Painting #D07 - Franz Joseph

Princess Sophie of Bavaria
with Her Son, Franz Joseph
- Joseph Karl Stieler (1781-1858, German)
- oil in 1832
- Hofburg Imperial Museum (Vienna)

Two-year-old Franz Joseph with his mother.

On his paternal side: his grandfather was Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor; his eldest aunt was Marie-Louise, second queen consort of Napoleon I; his elder uncle was Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria.

His elder uncle had no issues and passed the throne to him.

Emperor Franz Joseph I
in a Field Marshal's uniform
in the Hungarian style
- Mihály von Munkacsy (1846-1900, German)
- oil (97 × 72 cm) 1896
- Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna)

Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830-1848-1916) married beautiful Empress Elizabeth of Austria (1837-1854-1898), giving birth to 1 son and 3 daughters.

Empress Elisabeth of Austria
- Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805–1873, German)
- oil (300 × 216 cm) 1865
- Hofburg Imperial Palace (Vienna)

她身穿华丽礼服的模样，简直像是童话里的公主一样。身高一米七二，腰围五十厘米，据说她一生都保持着这种犹如模特般的身材。三十岁后，年华开始老去，她愿意画肖像画，却不肯再站在照相机前面了。 简直像禁欲主义者一般彻底追求美丽的伊丽莎白，却在六十一岁时突然离开了人世，她在旅行途中受到暴徒攻击，她的一生最终以悲剧落幕。 在她去世后，画家还是在持续创作她的肖像画。

His domains were ruled peacefully for 45 years, although Franz Joseph personally suffered the tragedy of ...... the suicide of his only son and heir, Crown Prince Rudolf in 1889……

(Crown Price Rudolf died in a suicide pact with his mistress, Baroness Mary Vetsera, at the Mayerling hunting lodge.)

Further, Franz Joseph personally suffered the tragedy of ...... the assasination of his wife, Empress Elisabeth in 1898.

Finally, the assassination of his next heir, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, a nephew, triggered the Great War in Europe, or World War I.