Elizabeth of Bavaria. Emperor SISSI. Sissi-Empress of Austria. Elizabeth Amalia Eugenia von Wittelsbach, Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie, Princess of Bavaria (Herzogin in Bayern) from the side, uncrowned line of the Wittelsbachs from the Palatinate (born December 24, 1837 in Munich, died September 10, 1898 in Geneva) - Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary from 1854 as the wife of Emperor Franz Joseph I. Also known as Sissi, or Sisi, as her friends and family called her from an early age. A life full of tragic events and exceptional beauty made her a heroine of popular culture, as evidenced by numerous films about her fate.
