Why is Princess Sissi, known as the most beautiful queen in Europe, despised and despised by the Austrian royal family?

In 1957, the first "Sissi" was released. The protagonist Sissi is the nickname of Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria. She is beautiful, lively and cheerful, and has a very high personality. Charm and wit, this image is loved by audiences around the world.

In real history, Princess Sissi does have a prototype. She is the youngest daughter of Duke Max of Bavaria. Her full name is Elizabeth Amalia Eugenie von Wittbach, and her nickname is Sissi. Princess Akane.

Not only did she have a noble background, but in 1854, she held a grand wedding with the young Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph in Vienna, and was known as the most beautiful queen in Europe.

According to the development of the fairy tale, the innocent Sissi was still cherished and lived a happy life with her lover. But contrary to expectations, this wedding opened up the tragic life of Princess Sissi. Her in-laws, the Austrian royal family, did not pay much attention to her, and even felt that she had no skin and was not worthy of living with the emperor. What happened in this?

Her mother-in-law's criticism and criticism made Sissi's life very unhappy

Duke Marx was passionate about life and hated the upper class and the so-called high-end life. He disdained discussing politics and scandals with the nobles, so in pursuit of purity, he took his family out of the city and lived a carefree life in a country manor. Influenced by her father, Sissi has been lively and unrestrained since she was a child, and has never been exposed to the stereotyped education of aristocratic ladies.

In 1848, Sissi’s cousin Franz succeeded to the throne and became the King of Austria. His mother Sophie was also promoted to the Queen Mother. Sophie and Princess Sissi’s mother were biological sisters. She is Sissi's biological aunt. She is a very strong person. Just like the Empress Dowager Cixi of our country, she listens to politics behind the curtain and intervenes in national affairs.

At that time, when she chose a queen for Franz, she chose Princess Helen, Sissi’s sister. At Sophie’s invitation, her mother took Helen and Sissi to the Austrian palace together. But contrary to expectations, Franz fell in love with Sissi at first sight. Her beautiful appearance and lively personality immediately attracted the young emperor. Sissi, who has just begun to fall in love, is also moved by love after seeing the handsome Franz.

In the end, although Sophie did not think that Sissi was the best candidate for the queen, Franz, driven by love, dared to openly disobey his mother's orders. He even threatened Sophie that if she If he cannot marry Princess Sissi, then he will not get married.

Facing her son's rebellion, Sophie was very angry. Although she finally agreed with him to marry Sissi, she was still furious. After the two got married, this anger was passed on to the innocent Sissi.

Sissi has been unrestrained since she was a child. Facing the serious and rigid palace life and all kinds of red tape, she can't breathe. Not only that, as a queen, she must be respectful and dignified, but The lively Sissi was often unable to control herself, which allowed her mother-in-law Sophie to take advantage of her. She constantly criticized and criticized her, and lectured her whenever she had the opportunity. In this way, Sissi's life was shrouded in dark clouds.

The noble ladies in the palace also looked down upon Princess Sissi's style

However, this is not the cruelest thing. Previously, Sissi had been living in the countryside. While enjoying happiness and freedom, she also lost the opportunity to accept the rules of a palace lady. Sissi, who went in and out of the palace, not only could not play the piano, but also did not understand the basic etiquette of toasting at banquets. This made the ladies of the palace look down upon her, thinking that she was a vulgar person.

In addition, the royal bloodline requires nobility and purity, but although Princess Sissi’s father Max is a Duke, his mother is a little maid. In the eyes of the nobles, such a bloodline is undoubtedly not In line with this, even though Princess Sissi is a queen, she often attracts belittlement and ridicule from these noble ladies, who think that she is not worthy of her position.

In terms of daily behavior and behavior, the lively Princess Sissi always walks with a gust of wind. However, most of these palace ladies are required to be steady and mature. Naturally, they look down on Sissi's style and think it is not. Upbringing. In this way, poor Sissi didn't have a single friend in the huge palace, and her original lively personality withered as she spent time in the palace.

Sissi was disheartened because she was ignored for giving birth to a daughter

As a queen, Sissi naturally has to breed offspring for the royal family. The Austrian royal family, like our country’s feudal society, has Advocating the idea of ??"men are superior to women", Sissi gave birth to a daughter with her first child. Shortly after the birth, her mother-in-law Sophie took her away by force and even called Sissi a "stupid young mother" who had no intention of raising a princess. Experience and ability.

For the second time, Sissi gave birth to another princess. Now, both the royal family and the common people were talking about it, condemning Sissi for not fulfilling her responsibilities as a queen. The second princess was still punished. Sophie took her away. Fortunately, in the fourth year after her marriage, Sissi finally gave birth to Prince Rudolf, and her situation barely improved. However, this time, the child was still forcibly taken away, and Sissi even had her right to breastfeed. deprived.

What makes her even more heartbroken is that her husband Franz is so cowardly that he dare not say a fair word to her in front of her mother.

In 1889, Prince Rudolf fell in love with an aristocratic girl, but was thwarted by Franz and committed suicide.

Sissi suffered the pain of losing her son and was completely disillusioned with the royal family. She left the palace with several of her entourage and traveled around. In 1898, while traveling in Geneva, Sissi was unfortunately killed by an anarchist youth and ended her life.