No, not “Sissi,” though the films about me starring Romy Schneider (that sad, sad gorgeous harlot–I mean, starlet), would beg to differ. We have Ernst Marischka, the film’s director, to thank for the blunder, but it’s an honest mistake, because Sissi is often the nickname for Elisabeth in Austria. Here’s the real story on my [...]
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I’m such a Sisi
Posted in Kings & Queens, royal terms, setting the record straight on March 31, 1848 | Leave a Comment »
why my sister did not become empress (a reprise)
Posted in Nene, setting the record straight, tagged Empress Elisabeth Marriage, Helene and Sisi on October 21, 1848 | 1 Comment »
Yes indeed, we’re flashing back to a popular post (originally penned over a year ago). If you feel you’ve read this before, you have! But there are several new readers, so I am offering this post, yet again. Alas, poor Nené, my humorless sister. As the eldest daughter in an inbred family full of loons, [...]
more about mad cousin ludwig
Posted in Kings & Queens, setting the record straight on January 21, 1848 | 1 Comment »
Word on the Strasse is that my beloved cousin, King Ludwig II, was murdered as he tried to escape deposition for mismanagement of funds during a particularly harrowing bout of madness. The company line is that he tragically drowned in Lake Starnberg alongside his psychiatrist. Some say suicide; some say natural causes. Whatever the circumstance, [...]
