In order to be able to marry Stphanie, he converted to Catholicism. As she said in her autobiography Maria, she fell in love with the children at first sight, not their father. 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In the choir of St. Stephen's Cathedral, the new Emperor and his wife Empress Zita took a prominent place alongside the foreign rulers, and behind them stood their close family relatives. In fact, he didnt speak to her at all for several evenings when the children had asked her, do you like father? (to which she replied yes) which had somehow become misconstrued to Please tell your father I accept his proposal of marriage.. Given this background, one can only hope that the shot above is the result of intentional composition and not reckless parenting. [75] Irmgard Schiel wrote, "The princess was at the same time a lord, mistress of the house, manager of the estate, garden architect and hostess". document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); You can support me and join me for historical tidbits and other behind the scene facts at my Patreon. While its true that the Trapp childrens upbringing didnt give them the range of folk songs and tradition that Maria taught them, they were a musical family, playing a range of instruments between them. During the next eighteen months, she did not try to hide her affections for the Count from her husband, who continued his own liaisons. [8], Trapp's mother was Hedwig Wepler. When the gender of the child was announced to Rudolf, he did not hide his disappointment at not having been given an heir to Austria-Hungary Empire, but he got used to his role of father and gave, in his correspondence, many details about the newborn girl. The King forbade his youngest daughter Clmentine to correspond with Stphanie and threatened to abolish the annual annuity of 50,000 francs which she received, although Franz Joseph I advised him against it. Maria came to the von Trapp family in 1926 as a tutor for one of the children, Maria, who was recovering from scarlet fever, not as governess to all the children. Foreign princes (among them the future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom and his nephew, the future German Emperor Wilhelm II) and members of the imperial family attended the celebrations, alongside members of the diplomatic corps and the Knights of the Golden Fleece. Initially, Captain von Trapp was opposed to the family singing on stage. Declared an adult at the age of 19, he already had his own household. Renovation was required for the residence, which comprised 200 rooms. Princesses of Austria, including female members of the Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg and its successor the House of Habsburg-Lorraine who usually held the higher title of Archduchess . The names, ages, and sexes of the children were changed. She entered the ballrooms on her father-in-law's arm and served as the hostess at official dinners. So the day he had planned on proposing to Yvonne, he instead broke off their relationship with intentions of marrying Maria. Finally, Maria askedthe Captainif he would please be so kind as to get engaged to Princess Yvonne right away.. Alexander Konrad Friedrich Heinrich, Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, (born 22 November 1943 in Salzburg, Austria ), a German businessman, MBA HBS '68, is member of the house of Sayn-Wittgenstein and as 7th Prince (German: Frst) zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn head of the Princely House Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn. As of 2021, Stphanie had 8 great-grandchildren, 24 great-great-grandchildren and 32 great-great-great-grandchildren. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! She was born Princess Maria Filippa Johanna Elisabeth Fernanda Yvonne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn at Koblenz on July 23, 1980. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. The teenagers, however, were eager to return to their home because their grandmother's attitudes were very different from what they were used to. 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The story is set in 1938 and follows Maria, a novice at an Austrian convent who is hired as a governess for the seven children of Captain Georg von Trapp. [3] He was fascinated by submarines, and in 1908 seized the opportunity to transfer to the navy's newly formed submarine arm, or U-boot-Waffe, receiving promotion to Linienschiffsleutnant (ship-of-the-line lieutenant, or lieutenant) that November. 1881: Allegory of the union of Rudolf and Stphanie by Sophia and Maria Grlich. [9], After living for a short time in Merion, Pennsylvania, where their youngest child, Johannes, was born, the family settled in Stowe, Vermont, in 1941. Before rushing to judgment on the lives of German nobility, it should be known that the photographer behind this image was the children's mother, Princess Marianne Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn. While the loss of money devastated the family, they still had their physical goods. The family received permission to set up a chapel within the villa which in turn encouraged their choral singing. While Stphanie and Clmentine accepted the proposal, Louise refused it and initiated, in December 1910, a first trial against the Belgian State and her two sisters. The film is one of the most popular, successful, and enduring musicals of all time, and its probably because its success far outstripped the fame of the actual Trapp family that people think theyre fictional at all. Maria's physician advised that she seek a different lifestyle, and it just so happened that the Reverend Mother had received a request from a certain naval officer for an in-home tutor for his sickly daughter. These were only intended to hide the true nature of the disease who affected him he had actually contracted a venereal disease, (possibly gonorrhea),[48] during his extramarital affairs. In 1938 the Third Reich annexed Austria as part of the Anschluss. Media related to Princess Stphanie of Belgium at Wikimedia Commons. Moved back to Austria and died in 1994. By the time the Third Reich annexed Austria, Maria had been with the Trapp family for ten years. It was during this conversation that she also revealed to Maria that the Captain was in love with her. 20, 1666, paris), queen consort of king louis xiii of france (reigned. At the start of her widowhood, Stphanie led a rather withdrawn life. Last edited on 12 February 2023, at 10:26, Alexander, 7th Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, Aline Griffith, Dowager Countess of Romanones, https://www.westwoodgallery.com/the-sayn-wittgenstein-collection, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marianne,_Princess_zu_Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn&oldid=1138917253, Princess Yvonne (born 9 December 1942) married firstly in 1962 Alfons, Count von, Alexander, 7th Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (born 22 November 1943) married Countess Gabriela von, Princess Elisabeth (born 1 April 1948) married bank manager Hasso, Baron, Princess Teresa (born 25 April 1952) married firstly in 1973, Prince Peter (born 22 January 1954) married in 1993 actress, This page was last edited on 12 February 2023, at 10:26. [3] He graduated four years later and completed two years of follow-on training voyages, including one to Australia, as a cadet aboard the sail training corvette SMS Saida II. [92] Her 1908 decision to take out a US patent on a chafing dish surprised the New York Times, not because of her lineage but because "throughout Europe the proficiency of Columbias daughters with the chafing dish is traditional". The family had a contract with an American booking agent when they left Austria. The eldest of nine children, she received a camera from her parents in 1935 and began a lifelong love of photography. The legendary story of this musical family's escape from Nazi Austria is one of the best-loved tales in recent history. Georg, far from being the detached, cold-blooded patriarch of the family who disapproved of music, as portrayed in the first half of, The family did not secretly escape over the Alps to freedom in Switzerland, carrying their suitcases and musical instruments. 1883: Bust portrait by Hedwig Hna-Senft. It seems Im in the mood to pick apart the history behind musicals. This was how Stphanie discovered the features of the one who would become her fianc. Hungarians were given new freedoms, and Franz Joseph was allowed back into the royal bed (the couples last child, Marie Valerie, was born in Budapest in 1868). Veesenmayer began to search all the archives in the house and confiscated documents of a historical nature, such as letters from Crown Prince Rudolf. When the King entered the dining room, the princesses would rise and bow before kissing his hand which he then put on their head, without a word. A scene which was very dear to Maria von Trapp, the skyline of Salzburg with the red dome of Nonnberg Abbey rising above it. Twice a week we compile our most fascinating features and deliver them straight to you. [63], For her part, Stphanie planned to marry an aristocrat: Count Elemr Lnyay de Nagy-Lnya et Vsros-Namny, a Hungarian nobleman of lower rank, of Protestant faith, and one year older than her. In 1889, her beloved son, Crown Prince Rudolf, was found dead with his 17-year-old mistress, Mary Vetsera, at the Mayerling hunting lodge, sending Sisi into a steep decline. This ladywas an Austrian noblewoman who had an abundance of wealth, and (apparently) a fondness for Captain von Trapp. In 1853, their marriage had been arranged for exclusively political reasons by both King Leopold I and the Habsburgs without consulting the groom and bride, whose interests were almost entirely opposed: the Duke of Brabant was little interested by family life and was passionate about political and economic issues in the kingdom which he was to reign over, while Marie Henriette was a young woman versed in religion with other interests limited to horseback riding, dogs and music. And thus began their engagement! The maid stood in the room and watched us. And when she finally exits the Captains life, we all breathe a huge sigh of relief! (As Rudolf had no son, succession passed to Emperor Franz Josephs brother, Archduke Karl Ludwig, and his eldest son, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, setting off a chain of events that would lead to World War I.). Nothing could have startled this future nun more, and it took all of Yvonnes energyplus the advice of her Catholic priest to convince the governess to remain with the von Trapp family. . Finally, the Koehler & Amelang house in Leipzig agreed to publish the book and have it published simultaneously in Europe and New York. Sometimes they joined the King and Queen at breakfast time. The oldest von Trapp daughter, Agathe, laterpenned that the Princess was not only a Vienesse countess, but actually a cousin of Georgs first wife! Promoted to embassy secretary in 1892, he worked in Saint Petersburg, Paris, London and Stuttgart. One thing I always found interesting was the 11 year time shift, and I wonder if it had anything to do with the Captains World War 1 stint in the Austrian navy, where he was torpedoing Allied ships with U-boats. Military bands played the hymns of the two countries. [5] His first wife Agathe Whitehead died of scarlet fever in 1922, leaving behind seven children. The doctor recommended the removal of the uvula and performed this surgery before his young patient went to Ostend to recover. One was the French armored cruiser Lon Gambetta, sunk at .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}3930N 1815E / 39.500N 18.250E / 39.500; 18.250 on 27 April 1915, 25 kilometres (13 nautical miles; 16 miles) south of Cape Santa Maria di Leuca. [11] He also rejected his family for his mistresses having so many scandalous liaisons that he was known to his subjects as Le Roi des Belges et des Belles (The King of the Belgians and of the Beauties). Under his authority the villa was extended and remodelled which allowed the Trapp family to sell it when it was returned to them after the war. She is very frivolous". The Captain had a pension available to him in Italy which allowed the family to live comfortably while they determined their next moves before they travelled to America with the aid of their new concert manager. The Captain returns with the Baroness to find his family changed and he realizes that Maria was right all along [dramatic gasp], and he resolves to be a better father to his children. In the first of a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria, the vibrant young princess catches the eye of her sister's fianc, Emperor Franz Josef. For she is their joy, their idol., Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known for her long hair. She penned five books about the life of the Trapp Family Singers, four of which were published before The Sound of Music was released as a film. [8][23], Agathe's inherited wealth sustained the couple and permitted them to start a family, and they had two sons and five daughters over the next ten years. [57], After Rudolf's death, Stphanie had only one thought: to leave Vienna and the heavy atmosphere of the court. Stphanie, Princess Elemr Lnyay de Nagy-Lnya, by Jzsef rpd Koppay (c. 1900). [51] During a visit to the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria in 1887, Stphanie fell in love with the Polish Count Artur Wadysaw Potocki. In 1896 he and his brother Gbor were raised to the dignity of Count. So instead, were just going to have a casual look at the history that surrounds one of the most famous musicals of all time. She bore Franz Joseph three children during the first four years of their marriage, but only two Crown Prince Rudolf and Archduchess Giselasurvived past infancy. The Baroness is a fictional character but based on one Princess Yvonne. [37] Her mother-in-law, Empress Elisabeth, nicknamed her "the hideous dromedary";[38] however, Stephanie began to enjoy her new position. However, Austria-Hungary's defeat in World War I also led to the Empire's collapse. We were not used to this. FACT CHECK: We strive for accuracy and fairness. Theyre curious, her lady-in-waiting Marie Festetics wrote of Sisis response to the fawning masses. The family as a whole devised their signals but it was a game limited to themselves and was never extended to summoning the staff. Stphanie worked as a nurse in her residence.[78]. [3], About 1926, Maria Franziska was recovering from an illness and was unable to go to school, so Trapp hired Maria Augusta Kutschera, a novice from the nearby Nonnberg Abbey as a tutor. Both his sons inherited this hereditary title of Ritter (Knight). After the armistice of 11 November 1918, the Austro-Hungarian Empire ceased to exist. The family lived off the charity of friends and well-wishers while making their own money from their musical tours. How does anyone know what to believe of the story Marias story cant really be backed up (not to say she is lying but there is little proof including proof she was a novice to become a num)I am glad for all the good that happened to their family but from what I read the children werent all that happy to continue per infinitum to stay at home, Most of them never married, the older children seem nervous and less than happy. Princess Yvonne (born 9 December 1942) married firstly in 1962 Alfons, Count von Coreth zu Coredo und Starkenberg (born 1930), a photographer who served as honorary Thai consul in Salzburg (divorced 1970), and married secondly in 1976 physician Klaus Bolzano, Edler von Kronsttt (born 1936), and has issue from both marriages; [3] However, she was not Rudolf's first choice as a potential bride: having refused Princess Mathilde of Saxony, as well as several Infantas of Portugal and Spain,[24] he found that Stphanie was one of the few Catholic princesses who met the criteria imposed by his father Emperor Franz Joseph I to become wife of the heir of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Obsessed with her figure, Sisi lived on a strict diet and fanatical exercise routine that would likely be interpreted as symptoms of anorexia today. It was historically accurate at least, the Villa Trapp was extensive and with so many children, the Captain had decided it was easier to summon them by use of a musical whistle than from calling them. From there, they traveled to Norway to begin the trip back to the United States in September 1939, just after World War II broke out. He was offered a commission in the German Navy, a tempting proposition, but decided to decline the offer, being opposed to Nazi ideology. Stphanie's last letter to her daughter dated from 1924, the year in which Erzsi had just obtained a divorce a mensa et thoro from her husband. Sisis husband, Franz Joseph, was hardworking and loved her, but had little imagination or humor. Rudolf began to lose control of himself: suffering from deep fits of melancholy and mania he spoke in front of whoever wanted to hear him the presentiment of his imminent death. They received many guests there, including Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his morganatic wife, still ostracized by the court of Vienna, and writers, such as the pacifist Bertha von Suttner. ==== Image i Upon her return, the Captain realizes he cannot be without her, breaks it off with the Baroness, and proposes to Maria. After the recovery of their daughter, Lopold II and Marie Henriette took her and her sister to make her convalescence in Biarritz, making a stopover in Paris.[7]. However, on 22 January 1914, an agreement was concluded between Louise, the Belgian State and some of her creditors: She received, like her two sisters, a little more than five million francs from their late father's fortune. "Princess Yvonne" was the wife and magical partner of Doc Irving in their two-person mindreading act that played the major vaudeville theaters starting in the early 1920's. Billed as "Princess Yvonne the Oriental Enigma", Mary Ellen was fearless when it came to promoting their show. Princess Stphanie Clotilde Louise Herminie Marie Charlotte of Belgium (21 May 1864 23 August 1945) was a Belgian princess who became Crown Princess of Austria through marriage to Crown Prince Rudolf, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Their butler, who Maria had initially mistaken for the Captain, was a member of the Nazi Party and informed them when the borders were set to be closed. The following year, Elisabeth Marie participated in her mother's silver wedding anniversary. In April 1911, Louise initiated a second lawsuit concerning the French companies created by Leopold II. During an official visit to Hungary in May 1881,[39] she was given a standing ovation and began to see the advantages of her situation. [] Our dresses were as simple as our hairstyles. [67], The Austrian press, and in particular the journal Die Presse, saw in this marriage a "certain marvelous romanticism in the act which the princess poses [because] the latter closed on her the portal of the Hofburg, at the same time thoughtful and the glance full of promising images, then went south where she will soon cease to be Princess Dowager". Princesses of Austria, including female members of the Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg and its successor the House of Habsburg-Lorraine who usually held the higher title of Archduchess. [18], While her older sister Louise married in 1875 a wealthy cousin of their father, Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Austrian officer and friend of Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria,[19] Stphanie continued her studies and willingly took care of her younger sister Clmentine because Louise's departure left a void at the Palace of Laeken.[20]. 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