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Elizabeth, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary
ELIZABETH as the young Empress
Life Stories for Young People
ELIZABETH
EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA AND QUEEN OF HUNGARY
Translated from the German of
Carl Küchler
BY
GEORGE P. UPTON
Translator of “Memories,” “Immensee,” etc.
WITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS
A · C · McCLURG
CHICAGO
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1909
Copyright
A. C. McClurg & Co.
1909
Published August 21, 1909
THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.
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Translator’s Preface
The story of the life of Elizabeth ofBavaria, Empress of Austria and Queenof Hungary, is one of the saddest in thehistory of royalty, and in some respectsrecalls the story of the life of Marie Antoinette.Both their lives were sorrowful, both ended tragically,the one at the hands of an assassin, the otherupon the guillotine. Elizabeth will not be rememberedin history as a sovereign, for everythingconnected with the throne and with court life wasdistasteful to her, but rather as the beautiful, sorrowfuldaughter of the Wittelsbachs. She was not onlyone of the most beautiful women of her time, but anaccomplished scholar and linguist, a good musician,and well versed in history, science, and art. Shewas a passionate lover of the woods and mountains,and was happiest when she was walking or ridingamong them, or associating with the Hungarianpeople. She was no more at home with the Viennesethan was Marie Antoinette with the Parisians. Herdomestic life was saddened by estrangement fromher husband, by lack of sympathy among her relatives,by the terrible tragedy which ended the lifeof her son, Prince Rudolph, and by other tragedieswhich involved the happiness and sometimes thelives of those nearest to her. At last her sufferingswere ended by the dagger of a cruel anarchist assassin.As the author of this volume says: “She died asshe had often wished to die, swiftly and painlesslyand under the open sky. Who can say that herlast breath was not a sigh of thankfulness andpeace?”
G. P. U.
Chicago, May 10, 1909.
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Contents
Chapter Page
I The Diamond Wedding 11
II Birth and Childhood of Elizabeth of Bavaria 19
III Betrothal of Princess Elizabeth 25
IV The                        
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