Similarities Between Kaiserin Sisi And Princess Diana

Empress Elisabeth, the notorious ‘Kaiserin Sisi’, bears great resemblance to the late Princess Diana regarding her ongoing popularity, eternal youthfulness and the utter fascination so many have with the intriguing events that occurred during the course of her wonderful, yet undeniably tragic, life. The similarities between Sisi and Princess Diana are truly uncanny, with both of them suffering from eating disorders, little self-confidence and involved in unhappy marriages as well as suspicious, untimely deaths.

‘Die Kaiserin Sisi’ had what one could only describe as a relatively happy, untroubled start in life with her spending her first years at the Possenhofen Castle in the open, rural area of Lake Starnberg. Duke Max of Bavaria and Ludovika, her loving mother and father, had very few official obligations at the Royal Court despite being members of the Bavarian royal house allowing them to concentrate almost solely on Sisi and her seven siblings. Sisi’s membership at the royal house led to great benefits on her behalf in terms of education with a particular focus on manners and fluency in languages.

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Sisi began to express her love for Hungary considering that Sophie despised it. Moreover Sisi felt much closer to the Hungarian people and she greatly enjoyed the language. In 1866 Austria found itself in a severe crisis, which threatened to separate Austria from many sides but with Sisi’s dedication to an Austrian-Hungarian settlement on the foundations of special rights and freedom for Hungary, there was much tension released between Vienna and Budapest. Sisi pressured Franz Joseph into the Hungarian Compromise leading to the re-establishment of the Hungarian Constitution and turned the Austrian Empire into the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary. This was probably her most successful political contribution throughout her time as