Archduchess Elisabeth, daughter of Emperor Maximilian II and Maria of Spain, was born on 5 July 1554. Among her siblings were the future Emperors Rudolf II and Matthias, and the future Queen of Spain, Anna. She was close to her father, whom she resembled in appearance, character, and intellectual inclinations. At the age of sixteen, […]
Emperor Ferdinand III and his second wife Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Tyrol were married on 2 July 1648. Their union began under a good omen, as the devastating Thirty Years’ War had just come to an end. Ferdinand already had two healthy sons (including the future Emperor Leopold I) from his first marriage, and it was […]
Only three days after commemorating the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo, there is reason to return to them once again – this time to commemorate their wedding anniversary on 1 July 1900. The early days of their acquaintance remain shrouded in mystery, and it is not known exactly when their […]
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