tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post6002697088327061471..comments2024-03-26T12:19:52.801-04:00Comments on Tea at Trianon: Sissi: Myth and Historyelena maria vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-73158369125099066362010-03-04T09:14:52.841-05:002010-03-04T09:14:52.841-05:00You are welcome, Jamie! She was an enchanting albe...You are welcome, Jamie! She was an enchanting albeit totally enigmatic women.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-6939048450437350062010-03-04T09:11:17.024-05:002010-03-04T09:11:17.024-05:00In Sissi's case, she was only 14 when she marr...In Sissi's case, she was only 14 when she married and my impression is that she was too young to grasp her duties as a wife much less her duties as an Empress. Even if it had been explained to her beforehand, she was too immature to understand and I think it all hurt her emotionally, especially being a wife so young and having babies right away. And then her first child died, which was traumatic.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-45011583147123381842010-03-04T09:08:26.584-05:002010-03-04T09:08:26.584-05:00Thank you so much for posting this, Elena! :) I en...Thank you so much for posting this, Elena! :) I enjoyed it very much!God Alone Sufficeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02512877884857626978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-48427220631229470702010-03-04T09:02:41.537-05:002010-03-04T09:02:41.537-05:00Sissi, Empress Elizabeth of Austria was a very tra...Sissi, Empress Elizabeth of Austria was a very tragic individual; her love of freedom and disdaining protocol definitely caused her tragic death. What always fascinates me in the case of people marrying into royalty are the many individuals like Sissi(The late Diana, Princess of Wales seems the most recent)who try to run away from protocol and duty. Was nothing explained to these people over the centuries that their lives are secondary to the institution of monarchy and the stability of the state? I do not mean to sound cold or indifferent but there is a price to be paid when one marries into a royal reigning family. Duty, responsibility and the needs of the nation are paramount. Many of these people never had what it took; they should have said no when asked for their hands in marriage.lara77https://www.blogger.com/profile/12595738597369639417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-58331193789452121212010-03-03T11:55:54.680-05:002010-03-03T11:55:54.680-05:00That book sounds fascinating, Alix! I would love t...That book sounds fascinating, Alix! I would love to do Sissi's sisters!elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-78964098004325423582010-03-03T11:46:49.326-05:002010-03-03T11:46:49.326-05:00Elena, thank you for your appreciation of my comme...Elena, thank you for your appreciation of my comment. Sissi is one of my favorite royals. For those who can speak French, I would reccomend the excellent biography "Sissi, impératrice d'Autriche" by Jean des Cars. He had the privilege of knowing Zita, the last Empress of Austria, who shared many memories of Franz Josef's abiding love for his wife.<br />Elena, perhaps one day you could post about Sissi's sisters, all of whom led very interesting lives.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02553791290922468521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-82154226132565816562010-03-03T07:58:52.060-05:002010-03-03T07:58:52.060-05:00Thank you for the excellent summary, Alix. I agree...Thank you for the excellent summary, Alix. I agree that the photos capture her sweetness of soul.<br /><br />Thank you, P.M. I added a link to your post in my post above, and here it is here as well:<br />http://www.pauldoolan.com/2010/02/sissi-visits-switzerland.htmlelena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-3818108250806898022010-03-03T07:11:26.182-05:002010-03-03T07:11:26.182-05:00Hi Elena,
I just noticed your posting on Sissi. I ...Hi Elena,<br />I just noticed your posting on Sissi. I don't know if you have seen my posting last week on my blog about Sissi's travels in Switzerland.<br />She certainly liked to travel, which is not surprising considering the stifiling atmosphere at the court in Vienna -I think the movie does a good job portraying this.P. M. Doolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16673509230835222713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-33465512594322599002010-03-03T06:14:26.984-05:002010-03-03T06:14:26.984-05:00Sissi was the greatest beauty of her time. I think...Sissi was the greatest beauty of her time. I think her portraits, although magnificent, do not entirely manage to capture her beauty. She is, in my opinion, the only royal who looks more beautiful in photos than in portraits. The portraits show a magnificent bur cold and remote empress, while in the photos her sweetness and kindness are visible. She did have major psychological problems, like almost all the Wittelsbach family. She was depressive, anorexic and very self-centred. By all accounts, she was not a very good mother to her eldest children and she was an absent and indifferent wife. The Emperor, however, was a very good husband, who put up with all her "eccentricities" and loved her passionately all his life.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02553791290922468521noreply@blogger.com