茜茜公主的姐姐Helene of Thurn und Taxis
Princess Helene Caroline Therese, Néné, was the oldest Wittelsbach daughter, born in 1834. She was to marry Emperor Franz Josef of Austria, but he fell for Helene's younger sister, Elisabeth "Sisi." This created some serious difficulties finding a husband for Helene, but she married Maximilian of Thurn und Taxis, from a wealthy German noble family, in 1858 during the early crinoline era. Their marriage, unlike so many covered in these albums, was happy but he died at the age of 36 in 1867. There is a good German-language site about her here.








茜茜公主的妹妹Mathilde Trani
Princess Mathilde was the second Wittelsbach daughter to head down to Naples and Sicily. She married Lodovico, Count of Trani in 1861. (Her older sister Maria Sophie had married King Francesco II of the Two Sicilies in 1859.) Her exceptionally brief




茜茜公主的妹妹两西西里皇后玛丽亚
Maria Sophie Wittelsbach, Queen of the Two Sicilies
Maria Sophie Wittelsbach, another of Empress Elisabeth's sisters, did not have long in the spotlight. The Wittelsbachs were almost an extension of the Habsburgs and the Habsburgs had tentacles formed by their own and Wittelsbach marriages throughout Italy. Cavour and Garibaldi acted to unify Italy, forcing the various German-linked rulers out. One of them was Maria Sophie, Queen of the Two Sicilies that included Naples (the ruling dynasty there was Bourbon). Maria Sophie went out of power in a blaze of glory, leading the defense of Gaeta. Marcel Proust called her the "soldier queen on the ramparts of Gaeta." She married Franceco II, King of Sicily in 1859 whose reign ended with the fall of Gaeta in 1862. As a result of her brief reign, her photos document the high crinoline era.
















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