Eleonora von Schwarzenberg: Vampire Princess?

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Vampires, murder, a miracle, and the most famous horror novel of all time.
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:40 Marriage Story
3:18 How to Negotiate with Terrorists
5:11 Miracle in Prague
6:40 The Deer Hunter
7:59 Sometimes the End Is Just the Beginning
9:36 Die VampirPrinzessin
I was supposed to be looking for someone else. But when I Googled Eleonora's name, I stared in disbelief at what came up: a bunch of references to a vampire princess.
WTactualF.
Turns out, I was about to stumble down a historical rabbit hole that involved a real-life vampire panic, a woman with a fascinating life, and one of my favorite books of all time.
Hang onto your hats, folks.
This is what happens I develop an obsession during quarantine.
This video is a short version of the full post, which has a ton more information. You can check it out here: girlinthetiara.com/eleonora-v...
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@CallieMasters5000 3 жыл бұрын

00:20 - Note to self: when getting portrait painted, forbid any double-chins.

@cherylkruisheer3365 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@tapsars7911 3 жыл бұрын

Erzbest Bathory the 'blood countess ' was the possible inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula as was Vlad the Templar .

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I've seen lots of mentions of Vlad as an inspiration! A couple other sources I saw mentioned another possible inspiration: his mother's experience during a typhoid epidemic (the bloodless look of the victims' corpses, in particular). It's a very interesting topic.

@cayreet5992 2 жыл бұрын

She's not mentioned in Stoker's notes, which have resurfaced a couple of years back. The name 'Dracula' is, but there's no suggestion Stoker dove in to Vlad the Impaler's life. He simply liked the name better than "Count Wampire" - something we should be grateful for.

@ErinHawethorne 3 жыл бұрын

Just Discovered you today... I am obsessed with Royalty and History and this channel is gold... Subscribing.

@annejia5382 2 жыл бұрын

same. i discovered and subscribed to her today 😂

@donnanemuras4056 3 жыл бұрын

You have a wonderful talent for telling stories and I love it.

@halane4790 3 жыл бұрын

Your information is delivered so concisely and entertainingly, and your voice is super sweet. Plus your choice of music and the mixing of it are perfect, the music fits the mood and has the exact volume to contribute to the overall tone without overshadowing your voice. Just perfect job all around. Thank you so much for sharing!

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! You just put a big smile on my face - I really do try to create an entire mood with the narration, script, music, and images. I'm so glad you liked it. ❤️

@gerrymccartney3561 3 жыл бұрын

Eleonora the vampire princess. No she wasn't, that was just stake news.

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

You cracked me up with that one! :)

@f.drachenfels4503 3 жыл бұрын

Countess Batory was the vampire

@bryanacarter5478 3 жыл бұрын

I’m obsessed with your videos! Never stop making these!

@megs8498 3 жыл бұрын

He gave her the shittiest castle 😂

@jitkap2334 3 жыл бұрын

But Hluboka her second castle was most beatifull... Google it.

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

Hluboka is stunning. It's a serious upgrade after Chřešťovice. I put it on my travel bucket list...along with Český Krumlov.

@cindyzins6628 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting story! Love all the pictures incorporated. This is the first video of yours that I've watched where you're on camera... I was expecting a tiara!! ;) Keep up the good work!

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm so glad you liked Eleonora's story - I love her. You know, it's funny about the tiara...I almost went and got one, but I'd already recorded a couple segments, and then I thought it would be weird if a tiara just magically appeared. Maybe next time I'll do it, just to surprise you. 👑

@novellanurney1294 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you again for this post. I was fortunate enough to visit Prague in 2013 for several months, as my brother and sister in law was living there . It is a most exceptional city.

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! After researching this, Prague is definitely on my must-see list. Were you able to go inside the St. Vitus Cathedral? I really want to go see Jan Nepomucky's tomb and say thank you, just like Adam and Eleonora did.

@simonaadamova1133 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheGirlintheTiara wow, i live in Prague for 10 years but i have never been inside the cathedral, because it was sooo touristy and overcrowded place in prae-pandemic times:D. I suppose i have to give it a try now:D

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

@@simonaadamova1133 Oh, I hope you do! The pictures of Jan Nepomucky's tomb are incredible - it must be quite a sight in person. 🤩

@YvetteArby 3 жыл бұрын

I was recommended one of your videos and I am really enjoying them! Your voice is so pleasant to listen to and you really bring these women to life! Thank you for making these videos!!

@joyclark2605 3 жыл бұрын

Vlad Tsepes was the inspiration for Dracula. He was a member of the order of Draculae, the word actually meant Dragon, it only got it's "devil" link much later, probably around the time of Stoker's book.

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

That's why it was so odd to see Eleonora described as a possible inspiration. Vlad Tsepes was one of the primary inspirations, and I've also seen several recent studies that link imagery in the book to Stoker's mother's descriptions of a typhoid epidemic during her childhood. An interesting topic, for sure.

@MarcosSilvaFerraz 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos are super interesting! Thanks for producing them. Cheers from Brazil! By the way we had some princesses here too. Leopoldina of Austria, sister of Napoleon's wife Marie Louise, was our first Empress! :-)

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you - I'm so glad you're enjoying them! Yes, Brazil has some fascinating royal women - I remember reading a book that talked about Leopoldina when I was a little girl, and I've never forgotten her. I also stumbled onto Amélie of Leuchtenberg, who married Pedro I. That whole family is very interesting to me!

@heatherexton8384 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for a great video! Happy I found your channel

@Blindfold-Me 3 жыл бұрын

Love this channel so much ❤️❤️❤️❤️

@margaritavlacci 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't realise they tried to impose her as inspiration for Dracula (which is generally agreed to be between Vlad Tepes and Erzsebet Bathory), but instead that she was inspiration for the poem 'Lenore' which is generally taken as super early proto-vampire literature

@olinayoung6287 3 жыл бұрын

Fabulous channel, love your content, fantastic story telling, glad your burnout brought you to this! Thank you 🧡♥️🌚!!!

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! It's funny how that burnout led me to something much better. It just goes to show we never know where life is going to take us. I'm so glad you're along for the ride! ❤️

@risaswonderland1751 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting content. Btw your pronaucion is amazing for both German and Czech.

@ladyfaye9811 3 жыл бұрын

I am really enjoying your channel!!

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you - I'm so glad you're here! ❤️

@suzannederringer1607 2 жыл бұрын

You're delightful! Wonderful history told with wit and charm.

@johnpluta1768 3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact Bohemia is in the Czech Republic. That's where we get the term Bohemian as an term for free spirit and a definition of style.

@esterherschkovich6499 3 жыл бұрын

Such an interesting channel..!!

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I always seem to obsess over little-known or downright unknown stories...but I'm so glad they interest you, too. ❤️

@--enyo-- 3 жыл бұрын

Did the Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed/Ecsedi Báthory Erzsébet get a similar treatment, do you think? Sorry if there’s already a video on this. I’m a new subscriber, so haven’t seen all of the content yet.

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

I haven't researched Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed, so I can't say for sure. I don't believe anything relating to vampirism was on the list of crimes she was charged with. That was an exaggeration that happened later - a rumor that she had been murdering young women and bathing in their blood to retain her youthful appearance. At the time, investigations centered on the terrible ways she tortured men and women to death. I don't think anyone thought a sickness was turning her into a vampire, which was the rumor with Eleonora.

@zahria 3 жыл бұрын

You could make a good living just from your voice. Do you realise that? It is exeptional. For just about anything! Clear, friendly, unstaged, natural soothing. I am not joking -everyone os looking up when i am listening to you. Even the cat 😂

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, say hi to your cat for me! I love that I can entertain the cat, LOL. Honestly, the voice recording/narration thing never occurred to me, not in a million years. I'm incredibly shy, so recording these posts seemed much easier than filming myself, lecture-style. I had to force myself to give it a shot, and gave myself heart palpitations during the second post I recorded (Maria Anna's post)! But I'm getting much calmer the more of these I do, and now I actually look forward to it. You're giving me more confidence, and I can't tell you how much that means to me. Thank you. ♥♥♥

@zahria 3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome ! I am a bit older and learned that most nice and modest people do not realise their qualities as easyly as some ruffians would. Which is a pitty, because life goes fast and you miss chances and perhaps nice opportunities. There are a few things in my life i didn't know i could do. Because i did not know they even existed. (Only found out after the invention of internet :) ) The shyness i totally understand. I always take a dive out of the roo as soon as cameras pop up. It is amazing to hear that you got out of your comfort zone and it works ! Yaay ! Beeing just a wonderfull voice has it's merrits as well. Always follow your inner feeling for what feels best for you. Then things will fall into place. So much you could do with your voice. Endkess possibilities. I bet children would love to hear you read or tell stories . Ah -well.. . You probably get much better ideas judging by what you already chose as a theme. Great work! And greetings from Felix the cat : )

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

The invention of the internet has given us all so much! I'm grateful to live in this age, when I can make recordings and blog posts and videos and use them to connect with people. How would we have ever known each other forty or fifty years ago? That's so cool that we're both learning new things we can do online. I love knowing you and Felix are out there, just a comment away. ❤️

@victoriawhite3662 3 жыл бұрын

What a great story!

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

Isn't it? The more I kept researching, the more I fell in love with Eleonora and her story! The Lobkowicz family (her birth family) does live English-language tours of their Prague palace once a month. I watched one and it was super fun. Here's the link, if you're interested: www.lobkowicz.cz/en/sunday-live?fbclid=IwAR09AVcxiVpRM7_RA8BEsA1Gl2TrwG_pa-tmkI3XbTCS57n_J06Ys_FwbOM

@tinkabell1400 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheGirlintheTiara I wuvs u Thank you so much 💖🤗💋

@dawnbehatin1224 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating!

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! I'm so glad you liked meeting Eleonora. :)

@brynmawr27 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos are brilliant in every conceivable way. Just fucking brilliant.

@o0KugelkaktuS0o 3 жыл бұрын

one small correction: charles VI. had already had a son, his first child with his wife Elizabeth. This child however died in infancy (as far as I know in the first two years after his birth). So yes, the only living children were daughters :-) Concerning th "Austrian Empire" (very short summary, since this is a bit complicated): Austria was an Achrchduchy (invented title since the 14th century because of the Habsburg Rudolf's IV. forgery "pirivilegium maius" - was legalized by another Habsburg about a century later). The Archedukes also later became Kings of Bohemia and Hungary. The title "emperor" comes from the Holy Roman Empire whose elected king (elected until the Habsburgs made it hereditary) could also adopt the title of empereror and ruled over all other lands in his domain. After charls VI. his daughther Maria Theresia could inherit all crown exept the Holy Roman Crown because of the "Pragmatische Sanktion", which was heavily contested at the beginning of her reign and resultet in war (Schlesische Kriege). The title of Holy Roman Emperor could only be passed down to male heirs. Since there were none, Maria Theresias husbend was crowned as emperor. So MT was an Archduchess and Queen but technically only empress by marriage.

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for adding all that information about Austria's history - yes, it is a bit complicated! The forged "Privilegium maius" sounds interesting. :)

@caroldowning7671 3 жыл бұрын

What was the name of this documentary or series just out of curiosity. Not that it sounds that interesting, just wondering if I've ever heard of it.

@louisgiorgino2063 3 жыл бұрын

To explain the wolves blood thing look up romulas and remus

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yes, I did find that story when I looked up the tradition of drinking wolf's milk - along with the famous statue depicting Romulus and Remus and the wolf. I'd love to see what evidence there is to support the wolf's milk story in the Cesky Krumlov archives...

@caroldowning7671 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheGirlintheTiara yes but keeping wolves so they could be milked. Wtf, it's insane to even entertain idea that that was what was happening. Trying to get near a wolf in order to do such a thing would be idiotic at best and would at the least earn you a bite much less a mauling. Geez.

@Phlowermom 3 жыл бұрын

So glad this video popped up in my feed!! Fascinating! Subbed!!

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you liked it - and thanks a million for subscribing! :)

@spittingmoths 3 жыл бұрын

Just stumbled across your channel. New subscriber. Interesting content. Love it so far.

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much - I'm glad you're here! :)

@neilhorner9197 3 жыл бұрын

I enjoy how your videos give lots of information, but in a light hearted way.

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I figure we've all had enough formal history. Time for something different. :)

@gypsygirltarot2451 3 жыл бұрын

I’m so impressed with how you pronounce those difficult names!

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! They took some practice, that's for sure. ;)

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

@@wilburshuman Thank you, a million times thank you! That's so incredibly kind of you, and I'm going to smile all day because of your comment. As I tell some of my history friends, I'm just a girl with an internet connection. I'm blown away that my little obsessions are finding their way into your day. ❤️

@nickaschenbecker9882 9 ай бұрын

I love converting these historical currencies for context. These gilders at the time of Eleonora would've been 2.5 grammes of "fine gold". So her dowry would've been the equivalent of 2,972,000 Yankee greenbacks at the time of the market closing today, 29 September 2023. A thing you didn't mention, the Emperor paid her what we'd call a "weregeld" in English of 5,000 gilders. That's a nice retirement fund. Keep in mind your average European day labourer from this period would have been making a whole 700 2023 dollars per year if he really busted his hump.

@mittwochxiv.9770 3 жыл бұрын

German person here, impressed by your pronunciation of German names.

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I don't speak German (yet), so there's definitely some practice involved before a recording session. :)

@sandravogelaar1971 2 жыл бұрын

Euphorbia schillingii, Dutch name is wolfsmelk, English translation wolf milk. 🤷🏼‍♀️

@lakshmiperera1176 3 жыл бұрын

Very. Sad. And. A. Nice. Story.

@silverstuff182 3 жыл бұрын

Upgrade? I'll say.

@lilpretzel5629 3 жыл бұрын

Vampire princes🤩

@silverstuff182 3 жыл бұрын

Seriously, how did you learn to pronounce those very difficult names? Yan Nepamuck, for instance.

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

KZfaq to the rescue! I looked up all the names I didn't know how to pronounce to find videos where native speakers pronounced them. Jan Nepomucký came up multiple times in a filmed city tour of Prague - it was hard to call that homework because it was fun to watch! :)

@silverstuff182 3 жыл бұрын

It wasn't Adam's kid. It was her cousin's, the guy who married her daughter. Ludwig Georg. Adam was the one who had the fertility problem and he knew it. That's why he punished HER. Couldn't HANDLE the truth.

@LifeUntilLove 3 жыл бұрын

They sure picked a weird woman to make a vampire. No slight to Eleonora, but what exactly is vampiric about dying of cervical cancer in your late 50s/early 60s in the 1700s? A lot of nobility died similarly, not to mention ordinary folks. And if the heart being separate from the body is the smoking gun, wouldn't her husband be a vampire too? Very strange.

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

I'm with you...the whole vampire thing makes no sense. She was eccentric, sure, what with all those miracle cures she tried. Eccentric women didn't fare well in terms of gossip in...well, most centuries, but especially before modern medicine could explain those symptoms.

@julika1984 3 жыл бұрын

Oh yay, we can see ur face i was wondering how u look like now i know❤

@TheLadybughug 3 жыл бұрын

Such a sweet voice... Then dragging ass! 😂😂😂😂😂❤️

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes I just can't help myself! 😁

@mediocremaiden8883 3 жыл бұрын

Do you blink? Love your videos,btw!!

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha! I blink when I'm not desperately trying to remember the line I'm supposed to be reading. Being on camera does *not* come naturally to me. But I'm so glad you like the videos!

@mediocremaiden8883 3 жыл бұрын

Well, I was just teasing lolol I love your videos and it's certainly better than I could be done on camera ! I attempted to make a KZfaq video about....wow yeah a decade ago now almost about a review of The White Queen and the Cousins War books from Philippe Gregory. I totally froze up, sounded completely unnatural and bazarro LOL so went my short-lived channel !

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

@@mediocremaiden8883 LOL - being on camera is so hard, isn't it? I don't think I'll ever get used to it. Maybe I'd try it again after a glass of wine (oh, who am I kidding, shot of whiskey). 🥴

@mediocremaiden8883 Жыл бұрын

@@TheGirlintheTiara But you must! You could always narrate but you have a voice (your channel is not only educational and fascinating but it's also one of my Go-To ASMR vids to de-stress) and Your Natural Beauty was made for the camera or the Stage *curtsy* ok that last part came off sounding kinda weird but I swear totally innocent and lighthearted. Perhaps just find some idk old photographs to go with your stories? Or Open up.a Patreon to help fund an Illustrator! (My apologies If you already have a Patreon)

@daisyroots8926 3 жыл бұрын

Really well told, but there’s no need to say quote and end quote. You have a lovely voice

@damnmuggle 3 жыл бұрын

Shut up

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! And that's helpful feedback - I've listened to podcasts where you can't always tell when the speaker has transitioned from the quoted material back to their own summary, and was trying to avoid that. :)

@cindyzins6628 3 жыл бұрын

I think she's right to say "quote" and "end quote". Not everyone is reading along with the video; some are just listening and it is very helpful in that regard. I fully agree that she has a lovely voice. :)

@karmakat8016 3 жыл бұрын

I agree don't say quote,end quote,if people can't figure it out,they wont understand the quote,end quote to be honest but beautiful voice,flow and humour, really interesting, give us more on interesting historical women

@karmakat8016 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheGirlintheTiara you don't have that problem, just find a way to phrase it so it's easy for the less discerning listener to figure out,e.g according to her/she was known to have said "Jimmy was a happy boy,always playful" so on and so forth,your smart ,you'll figure it out but for us historians it's very annoying to hear quote,en quote spoken aloud

@vernedavis Жыл бұрын

"el eon ora"?

@EmpressKadesh 3 жыл бұрын

She's my 10th Cousin.

@EmpressKadesh 3 жыл бұрын

Polyxena is my 6th Cousin.

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

That's wonderful! I'm a little jealous. I have some wonderful female ancestors, but none with a story this dramatic. :)

@EmpressKadesh 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheGirlintheTiara 10th is a bit distant... I have much more interesting and closer related people in my family tree. Lol... I just kind of impulsively try to find people in my tree when I come across people like this who are likely connected due to other royalty in the tree. ;D

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

@@EmpressKadesh I do the same thing! :)

@hansrover3492 3 жыл бұрын

I read her last name as "Schwarzenegger" at first lmao

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

That would have been a different story entirely! LOL.

@torgeirbrandsnes1916 3 жыл бұрын

Great job as always! How much did you dad have to pay your father in law? Lol!

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

LOL - believe it or not, I never even met my father-in-law! Total family drama. So glad you liked Eleonora's story. :)

@FGest.07 3 жыл бұрын

Great content but you can actually give away with just narration. It's kind of an overkill with having what you are saying also displayed in the video. It would be more engaging if you provide more pictures or videos than words you are already narrating. Also, the random video clip inserts of yourself is kind of awkward? I am also following Lindsay Holliday and she does her videos well. Maybe you can also check out her channel since you both are fans of royal history.

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback - I appreciate it! :)

@ThomasHarding1990 2 жыл бұрын

Wrong. *Eleonore*

@Clodaghbob 3 жыл бұрын

One small gripe. Please don't describe anything in the 18th century as a "rock and roll" lifestyle. It sounds really bizarre. Otherwise, it's a really good vid. 👍

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback! :)

@TryinaD 3 жыл бұрын

On the contrary, I like the modernization of various terms to describe things in history, it makes us understand it in a more modern context! The swearing also helps.

@Clodaghbob 3 жыл бұрын

TryinaD It's not not just modernisation it's also Americanisation even though the subject matter is specifically European. It would be equally strange if you described the tenure of a popular early US president as bringing la belle epoque to Washington. Most Americans would go "huh?" This channel is so good that I'm sure its viewership goes well beyond the US.

@Clodaghbob 3 жыл бұрын

TryinaD And you're right. The swearing is great. Keep the swearing. 👍🤣😂🤣

@TryinaD 3 жыл бұрын

@@Clodaghbob I’m pretty sure I’ve heard that to describe American history though, going both ways is perfectly fine as long as the people understand (like if it was a lecture on Washington to European audiences, and vice versa in this case) I wouldn’t expect lessons in Chinese history to use untranslated concepts after all. You probably should also look up localization vs translation, that’s also another way this works well.

@rhondablevins4466 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting topics and soothing voice, but there is a big difference between conversational tone and the use of slang and swear words. It takes away from your topic and undermines your authenticity.

@TheGirlintheTiara 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your feedback. :)

@aalm7966 3 жыл бұрын

This channel is going down the tubes. What with the face shots of the narrator sliced in in totally inappropriate places, sticking out her tongue (yuck) and using the words "shitty" and "dragged his ass" this channel has completely lost its dignity. Maybe the narrator/creator will rethink the way she's handling the topics these days.