Elisabeth slept without a pillow on a metal bedstead, all the better to retain her upright posture, with either raw veal or crushed strawberries lining her nightly leather facial mask.

According to a very common legend, Count Andrássy had a long lasting romance with Queen Elisabeth ( Sissy ), wife of Emperor and King Franz-Josef of Austria-Hungary, and fathered their only son, Archduke Rudolf.

It was very apparent to the Imperial family, that Vetsera was being blatantly groomed by her mother for an advantageous marriage ; Empress Elisabeth noted in 1877: " Madame Vetsera wants to come to Court and gain recognition for her family.

Elisabeth, very close to Elena herself, encouraged the romance, although she was perfectly aware of the fact that a marriage between the two was forbidden by the Romanian constitution.

Despite the significant age difference between them, Philip was very attached to Elisabeth, staying close by her side even when she was ill with smallpox.

Of all his efforts and achievements in Marburg, the most notable and lasting was very likely his tenacious and strong support and indeed implementation of the restoration of the Oberstadt ( uptown ) of Marburg, one of the most important old German cities largely untouched by the war, full with timbered and stone houses of Gothic and Renaissance times and with famous castle, churches, including the earliest Gothic church in Germany dedicated to St. Elisabeth of Hungary.

Elisabeth Charlotte was very close to her two stepdaughters Marie Louise and Anne Marie.

Elisabeth was also described as being shy, timid and very much in awe of her formidable mother ; although there is also evidence that Catherine was tender and loving toward Elisabeth.

Philip was very attached to Elisabeth, staying close by her side even when she was ill with smallpox.

Elisabeth Sladen, who portrayed the lead role of Sarah Jane Smith in the spin-off, indicated that she was " delighted to be working with ", having known the actress for a very long time.

It was at Innsbruck at this time that Franz Joseph first met his cousin Elisabeth, his future bride, then a girl of ten, but apparently the meeting made little impact.

He again had little money, and while bedridden with a fever learned from a letter that Elisabeth, the former object of his affection, was engaged to a cavalry officer.

Unlike other women of her time, Elisabeth used little cosmetics or perfume, as she wished to showcase her " natural " beauty, but she tested countless beauty products prepared in the court pharmacy, or prepared by a lady-in-waiting in her own apartments, to preserve it.

After having achieved this victory, Elisabeth did not stay to enjoy it, but instead embarked on a life of travel, and saw little of her children.

Elisabeth spent little time in Austria's capital Vienna with her husband.

The adolescent Elisabeth, who had by then received the sobriquet “ Else ”, is said to have displayed little interest in the young man who was five years her senior, and therefore declined his first proposal of marriage.

Eventually, Franz Joseph did discuss the problem with his mother and Elisabeth eventually began to openly express her wishes to her mother-in-law and even took the little girls with her as she travelled.

Her father confessed frankly in his diary that, of the six children, he preferred the two oldest, Klaus and Erika, and little Elisabeth Her mother wrote in 1939 to Klaus that she was determined not to say any more unfriendly words about Monika and to be kind and helpful.

Another candidate could be Elisabeth ; but likewise, there is little evidence.

Both sons may have been influenced by their mother, Elisabeth Poole Benson, who Frank once remarked, had " a little room " on the top floor of their house where she would go to paint and " forget about the rest of the world ".

Elisabeth recovered quickly at the spa, but instead of returning home to assuage the gossip about her absence she spent more time with her own family in Bavaria.

The noted opera singer Elisabeth Schwarzkopf spent her last years in Schruns, where she died on August 2, 2006.

Elisabeth Charlotte objected to money spent on his favourites and the exercise of their influence with him to enrich themselves.

She and Ernst shared custody of Elisabeth, who spent six months of each year with each parent.

Elisabeth Rehn spent her childhood in Mäntsälä, where her father worked as a community medical doctor.

Meigen, found himself in the house in which the great poet and dramatist Klopstock spent the last 30 years of his life and which Von Winthem's sister, Johanna Elisabeth von Winthem, Klopstock's widow, then owned.

Franzisca Bernadina Wilhelmina Elisabeth Ney ( 26 January 1833, Münster — 29 June 1907, Austin, Texas ) was a celebrated German-born sculptor who spent the first half of her life and career in Europe, producing sculpted works of famous leaders such as Otto von Bismarck, Giuseppe Garibaldi and King George V of Hanover.

Elisabeth used these captive hours during grooming to learn languages ; she spoke fluent English and French, and added modern Greek to her Hungarian studies.

Although work on the serum occupies nearly all of his waking hours, Sebastian becomes obsessed with his ex-girlfriend Dr. Linda McKay ( Elisabeth Shue ), who is a scientist on his team.

Tharen has also commented that Elisabeth is working on another project based around acoustic guitars, but as of writing this no recordings or releases have been made.

With Tharen composing the music and Elisabeth writing the vocal melodies, the band recorded their debut album Eternity Rites in October 1998 in the Hoernix Studios.

Elisabeth Muhlenfeld, who edited the first two novels for publication by the University of Virginia Press in 2002 and wrote a biography of Chesnut, described them as her writing " apprenticeship.

Inspired by the writing of Richard Wagner, and because of his own strong anti-semitism, he set out to establish a German settlement in Paraguay with his wife Elisabeth Förster née Nietzsche ( sister of the philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche ) and some German families.

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf sang so magnificently Saturday night at Hunter College that it seems a pity to have to register any complaints.

On 29 November 1879 at the Basilica of Atocha in Madrid, Alfonso married a much more distant relative, Maria Christina of Austria, daughter of Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria and of his wife Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria.

This violin, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, may have been part of a set made for the marriage of Philip II of Spain to Elisabeth of Valois in 1559, which would make it one of the earliest known violins in existence.

On 14 February 1479 at Frankfurt ( Oder ) he was married to Sophia of Poland ( 6 April 1464-5 October 1512 ), daughter of King Casimir IV of Poland by his wife Elisabeth of Habsburg, and sister of King Sigismund I of Poland.

George was married at Dresden, on 21 November 1496, to Barbara Jagiellon, daughter of Casimir IV, King of Poland and Elisabeth, daughter of Albrecht II of Hungary.

His parents ( Johann von Wierdt († 1606 ) and Elisabeth Streithoven ) belonged to the numerous class of the lesser nobility, and at an early age he left home to follow the career of a soldier of fortune in the Walloon cavalry of the Spanish service.

They left Rotterdam on January 14, 1905, and arrived at Ellis Island in New York harbor twelve days later as Peter, Elisabeth and Johann Weissmüller.

Thus, Luxembourg returned to the heirs of the old Luxembourg dynasty – at least those of the line of Elisabeth.

In 1643, Cartesian philosophy was condemned at the University of Utrecht, and Descartes began his long correspondence with Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia, devoted mainly to moral and psychological subjects.

He also married the fourteen-year-old Elisabeth de St Michel, a descendant of French Huguenot immigrants, first in a religious ceremony, on 10 October 1655, and later in a civil ceremony, on 1 December 1655, at St Margaret's, Westminster.

* February 12 The bark the ' Elisabeth Rickmers ' of Bremerhaven, is wrecked at Haurvig, Denmark, fortunately, all crew and passengers are saved.

John's wedding with Elisabeth of Bohemia at Speyer

She also met her daughter Elisabeth at Bayonne near the Spanish border, amidst lavish court festivities.

Her mother is named in at least one source as Elisabeth Moritz, and there is debate as to whether her father was a Swedish officer.

When the War of the Polish Succession began in 1733, Philip and Elisabeth saw another opportunity to advance the claims of their sons and recover at least part of the former possessions of the Spanish crown on the Italian peninsula.

Elisabeth Farnese's ambitions were realized at the conclusion of the War of the Austrian Succession in 1748 when the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza, already occupied by Spanish troops, were ceded by Austria to her second son, Philip, and combined with the former Gonzaga duchy of Guastalla.

The second but eldest surviving child of Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Archduchess Maria Theresa was born early in the morning of 13 May 1717, at the Hofburg Palace, Vienna, shortly after the death of her elder brother, Archduke Leopold, and was baptised on that same evening.

Charles raised funds to fit out two ships: the Elisabeth, an old man-of-war of 66 guns, and the Doutelle ( le Du Teillay ) a small frigate of 16 guns, which successfully landed him and seven companions at Eriskay on 23 July 1745.

Albert was married in Munich on 2 October 1900 to Duchess Elisabeth Gabrielle Valérie Marie in Bavaria, a Wittelsbach princess whom he had met at a family funeral.

During this period, King Albert fought with his troops and shared their dangers, while his wife, Queen Elisabeth, worked as a nurse at the front.

On 30 June 1559, at the Place Royale at the Hôtel des Tournelles, during a match to celebrate the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis with his longtime enemies, the Habsburgs of Austria, and to celebrate the marriage of his daughter Elisabeth of Valois to King Philip II of Spain, King Henry was mortally wounded by the lance of Gabriel Montgomery, captain of the King's Scottish Guard.

Ethel Waters first sang it at The Cotton Club night club in Harlem in 1933 and recorded it that year, and in the same year it was sung in London by Elisabeth Welch and recorded by Frances Langford.