly destroyed by the National Socialists to widen the street.įun fact: The House of Windsor, which is now the reigning royal house in the United Kingdom with King Charles III as its head, is a descendant of Sophia of Hanover who was a Wittelsbach Princess. This neoclassical city palace was designed by Leo von Klenze for Duke Max Joseph in Bavaria, the father of Elisabeth and the brother-in-law of King Ludwig I. Elisabeth was born as Duchess in Bavaria, a junior branch of the royal House of Wittelsbach who were Kings of Bavaria.Įlisabeth was born in the Herzog-Max-Palais in Munich. The House of Wittelsbach is a former German dynasty that ruled over several parts of Europe, from Bavaria to Sweden. Elisabeth, or Sisi, was born into the Bavarian House of Wittelsbach. Herzog Max Palais in Munich on the left of this illustration Empress Elisabeth’s Birth House: Herzog Max PalaisĮmpress Elisabeth was born Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie in December 1837. Step back in time and explore the luxurious life of the Habsburgs by visiting the beautiful palaces and castles of Empress Elisabeth.
Many of these grand palaces and castles that Empress Elisabeth lived in are now open to the public. As Queen of Hungary she was gifted a palace that she often stayed in but she also had a home on Corfu in Greece. In Austria she lived in several palaces, from the strict court life at the Hofburg in Vienna to her “Palace of Dreams” in the imperial hunting grounds just outside Vienna.īut she also lived outside Austria. Sisi was a keen traveler and she lived and stayed in several grand palaces and castles in Europe. But Kaiserin Elisabeth was extremely popular with the people of Austria and Hungary.
At just sixteen, Elisabeth married Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, and she moved from Bavaria in Germany, where she grew up, to the imperial court in Vienna.Ĭourt life with its strict protocols was difficult for the independent and strong-willed Elisabeth. Empress Elisabeth of Austria and Queen of Hungary, also known as Sisi, is one of the most famous women that has ever lived.
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