Kissing you with all my heart, your Rudolf who loves you". As the New York Times noted, Stphanie "invented a new chafing dish and spirit lamp combined, and [took] out patents in England, France, Germany, Italy, and Belgium". [27], The Crown Prince was 21 years old at the time of the engagement. In 1886, he was appointed counselor of the legation. Captain von Trapp was invited to take command within the German Navy, an offer which he considered but ultimately refused. 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. Stphanie worked as a nurse in her residence.[78]. Already rumors about her possible marriage were swirling in Europe. By the time the Third Reich annexed Austria, Maria had been with the Trapp family for ten years. See Photos. Queer Kings & Queens: Was James I & VI gay? As Maria's original pupil recovered, she became governess to all seven Trapp children and encouraged them in sports, handiwork, and, of course, music. FACT CHECK: We strive for accuracy and fairness. [37] Her mother-in-law, Empress Elisabeth, nicknamed her "the hideous dromedary";[38] however, Stephanie began to enjoy her new position. She entered the ballrooms on her father-in-law's arm and served as the hostess at official dinners. 1-86-NARA-NARA or 1-866-272-6272, National Archives and Records Administration, Northeast RegionBoston. He married Erika Klambauer in 1948 and had four sons and two daughters, including. Princesses of Austria, including female members of the Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg and its successor the House of Habsburg-Lorraine who usually held the higher title of Archduchess . [66], On 22 March 1900 at Miramare Castle and after eleven years of widowhood, Stphanie married Count Elemr Lnyay de Nagy-Lnya and Vsros-Namny. [30][31] Around 1936, Lotte Lehmann heard the family sing, and she suggested they perform paid concerts. [9], After living for a short time in Merion, Pennsylvania, where their youngest child, Johannes, was born, the family settled in Stowe, Vermont, in 1941. 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. -- It was announced tonight that Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Meiningen, the German aristocrat who was recently sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment for conducting Nazi propaganda in . How does anyone know what to believe of the story Marias story cant really be backed up (not to say she is lying but there is little proof including proof she was a novice to become a num)I am glad for all the good that happened to their family but from what I read the children werent all that happy to continue per infinitum to stay at home, Most of them never married, the older children seem nervous and less than happy. In every royal palace, Sisi had an exercise room where she lifted dumbbells and trained on rings. Worked as a missionary and now. In the first of a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria, the vibrant young princess catches the eye of her sister's fianc, Emperor Franz Josef. As she said in her autobiography. In her book, "The Story of the Trapp Family Singers", Maria von Trapp describes the turn of events which take her from Salzburg's Nonnberg Abbey to the von Trapp villa as a teacher, and ultimately into her new role as mother to seven growing children. Doctors, fearing syphilis, used the approaches then used to treat the latter, namely opium, cognac, morphine, as well as mercury which, taken at too high a dose, can lead to psychological consequences. The result apparently only forced the Captain to confront his feelings which came to a head while he was visiting Princess Yvonne. [Map 3], On 3 September 1922, Agathe von Trapp died of scarlet fever contracted from her daughter Agathe. Have you not noticed, she once asked, that in Shakespeare the madmen are the only sensible ones?, Emperor Franz Joseph, and his wife Empress Elisabeth, of Austria. [92] Her 1908 decision to take out a US patent on a chafing dish surprised the New York Times, not because of her lineage but because "throughout Europe the proficiency of Columbias daughters with the chafing dish is traditional". Another publishing house, John Murray of London, also rejected the text received. In 1889, Rudolf and his mistress Mary Vetsera were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide pact at the imperial hunting lodge at Mayerling in the Vienna Woods. But unfortunately, they did not understand each other. You cannot imagine how charming Sisi is when she cries, Archduchess Sophie wrote, as recounted by Viennese historian Brigitte Hamann in The Reluctant Empress. In 1879 he had moved to Prague Castle and assumed command of an infantry regiment, a post he liked very much. During the wedding festivities, thousands lined Viennas streets, eager to catch a glimpse of the new teenage empress. [81], In 1923, Stphanie planned to write her memoirs. In 1944, she disinherited her daughter, who had divorced to live with a socialist deputy and whom she had not seen since 1925. 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. Their paths crossed for a single instant, only to move away immediately and forever. She wished to go to her parents in Brussels, but neither Leopold II nor Franz Joseph I would allow Stephanie, who had become a Dowager Crown Princess, to abandon Austria. The Republic of German-Austria was landlocked and no longer had a navy, putting an end to Trapp's naval career. The end came on September 10, 1898, when the empress was visiting Geneva under an assumed name. This category has only the following subcategory. On 10 December 1865, her paternal grandfather King Leopold I, founder of the Belgian dynasty, died after a reign of 34 years. But the Emperor interrupted me: It is your imagination that creates ghosts for you. 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Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich, niece of Empress Elisabeth, had declared about Rudolph's future fiance: "In advance, we had pity on the poor princess who would have the honor of being chosen".[30]. She has studied the Trapp family's history for years and has heard Rosmarie von Trapp in concert describe what is was like to flee from Austria and settle in the United States. Maria was specifically chosen because she physically struggled with life at the abbey. Their understanding was real; Stphanie described Rudolf as "a model husband" and added that they understood each other admirably, which made her happy. [2], Stphanie had two older siblings: Louise (born 18 February 1858), and Leopold, Count of Hainaut (born 12 June 1859). [42], From October 1881, Stphanie replaced the Empress at official receptions. However, Austria-Hungary's defeat in World War I also led to the Empire's collapse. [5] His first wife Agathe Whitehead died of scarlet fever in 1922, leaving behind seven children. The Baroness is a fictional character but based on one Princess Yvonne. 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. Trembling and overcome with emotion, 16-year-old Elisabeth, known by her childhood nickname Sisi, was wed to. See Photos. [3] On the voyage home he visited the Holy Land where he met a Franciscan friar who took him on a tour of all the Biblical sites he wanted to see. He was offered a commission in the German Navy, a tempting proposition, but decided to decline the offer, being opposed to Nazi ideology. In April 1911, Louise initiated a second lawsuit concerning the French companies created by Leopold II. 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. The von Trapps were momentarily safe but determined not to draw attention to themselves which proved difficult when the Nazi party insisted on extending them invitations. In her biography, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, Maria describes her potential rival as the Princess Yvonne. Princess Yvonne was cool, almost to the point of coldness. [3] He was fascinated by submarines, and in 1908 seized the opportunity to transfer to the navy's newly formed submarine arm, or U-boot-Waffe, receiving promotion to Linienschiffsleutnant (ship-of-the-line lieutenant, or lieutenant) that November. Hanging on the ropes, she made a fantastic impression, like a creature somewhere between snake and bird. Sources conflict on whether the marriage took place in January 1911 or January 1912. Alexander Konrad Friedrich Heinrich, Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, (born 22 November 1943 in Salzburg, Austria ), a German businessman, MBA HBS '68, is member of the house of Sayn-Wittgenstein and as 7th Prince (German: Frst) zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn head of the Princely House Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn. [36], After the wedding night, which Stphanie in her private letters revealed to her sister to have been a violent event by Rudolf, already mentally unstable, the couple honeymooned at Laxenburg outside the capital. This ladywas an Austrian noblewoman who had an abundance of wealth, and (apparently) a fondness for Captain von Trapp. Instead of the fictional Max Detweiler, pushy music promoter, the von Trapps' priest, the Reverend Franz Wasner, acted as their musical director for over 20 years. The Trapp Family founded the Trapp Family Austrian Relief, Inc.; the priest Franz Wasner, their pre-war friend, became its treasurer. 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. The two were married in November 1927 and their first child, a daughter called Rosmarie was born in 1929. [29], In 1935, Trapp's money, inherited from his English first wife, was invested in a bank in England. 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 . From there, they traveled to Norway to begin the trip back to the United States in September 1939, just after World War II broke out. The marriage was supposed to end his affairs. The empress frequently spoke of suicide to a terrified Franz Joseph, and turned to mediums and psychics to help cure her mental anguish. He also refused a request for the family to perform at an event for Hitler's birthday. She believed the Hungarian people deserved greater freedoms and respect, and collaborated with her close friend, the dashing Hungarian statesman Gyula Andrssy, to advance the Hungarian cause. In real life and in the memoir The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, written by his second wife Maria Augusta Trapp, the Captain has been described as being a warm and loving father who was always around. One of their guests, Father Wasner, was experienced in musical direction and began teaching the family formal singing techniques and arrangements. Some sources incorrectly credit Trapp with sinking the Italian troop transport Principe Umberto,[12] which resulted in the greatest loss of life in any submarine attack in World War I, but the ship was actually sunk by U-5 under another commander, Friedrich Schlosser (18851959).[13]. Their first child was Rupert,[24] born on 1 November 1911 at Pula while the couple were living at Pina Budicina 11. 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. With the help of the nuns at Marias abbey they manage to hide themselves. From her hands-on mother, Princess Ludovika, she developed a love of privacy and a fear of public dutiestraits that would not serve her well as empress. On 10 April, Stphanie, who was not yet seven, contracted typhus, to the dismay of her parents, who feared that a second child of theirs would die. And, thats where the similarities to The Sound of Music end. 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