Empress Elisabeth of Austria's children, Archduchesses Sophie, Gisela, Marie Valerie, and Crown Prince Rudolf, played significant roles in her life and legacy. Their lives were marked by privilege ...

Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, over implementing progressive policies for their country. Rudolf soon feels he is a man born at the wrong ...

EPHEMERAL LOVE: Austria, 1888. Crown Prince Rudolf is bored with the ostentatious royal life in the Austrian court. During a performance of “Hamlet,” Rudolf meets Marie Vetsera, the daughter ...

At the end of the 19th century, the fates of two crown princes and their empires, Rudolf of Austria and Wilhelm of Prussia, get linked to each other.