The apparent suicide of the Crown Prince deeply affected Stphanie and constituted, in the words of Irmgard Schiel, "the greatest catastrophe that can affect a woman in her married life". But unfortunately, they did not understand each other. In 1895, he accompanied Archduke Louis Victor as a member of the imperial legation during the coronation of Tsar Nicolas II in Saint Petersburg. The family had a contract with an American booking agent when they left Austria. Maria was specifically chosen because she physically struggled with life at the abbey. Shaped with gathers and tucks in the bodice area, this gorgeous gown features an elegant godet with a slight train and a beautiful organza pouff at the left shoulder! [6] For many weeks, the girl was unconscious, feverish and in great pain. I loved, I lived/I wandered through the world, she wrote, but never reached what I strove for.. In 1935, Stphanie published her memoirs, entitled Je devais tre impratrice ("I Had to Be Empress"). In 1998, Princess Alexandra married Count Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth, a member of the ancient House of Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth, and the couple had two children, Count Richard and Countess Alexandra, residing in Paris and later at Schloss Heidesheim until announcing their divorce in 2017. Works at Westlands, Nairobi. A few months later, in September, while staying in London, Stphanie learned of the death of her mother, Queen Marie Henriette, who was living withdrawn from the Belgian court. The children. The teenagers, however, were eager to return to their home because their grandmother's attitudes were very different from what they were used to. The new emperor on 28 January 1917 granted the title of Hungarian Frst (Prince) with the style of Serene Highness to Elemr. Gradually, they withdrew to their estate where they led a more secluded existence, punctuated by religious exercises. 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Stphanie and her daughter Elisabeth Marie attended the funeral, which took place nine days later. The empress frequently spoke of suicide to a terrified Franz Joseph, and turned to mediums and psychics to help cure her mental anguish. He looks a little tired, he is too often on the road, he exerts himself too much. Sissi: Directed by Ernst Marischka. On 10 December 1865, her paternal grandfather King Leopold I, founder of the Belgian dynasty, died after a reign of 34 years. Crown Princess Stphanie of Austria, by Hedwig Hna-Senft (1883). And of course, no Baroness Schraeder evening gown would be complete without a tiara! March 1927 - Princess Yvonne arrives (a distant relative of Georg's first wife), Yvonne tells Maria that Georg's in love with Maria but will still marry Yvonne May 1927 - von Trapp is determined to be engaged to Princess Yvonne but gets pert note from Maria, calls off proposal to Yvonne; thirteen days before Maria is to leave he uses . [85] In the book she published Rudolf's last letter to her, and proclaimed that (in her view) he and Baroness Vetsera had made a suicide pact. In one of the more iconic scenes in film history, the Trapp family win first place at the festival but have disappeared during the judges deliberation. The family was musically inclined before Maria arrived, but she did teach them to sing madrigals. Perhaps the largest departure from history was that Maria took up her position in 1928, a decade before the setting of the musical. Through a series of even stranger events than these mentioned, Maria accidentally accepted his marriage offer to her which was initially relayed by the von Trapp children! Heeresgeschichtliches Museum / Militrhistorisches Institut (Hrsg. This category has only the following subcategory. On this occasion, the Habsburg monarchy unfolded its full splendor for the last time. Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp (4 April 1880 - 30 May 1947) was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Navy who later became the patriarch of the Trapp Family Singers.Trapp was the most successful Austro-Hungarian submarine commander of World War I, sinking 11 Allied merchant ships totaling 47,653 GRT and two Allied warships displacing a total of 12,641 tons. Lets find out! However, this second union was happy. By the time Maria arrived on the scene, both von Trapp and Princess Yvonne were planning towards an imminent marriage, though they were not yet officially engaged. August Ritter von Trapp died in 1884, when Georg was four. Moved back to Austria and died in 1994. The reaction of Rudolf's parents was mixed while Empress Elisabeth was deeply disappointed with the match as the Belgian monarchy dated only from 1830 and did not compare to the Habsburgs in terms of seniority, even though its royal house was a branch of the House of Wettin (one of the oldest ruling houses in Europe), Emperor Franz Joseph I was pleased. [49], In order to take care of himself, Rudolf left to stay on the island of Lokrum, where he took Stphanie. Her former life had been one of mountain hikes and constant activity, and she soon developed severe headaches as she transitioned into a cloistered life. Their understanding was real; Stphanie described Rudolf as "a model husband" and added that they understood each other admirably, which made her happy. From 1874, Stphanie (who until then had a nanny, the Viennese Antoinette Polsterer) was placed under the direction of her sister Louise's governess, Mademoiselle Legrand. Her feelings would immediately be relieved and good humor restored, while other family members, particularly her husband, found it less easy to recover. Veesenmayer began to search all the archives in the house and confiscated documents of a historical nature, such as letters from Crown Prince Rudolf. Rudolf is doing very well. The following year, Elisabeth Marie participated in her mother's silver wedding anniversary. I began by telling him that Rudolf was very ill and that his pathetic appearance and his dissipated behavior caused me serious concern; I begged him to make his son take a long journey so as to distract him from his grueling existence. When I made my entrance, my father stood up, came to me and said in a deep voice: The Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary has come here to ask for your hand. Trapp was the most successful Austro-Hungarian submarine commander of World War I,[b] sinking 11 Allied merchant ships totaling 47,653 GRT and two Allied warships displacing a total of 12,641 tons. Shortly thereafter the Captainset offto visit the Princess with plans for a definite wedding date. Then they were invited to sing on the radio, then came an invitation from the chancellor of Austria, followed by their first European tour. A mischievous free spirit, Maria sang at inopportune times during the course of her day and wasnt sure if shed fit into life at the nunnery. Though medical help was called, Sisi soon died of internal bleeding. The family received permission to set up a chapel within the villa which in turn encouraged their choral singing. On April 25, 1854, a shy and melancholy bride married into a major European royal house. Whatever the real truth behind the family history, it is an inspiring story and well worth retelling. [58] BBC Radio presented a different account of the family in October, 2009, in a play by Annie Caulfield called The Von Trapps and Me, focused on Princess Yvonne, "the woman Captain Von Trapp jilted in order to marry Maria."[59][60]. The Trapp Family founded the Trapp Family Austrian Relief, Inc.; the priest Franz Wasner, their pre-war friend, became its treasurer. She entered the ballrooms on her father-in-law's arm and served as the hostess at official dinners. However, the latter harbored other marriage plans with Countess Sophie Chotek von Wognin, a lady-in-waiting of the Habsburg court. Stphanie and her daughter were placed in the third row. Though both Rudolf and Vetsera left behind notes, the circumstances surrounding their deaths remained a mystery; rumors of a double murder persisted. The revelation of the Captains affections didnt quite invoke the romantic scenes of the musical where Maria flees to the abbey and is told to confront her problems (through song obviously). [14], If Stphanie's instruction was somewhat rudimentary, the discipline was strict: "We got up early in the morning: in summer, at five o'clock, in winter, at six o'clock. On leaving Austria, the Trapps traveled by train to Italy (not over the mountains by foot to Switzerland as is depicted in The Sound of Music). As of 2021, Stphanie had 8 great-grandchildren, 24 great-great-grandchildren and 32 great-great-great-grandchildren. [4], In her memoirs, Stphanie wrote: "The first event that was deeply engraved in my memory was the death of this beloved brother []. The legendary story of this musical family's escape from Nazi Austria is one of the best-loved tales in recent history. If she could have only seen then all the service she would offer in her life, Im sure she would have been thrilled! [82] Corti being excluded from the literary project, Stphanie addressed Count and Countess Gatterburg, who submitted the manuscript first to a publisher in Leipzig in 1933. [56] To Stphanie, Rudolf had left an undated letter: "Dear Stphanie, you are delivered from my fatal presence; be happy in your destiny. Maria's physician advised that she seek a different lifestyle, and it just so happened that the Reverend Mother had received a request from a certain naval officer for an in-home tutor for his sickly daughter. Here she displayed surprisingly down-to-earth behavior for a royal: holding hands with the dying, and speaking to patients about their needs. [61] In Austria, Stphanie devoted herself to singing or went to the theater and concerts during her stays in her residences in Laxenburg and at the Hofburg. "Princess Yvonne" was the wife and magical partner of Doc Irving in their two-person mindreading act that played the major vaudeville theaters starting in the early 1920's. Billed as "Princess Yvonne the Oriental Enigma", Mary Ellen was fearless when it came to promoting their show. Affectionately known as Princess "Manni" or her more artistic moniker "Mamarazza," she was an accomplished photographer, her images becoming featured in magazines as well as gallery exhibitions. She also acknowledged in her book that, like most men of the period, he was a heavy smoker. She was buried in the crypt of Pannonhalma Archabbey. [40], As in any dynastic marriage where the political interest of the two sovereign houses takes precedence, the existence of romantic feelings within the couple has never been proven, but the relationship of the young spouses was based, at the beginning, on respect and a mutual attachment. Maria is a young nun who is frequently on the nerves of her fellow sisters. According to Maria von Trapp's memoirs[citation needed], Georg von Trapp found himself in a vexing situation after the German takeover of Austria in 1938. [5] Stphanie's childhood was therefore marked by this mourning: "From that moment on, my memories have seen my parents' married life darken. It seems Im in the mood to pick apart the history behind musicals. Princess Yvonne (born 9 December 1942) married firstly in 1962 Alfons, Count von Coreth zu Coredo und Starkenberg (born 1930), a photographer who served as honorary Thai consul in Salzburg (divorced 1970), and married secondly in 1976 physician Klaus Bolzano, Edler von Kronsttt (born 1936), and has issue from both marriages; [3] [26] They were married on 26 November 1927 when he was 47 and she was 22. Web princess yvonne was cool, almost to the point of coldness. Widowed since 1881, he was Chamberlain at the court of Vienna and a life member of the House of Lords in the Austrian Parliament. [5], At the beginning of 1871, epidemics of typhus and smallpox raged in Brussels. 1-86-NARA-NARA or 1-866-272-6272, National Archives and Records Administration, Northeast RegionBoston. Press J to jump to the feed. We were not used to this. Allegory on the betrothal of Crown Prince Rudolf and Stphanie of Belgium, by Sophia and Maria Grlich (1881). Princess Stphanie Clotilde Louise Herminie Marie Charlotte of Belgium (21 May 1864 23 August 1945) was a Belgian princess who became Crown Princess of Austria through marriage to Crown Prince Rudolf, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He chose that of indifference, infidelity, she had to accept that of resignation, loneliness and pain". Promoted to embassy secretary in 1892, he worked in Saint Petersburg, Paris, London and Stuttgart. Stephanie writes: "My education began at the age of ten; I immediately understood that from that moment books and notebooks would take the place of my toys, that a more orderly life would begin". The former Crown Princess's household was dissolved: all those who were part of it were dismissed, but some of them were assigned to her daughter's service. Austria was under economic pressure from a hostile Germany, and Austrian banks were in a precarious position. Stphanie did not dare talk about her marital problems with her mother. [10] Leopold II thereafter lost interest in his family; he turned his attentions to the notorious creation of the Congo Free State, which was his personal fiefdom and not a Belgian colonial territory, and as such its ruthless exploitation amassed him a vast private fortune. While Stphanie and Clmentine accepted the proposal, Louise refused it and initiated, in December 1910, a first trial against the Belgian State and her two sisters. In fact, he didnt speak to her at all for several evenings when the children had asked her, do you like father? (to which she replied yes) which had somehow become misconstrued to Please tell your father I accept his proposal of marriage.. [81] According to her granddaughter-in-law, author Ghislaine of Windisch-Graetz (ne d'Arschot Schoonhoven), Stphanie "was confused in devotion and even bigoted; she was convinced that her daughter was possessed by the demon and she could not tolerate the immorality of her love life. He married Henriette Lajoie (1927) in 1947 and had two sons and four daughters; they later divorced. After this disappointment, in the spring of 1883, the Crown Princess's pregnancy was confirmed, delighting the Emperor. [25], The betrothal was formalized on 7 March 1880, when Stphanie was not yet 16 years old. The escape from Austria was less dramatic than the musical suggests involving far less Nazi chases, music festivals, and nuns ripping out car parts. Maria came to the von Trapp family in 1926 as a tutor for one of the children, Maria, who was recovering from scarlet fever, not as governess to all the children. A doctor was of the opinion that Maria would benefit from some time in the mountains, though not as far up as she had once been. After the death of her father in 1909, Stphanie joined her older sister Louise to claim from the Belgian courts the share of the inheritance of which they both felt they had been stripped. The publishing contract was drawn up on 24 April 1934, but Stphanie's procrastination postponed the publication and distribution of her memoirs to October 1935, under the original title of Ich sollte Kaiserin werden (I Was To Be Empress) in German bookstores,[83] because the book was censored in Austria,[84] where the police visited every bookshop in Vienna in order to seize the copies already on sale. Duchess Helene in Bavaria (1834 - 1890) almost became the Empress of Austria, but that role instead went to her sister, Empress Elisabeth. [8], In 1894, aged fourteen, Trapp followed in his father's footsteps and joined the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Navy, entering the naval academy at Fiume (now Rijeka). I saw the tears trickling down the faces of the men., The empress was fascinated with new innovations in the treatment of the insane, and even toyed with the idea of opening her own psychiatric hospital. In March 1919, the whole imperial family had to leave Austria. Captain von Trapp was invited to take command within the German Navy, an offer which he considered but ultimately refused. His condition deteriorated rapidly: the doctor diagnosed acute pericarditis. Actually, the movie is based not only on the books, but on the first German movie of 1956, which is its real blueprint. [8], In 1900, he was assigned to the protected cruiser SMSZenta and was decorated for his performance during the Boxer Rebellion, in which he participated in the assault on the Taku Forts. Unlike the famous film's story, Maria was not intended to be governess to all seven children; but before long Maria's vivacity and music had brought all the children together in song and activities, and the obligatory separation of the age groups, which was typical for the upper class at that time, ceased to exist. The von Trapps traveled to Italy, not Switzerland. If youd like to join me for more fun and games in picking apart history, and other behind the scene tangents, you can support me via my Patreon. The doctor recommended the removal of the uvula and performed this surgery before his young patient went to Ostend to recover. [5] His first wife Agathe Whitehead died of scarlet fever in 1922, leaving behind seven children. After all, whats there to like about her? Each time, however, the real Baroness Schraeder wanted to delay things a little. The Queen therefore never left her son's bedside. And thus began their engagement! [51] During a visit to the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria in 1887, Stphanie fell in love with the Polish Count Artur Wadysaw Potocki. [76], When Stphanie learned of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914, she was convinced that the death of the heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne was desired by Emperor Franz Joseph I because the deceased had dared to stand up to him. [73] He also deliberately concealed property included in his estate in shell companies in Germany and France, not only to deprive his daughters of it, but also to allow his town-planning projects to continue. One was the French armored cruiser Lon Gambetta, sunk at .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}3930N 1815E / 39.500N 18.250E / 39.500; 18.250 on 27 April 1915, 25 kilometres (13 nautical miles; 16 miles) south of Cape Santa Maria di Leuca. It was historically accurate at least, the Villa Trapp was extensive and with so many children, the Captain had decided it was easier to summon them by use of a musical whistle than from calling them. The names, ages, and sexes of the children were changed. Maria did not marry Georg von Trapp because she was in love with him. It was initially thought Vetsera poisoned Rudolf before killing herself, though it was later determined that Rudolf shot both of them in a murder-suicide pact, a conclusion that only deepened Sisis sadness. [46], In Prague and Vienna, the couple received many visitors and gave many dinners. [71] Her sister Louise returned to Belgium as well, and the dying sovereign also refused to see her. According to the eldest of the Trapp daughters, Agathe (Liesl in the film), the song Maria and its implications was the most accurate element of The Sound of Music. Although she retained her title of Crown Princess, she did not retain its functions and was no longer authorized to represent the Empress. The following 183 pages are in this category, out of 183 total. 371k members in the AccidentalWesAnderson community. Captain von Trapp himself played several instruments and hired various music teachers for his children, many of whom lived at the villa at different points. When the King entered the dining room, the princesses would rise and bow before kissing his hand which he then put on their head, without a word. But in her glass coach on the way to her new home in the sprawling Hofburg imperial palace, Sisi sobbedoverwhelmed and afraid. [47] At the beginning of 1886, the Crown Prince fell seriously ill. Several diagnoses included cystitis and stomach disease. She married in Vienna on 10 May 1881, Crown Prince Rudolf, son and heir of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. She worked as a singer and an artist, and lived in. The story is practically a fairy tale with the love story between the Captain and Maria, the backdrop of the Austrian mountains is dramatic, and the Nazi party cast a shadow over the idyllic proceedings. In this 1955 photograph, thirteen-year-old Princess Yvonne of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn in Germany is shown tipping back a bottle of Dry Sack sherry as her twelve-year-old brother Prince Alexander sits calmly by, his cigarette nearly finished. Until World War II, Count and Countess Lnyay (elevated to the princely rank in 1917) peacefully spent their lives at Rusovce Mansion in Slovakia. Trapp's accomplishments during World War I earned him numerous decorations, including the Military Order of Maria Theresa. She survived for a time on only thin broth, while in later years she subsisted almost exclusively on raw milk (traveling with her own cow), oranges and eggs. I was the Crown Princess of Austria-Hungary!". Both his sons inherited this hereditary title of Ritter (Knight). Rudolf began to lose control of himself: suffering from deep fits of melancholy and mania he spoke in front of whoever wanted to hear him the presentiment of his imminent death. Shy and unsure, Sisi crumbled under the strict court etiquette, which left her isolated and friendless. [Map 1] Their other children were: Agathe, also born in Pula; Maria Franziska, Werner;[25] Hedwig, and Johanna, all born at the family home the Erlhof in Zell am See;[Map 2] and Martina, born at the Martinsschlssel at Klosterneuburg, for which she was named. [72] Stphanie and her sisters discovered that their father had left as main beneficiary of his will his chief mistress, the French prostitute Caroline Lacroix, as well as the Royal Trust,. 20, 1666, paris), queen consort of king louis xiii of france (reigned. Secondly, Maria herself was not in love with the Captain and anticipated her return to her former life. In 1935, after issues relating to the Wall Street Crash and the resulting economic dips across Europe, Captain von Trapp was informed that the bank in which he had invested his substantial wealth had folded. [92], At her birth, as the daughter of King Leopold II, Stphanie was titled Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duchess in Saxony, with the predicate of Royal Highness, according to the titles of her house, and bears the unofficial title of Princess of Belgium, which will be officially regularized by Royal Decree dated 14 March 1891.[93]. Died from complications of a casarean section in 1951. The marriage was finally celebrated on 10 May 1881, a few days before Stphanie's 17th birthday,[33] at the Saint Augustine's Church in Vienna. But how much? She tended to erupt in angry outbursts consisting of yelling, throwing things, and slamming doors. I hope to see you there! [8][23], Agathe's inherited wealth sustained the couple and permitted them to start a family, and they had two sons and five daughters over the next ten years. However, Austria-Hungary's defeat in World War I also led to the Empire's collapse. One thing I always found interesting was the 11 year time shift, and I wonder if it had anything to do with the Captains World War 1 stint in the Austrian navy, where he was torpedoing Allied ships with U-boats. From her eccentric father, Duke Maximilian Joseph, she inherited a belief in progressive democratic ideals and pacifism, uncommon for royalty at the time. We had to dress and comb our hair on our own. During the winter of 18781879, on her way to London, Empress Elisabeth of Austria (known as "Sissi"), mother of Crown Prince Rudolf, stopped at the court of Brussels, where the 14-year-old Stphanie was introduced to her. [52], From the spring of 1887, painful scenes were repeated between the spouses. But Maria did introduce the family to many Austrian folk songs and taught them to harmonize the parts. 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