The Tragic Life Of Elisabeth Of Austria

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Elisabeth of Austria was one of the most powerful monarchs of the 19th century. Remarkably beautiful, Elisabeth, nicknamed Sisi, defied Austrian court traditions. She traveled often and became a beloved figure in both Austria and Hungary. Elisabeth was very concerned with her looks; she engaged in strange beauty rituals and aggressive exercise routines. Elisabeth's iconoclastic ways resulted in her bizarre death at the hands of an anarchist.
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@user-gi8pk9uc7q 7 ай бұрын

It's not always good to be the queen, and Sisi was a prime example of that!

@Cerrydwenn 7 ай бұрын

Even in Belgium i grew up watching the Sissi movies on tv every year around christmas time. As a kid i remember it being almost like a disney story, the beautiful young princess getting married etc.

@Replicaate 7 ай бұрын

It's weird how I'd never heard of Sisi until a couple years ago when I got really into reading about 19th century eastern/central Europe. A shame, her life is fascinating if terribly depressing - those Wittlesbachs never seem to have a good time, do they?

@-xirx- 7 ай бұрын

Have you read mikhail lermontov's a hero of our time? I recommend it

@anFy81 7 ай бұрын

as an Austrian living in Vienna, with roots in Budapest, Hungary, I approve this message

@Zachary3D 7 ай бұрын

Ok... lol

@jimmorrison8225 7 ай бұрын

My grandmother was from Vienna. Ich liebe Austria.

@_sayan_roy_ 7 ай бұрын

Approve what message though ? 🤣You just wanted to say you're an Austrian with Hungarian roots. I can understand. It's cool. I also can't resist sometimes to comment like this on video related to where I'm from.

@anFy81 6 ай бұрын

@@_sayan_roy_ you are not wrong Sir! therefore I also approve your message 😁 greetings from Grinzing

@SophiaElizabeth. 2 ай бұрын

Love Austria from America! 🇦🇹❤️🇺🇸 Wanna visit you guys one day!

@angelserenade 7 ай бұрын

If I remember correctly, the assassin had planned to kill the Duke of Orleans, but failed when his target left earlier than expected. He then targeted the Empress after hearing she was residing in a hotel in the same area.

@btetschner 7 ай бұрын

9:07 Elisabeth might have had Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Shirley Manson of Garbage (one of my favorite bands) had that. "I would spend two hours crying in the toilet - and whatever the result, I always thought I looked disgusting. I would look in the mirror every morning and be upset." - Shirley Manson

@writinggamer8059 7 ай бұрын

I've been watching the series about her on Netflix, which is a dramatic series so takes artistic liberties. It's interesting that she isn't as well known as Catherine the Great, especially since it was her family ruling right before WWI

@elizabethmartin6707 7 ай бұрын

What show?

@TheZinger14 7 ай бұрын

@@elizabethmartin6707it’s called The Empress. It’s in German but with subs it’s soo good!!

@elizabethmartin6707 7 ай бұрын

@@TheZinger14 thank you!

@evelien135 5 ай бұрын

Not as known?? She is one of the most famous royals of Europe ever 😂 when someone has a huge wedding dress people will even say “she had one of those Sissi dresses.” There’s also movies about her which have been massive hits for decades in many European countries.

@btetschner 7 ай бұрын

A+ video! Fascinating video, very interesting seeing how she is still influential today!

@SlipperywhenRhett 7 ай бұрын

How about one on Lady Jane Grey? The story was so good, my wife named her cat after the 9-day Queen.

@tomahawk8133 7 ай бұрын

They posted a video about her a year ago.

@lenappygarcon6692 7 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@SlipperywhenRhett 7 ай бұрын

@@tomahawk8133 oh thanks! I’ll look for it on their homepage

@georgianagheorghe8848 7 ай бұрын

I remember reading an article about Princess Sissi and I found out that her aunt Princess Sophia made her life miserable. An example is when she took Sissi's firstborn from her right after she gave birth and kept the child away from her.

@sallykohorst8803 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for her story.

@tinas_hotdog_sophie 7 ай бұрын

Nice pronounciation of Elisabeth! 😍

@JeremiahSpeaks 7 ай бұрын

Can you do a video on when did it start and why humans have last names?

@sylviaberger139 7 ай бұрын

Very interesting short summary of Elizabeth's life. However a few flaws. Firstly Elizabeth did not have an affair with count Andrassy as she hated making love. Therefore she encouraged her husband to have a longtime affair with Katharina Schratt, who was as well kind of a soul mate to the emperor as his wife was unable to do so. The story of the death of crown prince Rudolf and baroness Mary Vetsera is all but a Romeo and Julia story. Mary was one of Rudolfs many affairs and there is more than one reason to believe that he already had enough from her and wanted closure. Some historians believe that the journey to Mayerling should bring this affair to an end. Whatever happened there, it was no death out of love without fulfillment (maybe but just maybe on her side). There are many theories what may have happened at Mayerling on this could winter night but all have one in common: The crown prince of Austria-Hungary did not die for love!

@elizabethramsey9295 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for this representation

@SophiaElizabeth. 2 ай бұрын

She’s beautiful-In body and in soul! And a one fine ruler! ❤️

@MikaelaKMajorHistory 7 ай бұрын

Psychosomatic symptoms? Definitely! I have them as well and man does it feel good to get away from your stressors. Those doctors did a huge favor to Sisi prescribing her vacation 😊 Also I have a theory that her son ended up offing himself because of his upbringing. I’ve heard many children who end up mental health issues because their mothers do not care for them (while still being physically around).

@JeremiahSpeaks 7 ай бұрын

Also, if not this suggestion, can you do a video on what life is like for a pageant winner?

@mikememine1423 7 ай бұрын

Like who, Jon-Benet Ramsey?

@JeremiahSpeaks 7 ай бұрын

@@mikememine1423 Not necessarily. Any pageant winner for Miss America, Miss USA

@btetschner 7 ай бұрын

8:39 "Here I Go Again" by White Snake is an awesome music video! We used to listen to that song all the time when I was a freshman at Doane University.

@viviktr 7 ай бұрын

Very interesting video! However, allow me to make a correction: princess Sophie, later Archduchess Sophie, was not a princess of Greece and Denmark, as mentioned in 0:51. This is a completely different royal line

@NASCARFAN93100 7 ай бұрын

She truly was a Queen

@darbysdownhomedetecting 7 ай бұрын

Would love to hear one on king George the 3rd😊

@btetschner 7 ай бұрын

6:33 In reference to psychosomatic... The music video "Breathe" by The Prodigy is fantastic!

@mikememine1423 7 ай бұрын

The lead singer overdosed... such a fool

@auntvesuvi3872 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for this! 👑 #WeirdHistory #EmpressElisabethOfAustria #ElisabethOfAustria #Austria

@thisisscorpio6024 7 ай бұрын

Pretty lady. Thanks for explaining the long hair. I started to notice that as more pictures rolled.

@daraf5489 7 ай бұрын

I like the comparison that Empress Sisi was the Lady Di of her day

@MilesBellas 7 ай бұрын

"Cirque Du Back Yard" 😂

@That1kid304 7 ай бұрын

Early upload this time . Glad

@laurensteiler8981 7 ай бұрын

As of German and Austrian descent.. I feel really connected to her in a strange way… I’m OBSESSED w my hair and my appearance.. I thought I was the only peers in of Germanic blood who did the same thing? 😂 Anyone feel the same you

@danielbarcenas4175 7 ай бұрын

Maybe do a video on the Winchester mystery house?

@mikememine1423 7 ай бұрын

San Jose CA...been there. Really bizarre place

@leapfrog2640 7 ай бұрын

Funny thought while watching this… they wouldn’t have any idea how we can see their photos on technological devices.

@niceguy7171 7 ай бұрын

When they said " So she would crush on Tiktok", i almost deleted myself

@Kiraiko44 7 ай бұрын

I always feel such disgust for the way so many princesses and queens were treated, I know that in many ways their lives were much better compared to the average person of their times but I still

@julianaylor4351 7 ай бұрын

Being a royal wife is often tough, but poor Sisi, had it really bad. The first time I read about her history, at school in A Level European History, I felt so sad for her. 😥

@SpammytheHedgehog 7 ай бұрын

I never thought I would hear of a 3rd Queen Elizabeth.

@grapeshot 7 ай бұрын

Anarchists were like nobody has the right to rule over anybody.

@BeyondDaX 7 ай бұрын

Yes that is fairly obvious

@rosemaryamundson4542 8 күн бұрын

No one has the right to rule over anyone else .

@Thomas-Gr 7 ай бұрын

At 4;52 You show Ludwig I. of Bavaria, not Ludwig II., the grandson.

@richewilson6394 7 ай бұрын

She eats like my sister-in-law lol

@YaaaaanSapnu 4 ай бұрын

love

@btetschner 7 ай бұрын

10:02 On the tv series Into The Badlands, all the rulers of their region are called Barons regardless of their gender.

@mikememine1423 7 ай бұрын

You don't get out much, do you... take a walk into the great outdoors once in a while...

@btetschner 7 ай бұрын

@@mikememine1423 We lived out in the country until I was six, then lived in an agricultural community until I was 18.

@pfkmsandiego 7 ай бұрын

❤ peace

@CK.girl55 7 ай бұрын

What a beauty!! 💜🌈✨🖤🌺🌹

@juliesarnoff-clark9543 7 ай бұрын

Can you please do a video about the Dublin whiskey fire in 1875?

@kimshearer6464 7 ай бұрын

I'd like to know about Amy Robsart.

@redphoenix9384 7 ай бұрын

😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏

@btetschner 7 ай бұрын

A lot of the marital and familial arrangements remind me of the film Pride and Prejudice (2005), which I just watched again last night. Fantastic film!

@jasondashney 7 ай бұрын

Pride, Prejudice and Zombies is an even better film

@mikememine1423 7 ай бұрын

Have you ever heard of reading? Books have a lot of information and stories, like pride and prejudice... look in to it

@btetschner 7 ай бұрын

@@mikememine1423 Pride and Prejudice is an excellent book, I read the book and then watched the film.

@jewel65 6 ай бұрын

The BBC version is the best 1. I think it's closest to the book.

@giovannirastrelli9821 7 ай бұрын

All of us have danced with death, but no one like Elisabeth!

@MadameChristie 7 ай бұрын

*points excitedly* I understood that reference!

@Wraith_of_Storm 7 ай бұрын

Wow...! Anyone else kind of seeing the similarities between Elisabeth and "Cinderella?" 😳

@CarlDillynson 4 ай бұрын

"...who put his whole Andrassy into everything." LOLLLLL

@NewMessage 7 ай бұрын

I knew a Beth of Australia who was pretty hungry.

@kirbymarchbarcena 7 ай бұрын

Being royalty doesn't always live up good as everyone thinks

@jasondashney 7 ай бұрын

I don't Think I've ever talked to anyone who said they would like to be a member of the royal family. Seems like it would be the worst life ever.

@richarddeese1087 7 ай бұрын

Thanks. 🎶 Shots in the Royal car... (And war around the world) Smoke on the corner... 🎶 tavi.

@lakibody 7 ай бұрын

Man their family tree is like a merry go round😅

@mikememine1423 7 ай бұрын

That tree has no branches 😭... Grows straight up

@patdonnelly9392 7 ай бұрын

I guess it wasn't common knowledge back then that being 96 lbs. at 5'8" would cause her beloved hair to thin considerably. But, maybe they had an early version of Rogaine 🤔.

@zach7193 7 ай бұрын

Remember reading this on Wikipedia.

@VenusAxe 7 ай бұрын

Same! I had did some reading on her and her favorite cousin, I forgot his name.

@itachi-kun7736 7 ай бұрын

she died in a horrific way, i think Franz Joseph would have not entered WWI if she was still alive in 1914

@henryjrboybandola3475 7 ай бұрын

Well...

@artheemisia 7 ай бұрын

And her little sister perished in the fire of the Bazar de la charité, in Paris…

@JuhiSRK 7 ай бұрын

Why the loud & distracting music choices?

@samanthal133 7 ай бұрын

The Netflix series is pretty good & the film was just okay.

@SofaKingShit 7 ай бұрын

Great choice of music for a land locked country.

@jodiuhron1979 7 ай бұрын

Technically, the wife of an emperor/king doesn’t reign. She is just the wife of the emperor/king and mother of the ruler’s children. Same role as the late Prince Phillip, the late QEII’s husband. She was Empress of Austria/Queen of Hungary, but Franz Joseph was the one with the power (allegedly… he was a mama’s boy and let his mother have too much say in ruling Austria). If Elisabeth did have power, she could’ve told her monster-in-law to take a hike and shove it, lol.

@flo-ip8ds 3 ай бұрын

Sisi, Lady Di and Marie Antoinette have one thing in common..they all broke out from the golden cage in order to be more free....i understand them and its kinda remarkable.

@MatthewTheWanderer 7 ай бұрын

She didn't eat meat, but liked to put raw meat on her face? How peculiar...

@SamanthaR0x 7 ай бұрын

I feel like I'm spoiling the show The Empress for myself

@FailingArtist 7 ай бұрын

It doesn’t have true facts- it’s like a “fantasy” mainly but has the “bones” of the true story. Its soooo good!! Highly recommend!

@TheCandiceWang 7 ай бұрын

She's a Saint!

@dgreensotr 7 ай бұрын

I just checked - she is my 8th cousin four times removed

@btetschner 7 ай бұрын

The KZfaq channel REACT has a video challenge about the etiquette that aristocrats like Elisabeth likely used at the time, it is called "Gen Z Boys Vs. Girls: Ultimate Etiquette Challenge." It is a very helpful video for understanding it.

@user-qg8qg2sp7i Ай бұрын

Ali and Lelia Pahlavi

@mrst7831 7 ай бұрын

Having your life "mapped" out without input, must be like a jail sentence for anyone. I'm going to try sleeping with the nightgown soaked in vinegar. It might even keep Dracula away.

@LoriVanAuwelaer-fe4fw 7 ай бұрын

Hey y°all 😮

@Daria_Morgandorfer. 7 ай бұрын

Some believe Sisi had Npd and Bipolar and Anorexia but the family inbreeding didn't help her either

@btetschner 7 ай бұрын

Eating ANOTHER Weird History meal! This time eating CHEF BOYARDEE BEEFARONI* with parmesan and drinking WILD CHERRY CAPRI SUN^...while watching this Weird History video! * From the Weird History Food video "Who Was the Real Chef Boyardee?" ^ From the Weird History Food video "Thirst-Quenching Facts About Your Favorite Beverages"

@mikememine1423 7 ай бұрын

It's called a life, you must get one

@MadameChristie 7 ай бұрын

*points to avatar* I'm a huge fan the of the German language musical about Sisi so I know my Elisabeth history lol😅 I will say Sophie gets a tiny it of a bad rap. She was controlling and kinda bitchy yeah, but Sisi being a literally teenager when she had her kids, she may have been justified in taking charge of the kids.

@annacbrown1986 7 ай бұрын

Not as famous? Not everyone is English/American you know 😂 I've always known about Sisi but only recently learned about Queen Victoria.

@-xirx- 7 ай бұрын

She is a ravishing hottie! 😍

@alexisjones5509 3 ай бұрын

Was

@charlesxix 7 ай бұрын

Is it American or what that the word is it regime not regiment.

@supwphilosophy8375 7 ай бұрын

Well that’s an eating disorder if I’ve ever seen one 8:24 I get why she didn’t want people taking pictures of her. Sucks to be uncomfortable in / unaccepting of your own body. Imagine having to gestate and pop out a third/fourth(?) child in order to get your husband to make you queen. Yikes! Thanks, I hope we get more videos about women!

@FatKarma999 7 ай бұрын

Youre showing unrelated medieval portraits of other royals like you don't care why???

@ebrahimpatel1120 7 ай бұрын

I love to videos on European aristocracy

@ridureyu 7 ай бұрын

In-Laws. Am I right!?!?!?

@MatthewTheWanderer 7 ай бұрын

Um, why are you claiming, at the beginning of the video, that Empress Elisabeth was a "ruler" who "reigned"? She was not a ruler at all and was only married to the actual ruler, Emperor Franz Joseph I.

@user-rp3sg2iy8q Ай бұрын

Sisi bude spet Vládnutí Moju korunu nedám Královská koruna patří pravěk Kralovnej 👸🌏🚨⚡🇸🇰♥️

@SpammytheHedgehog 7 ай бұрын

George Washington.

@HxyitsIrey 7 ай бұрын

Alexander Hamilton

@mikememine1423 7 ай бұрын

@@HxyitsIreyBen Franklin... OH, I thought we were naming founding fathers of the United States

@HxyitsIrey 7 ай бұрын

@@mikememine1423 right? So did I

@tonyphilpott9500 7 ай бұрын

She wasn't a ruler. She was the consort of a ruler, Emperor Franz Joesph.

@alexaales7937 7 ай бұрын

oh yes, what a very tragic life, traveling, spending money, exercising like a maniac and starving herself by choice cause she was vain beyond belief! i feel for your problems, Sisi, lol!