Portrait of Emperor Franz Joseph I.. When Emperor Ferdinand abdicated as part of the plan to end the Revolutions of 1848 in Hungary, his nephew, Franz Joseph I (1830-1916) assumed the throne and went ...
Knowing the true story behind Sisi adds a lot of depth to the Netflix Original historical drama.
THERE is an interesting take on European history happening onscreen and this is the story of Empress Elisabeth of Austria and ...
Interesting private letters of Franz Joseph, the late Emperor of the former Austria-Hungarian Empire, throwing light upon the relation of Franz Joseph to the Jews, were published too day. One of the ...
Franz Joseph saw an opportunity through war to ‘Make Austria-Hungary great again.’ Instead he plunged the world into global conflict. Credit: Schloß Schönbrunn Kultur- und Betriebsges.m.b.H. What do ...
He was emperor of the Habsburg Monarchy for 68 years; his reign permanently influenced European history. An exhibition in Austria marks the centenary of Franz Joseph's death on November 21 - and goes ...
Was Tomas Masaryk (L) the illegitimate son of Emperor Franz Joseph? A Czech DNA expert is carrying out tests on clothes belonging to the first president of Czechoslovakia, Tomas Garrigue Masaryk. The ...