!!!Elisabeth, Kaiserin von Österreich

b. Munich (Germany), Dec. 24, 1837, 
d. Geneva (Switzerland, murdered), Sept. 10, 1898, Empress of Austria 
and Queen of Hungary, daughter of Duke Max of Bavaria; 1854 married 
Emperor  Franz Joseph I. E. was never very happy at the court in 
Vienna; felt great affection for the Hungarian people and promoted the 
settlement ("Ausgleich") with Hungary in 1866/67. After her son (Crown 
Prince  Rudolf) committed suicide in 1889, she travelled even more 
extensively than before.

!Literature
B. Hamann, E. Kaiserin wider Willen, %%sup 11/%1992; idem 
(ed.), Kaiserin E. Das poetische Tagebuch, 1984; E. v. Oe., 
exhibition catalogue, Vienna 1986; J. Thiele, E. Das Buch ihres 
Lebens, 1996; idem, E. Bilder ihres Lebens, 1998.



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