The real Sissi, Elizabeth Amelie Eugenie

The real Princess Sissi is the daughter of Duke Maximilian Joseph of the Kingdom of Bavaria (referred to as Duke Max), full name Elisabeth Amalia Eugenia von Wittelsbach (Elisabeth Amalia Eugenia von Wittelsbach), Queen of Austria and Hungary. Nicknamed "Sissi" (Sissi). In addition, Princess Sissi is also the protagonist of the film "Sissi" shot in Europe in the 1950s and a nostalgic anime "Sissi".

Cece grew up in a big family and lived a free and happy childhood. His father was a carefree aristocrat who liked to write poetry, play piano, chase women, and show off riding. He even built a circus in the yard and got a clown and a funny soldier... The duke believed in republicanism, has a civilian consciousness, and especially appreciates the Jews. People call it a "luxurious proletarian."

On April 24, 1854, the Habsburg Dynasty held a warm and grand wedding. Princess Sisi, with a ruddy face and tightly lips, sailed down the Danube River in a boat to Vienna amidst cheers and noise. The wedding diluted the hostility between the royal family and the people, and this Bavarian rose in bud seemed to represent new happiness. Until then, everything went well.

Marrying into the palace and becoming the queen, the beautiful fairy tale disappeared for Princess Sissi. The cumbersome social etiquette weighed on her, and the terrible loneliness surrounded her tightly. A year later, Sissi became pregnant, and she was tortured by the pregnancy reaction. She cried all day long... Her daughter was taken away as soon as she was born, and her mother-in-law thought she was incapable of taking care of the child. After another two years, she became pregnant for the second time and gave birth to a daughter, and all that accompanied her was tears... People at the court thought she was stupid and didn't pay attention to her at all. When she visited Italy, the people there were full of hostility to her. Only when she arrived in Hungary did she see a warm face. From then on, Sissi began to learn Hungarian.

The real Princess Sissi in history is not exactly what is depicted in the film, especially her love affair with the Austro-Hungarian emperor Franz Joseph I, who was only 18 when he was crowned in 1848. During his 68-year reign, he actually experienced the long and painful decline and collapse of a powerful empire.

Emperor Franz was dignified and diligent, and received a strict court education, while Sissi grew up freely in the beautiful lakes and mountains of Bavaria. These two different temperaments can initially attract each other, but gradually seem to be incompatible. Although Sissi became Queen Elizabeth, she was glorious and rich, but she was unhappy. Queen Elizabeth is a maverick and fragile. At heart, she has always refused to play the traditional role of wife, mother, queen, or even a representative of a great empire.

In her later years, disheartened, Sissi traveled with several entourages throughout Asia and Africa. In 1898, she was murdered in Geneva by an anarchist, Luigi Luceni. Despite this, the queen was still loved by her subjects for her beauty, charm, and romantic melancholy.

The fairy tale Princess Sisi probably only belongs to movies. The real Sisi can be called a legendary figure, but her life is by no means a fairy tale.