Hofmobiliendepot, Vienna. Once in Italy, they contacted the agent and requested fare to America,[28] first traveling to London, before sailing to the United States for their first concert tour. [68] The new spouses initially settled at the Palais Zichy in Vienna. [28][33], In 1939 the family returned to Europe to tour Scandinavia, hoping to continue their concerts in cities beyond the reach of the Third Reich. [4], In her memoirs, Stphanie wrote: "The first event that was deeply engraved in my memory was the death of this beloved brother []. Leopold nourished the hope of having a second son and therefore resumed sexual relations with the Queen; but, after a miscarriage in March 1871,[8] another daughter was born on 30 July 1872: Clmentine, the last child of the royal couple. [32] Father Wasner became the group's musical director. Georg was born in Zadar (now in Croatia), which at that time was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The spouses gave nicknames to each other respectively: "Coco" for Rudolf, and "Coceuse" for Stphanie. Franz Joseph was crowned King of Hungary and Sisi became queen. Sisis husband, Franz Joseph, was hardworking and loved her, but had little imagination or humor. [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. It costs nothing to lie or act. Contrary to general thought, the von Trapp children knew much of music, and the Captain is reported to have said that his children often did nothing but sing all day long. While the loss of money devastated the family, they still had their physical goods. [47] At the beginning of 1886, the Crown Prince fell seriously ill. Several diagnoses included cystitis and stomach disease. [3] In 1910 he was given command of the newly constructed SMU-6. She has always been seen as the suspicious fiance who urged Capt von Trapp to accept Nazi rule, but Baroness Schrder is about to undergo a dramatic transformation, courtesy of the BBC in a new. [89] The year 1944 brought new worries to Stphanie and her husband because the German Army wanted to transform their residence into a military hospital for war wounded, a project which was rejected at the last minute. For she is their joy, their idol., Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known for her long hair. Whenever theres something to see they come running, for the monkey dancing at the hurdy-gurdy just as much for me.. On April 25, 1854, a shy and melancholy bride married into a major European royal house. The maid stood in the room and watched us. He married Henriette Lajoie (1927) in 1947 and had two sons and four daughters; they later divorced. The photo was taken while the siblings were aboard a private yacht off the coast of Mallorca. [13] However, the level of education of the princesses was not very high: "The programs lacked scope. One of their guests, Father Wasner, was experienced in musical direction and began teaching the family formal singing techniques and arrangements. . She photographed celebrities from Maria Callas to Gianni Agnelli to Luciano Pavarotti and published travel reports. Shocked by the admission which had apparently come from the Captain himself, Maria resolved to return to the abbey so that she would be in no danger of encouraging his affections. [9] Stphanie relates about her parents: "It is sad and discouraging to think that these two beings [] could not live better together and create a home. The family had a contract with an American booking agent when they left Austria. In March 1890, Potocki died and Stphanie once again went into a deep grieving. 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 Trapp Family founded the Trapp Family Austrian Relief, Inc.; the priest Franz Wasner, their pre-war friend, became its treasurer. They met the latter in Spain, and then in Belgium where Ferdinand had been exiled since 1930. 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In 1938, the Captain was 58-years old, had not been in a submarine since 1918, or 20 years before, and had lost all his money through a foolish investment. We exchanged alliances []. Our only view of Princess Yvonne comes from Maria Trapp and we can see that the portrayal of the Baroness isnt too far a stretch from the portrait Maria paints. She worked as a singer and missionary in Papua New Guinea, no children. They were, however, protected by a technicality regarding their nationalities. Though outwardly cynical, Sisi was as fixated with her beauty as the public was. In every royal palace, Sisi had an exercise room where she lifted dumbbells and trained on rings. Maria and Georg married in 1927, 11 years before the family left Austria, not right before the Nazi takeover of Austria. [80], Until World War II, Prince and Princess Lnyay peacefully spent their lives at Rusovce. After the armistice of 11 November 1918, the Austro-Hungarian Empire ceased to exist. The oldest von Trapp daughter, Agathe, later penned that the Princess was not only a Vienesse countess, but actually a cousin of Georg's first wife! March 1927 - Princess Yvonne arrives (a distant relative of Georg's first wife), Yvonne tells Maria that Georg's in love with Maria but will still marry Yvonne May 1927 - von Trapp is determined to be engaged to Princess Yvonne but gets pert note from Maria, calls off proposal to Yvonne; thirteen days before Maria is to leave he uses . Trapp was the most successful Austro-Hungarian submarine commander of World War I,[b] sinking 11 Allied merchant ships totaling 47,653 GRT and two Allied warships displacing a total of 12,641 tons. In 1890, he became imperial and royal Chamberlain at the Austrian court. When the von Trapps moved to Salzburg they hadnt gone through the red tape of repatriation, a technicality which protected them from any Nazi retaliation after the Anschluss. [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. [59], Until 1898, Stphanie undertook long journeys each year: Corfu, Malta, Tunis and Sicily in 1892; the Nordic countries the following year; North Africa, the Balearic Islands and Corsica in 1894; Greece and Palestine in 1895; and Russia in 1897. In 2008 she visited the ancestral home. However, the health of the Count, who was not yet 40, was so bad that he lost the ability to speak after surgery due to laryngeal cancer. [34] In The Story of the Trapp Family Singers (1949), Maria von Trapp pointed out that there was a high incidence of lung cancer among World War I U-Boat crews, due to the diesel and gasoline fumes and poor ventilation, and that his death could be considered service-related. 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 . She lived with her family in, Married 1969 to Lynne Peterson and has one son, Sam von Trapp, and one daughter, Kristina von Trapp-Frame. Calories and Corsets: A History of Dieting Over 2,000 Years. [50] From that moment, feeling betrayed by her own husband, Stphanie harbored resentment and bitterness towards Rudolf. [30][31] Around 1936, Lotte Lehmann heard the family sing, and she suggested they perform paid concerts. At the end of March 1945, the Germans, realizing that their position was threatened by the advancing Red Army, traveled further west. Although I was only four and a half years old, I still vividly remember this deliciously beautiful and tender child, his resignation during his short illness, and the poignant pain of my mother, when he exhaled in her arms". (Credit: DeAgostini/Getty Images). [3] They had five children:[2], Marianne, Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn. Early in her reign, Sisi developed a deep interest in Hungary, then a rebellious part of her husbands empire. [29] Rudolf's personality was ambiguous: Often subject to mood swings, he suddenly passed from a melancholy state to an expansive joy, and he was aware of the duality of his temperament. In August, Leopold, suffering from dropsy, was brought back to Laeken. Promoted to embassy secretary in 1892, he worked in Saint Petersburg, Paris, London and Stuttgart. A particularly stern letter from Maria to the Captain had him break things off with the Princess and return home. They discover that the Nazis have closed the border and they have no avenue of escape. As of 2021, Stphanie had 8 great-grandchildren, 24 great-great-grandchildren and 32 great-great-great-grandchildren. Firstly, the Captain felt obligated to continue his courtship with Princess Yvonne, the real life "Baroness Schrader" who was a distant cousin of his deceased wife. Fritz Mayr-Melnhof and Teresa Sayn-Wittgenstein at Glanneg during Christmas photo, 1956. She is very frivolous". Stphanie, Princess Elemr Lnyay de Nagy-Lnya, by Jzsef rpd Koppay (c. 1900). [35] As a part of the wedding celebrations, the Emperor bestowed Walthere Frere-Orban with the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary and the Empress bestowed several ladies with the Order of the Starry Cross. 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The time shift both makes him older and distances him from his WWI years. The constant butt of taunts, her presence disturbs and irritates to excess. [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". [40], As in any dynastic marriage where the political interest of the two sovereign houses takes precedence, the existence of romantic feelings within the couple has never been proven, but the relationship of the young spouses was based, at the beginning, on respect and a mutual attachment. The names, ages, and sexes of the children were changed. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Despite the children calling her Aunt there was no warmth from her and she revealed to Maria during their first conversation that once her engagement to their father had been formalised, she would have all seven children sent off to boarding schools. When the Austrian Chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg heard them on the radio, he invited them to perform in Vienna. However, regardless of how the story played out, the Captain did not return home and whisk Maria off her feet. Whatever the real truth behind the family history, it is an inspiring story and well worth retelling. [81], In 1923, Stphanie planned to write her memoirs. The family were increasingly concerned by the Nazi policies and were known from the start for their objections. Undeterred, they head into the Alps and cross into Switzerland, escaping the Nazis and beginning their new life. Some sources incorrectly credit Trapp with sinking the Italian troop transport Principe Umberto,[12] which resulted in the greatest loss of life in any submarine attack in World War I, but the ship was actually sunk by U-5 under another commander, Friedrich Schlosser (18851959).[13]. [65] The Belgian sovereigns, offended that Stphanie did not primarily speak to them about her matrimonial projects, severed any relationship with their daughter and forbade her to return to Belgium. 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. She wants to marry Georg and is ruthless in her attempts to rid him of Maria and the children. As Georg was unaware of the reason for this sudden coldness, he did his best to resolve the situation, but to no avail. The writer stayed in Rusovce eleven times. As the movie depicts, Maria Augusta Kutschera was a postulate at the Abbey who caused a few problems for the nuns, and also taught fifth grade to the Abbey's schoolgirls. Stphanie, Crown Princess of Austria-Hungary, by Heinrich von Angeli (1882). Stphanie claimed to have warned the victims because the Emperor knew the danger that his nephew was running. Princess Manni was born in Salzburg in 1919, the daughter of Friedrich Baron Mayr-Melnhof and his wife Maria Anna Countess von Meran. Princess Yvonne has nothing of a princess about her: she is ugly, apathetic and taciturn. [25], The betrothal was formalized on 7 March 1880, when Stphanie was not yet 16 years old. Maria was specifically chosen because she physically struggled with life at the abbey. And, thats where the similarities to The Sound of Music end. [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. They had one child, Archduchess Elisabeth Marie. [66], On 22 March 1900 at Miramare Castle and after eleven years of widowhood, Stphanie married Count Elemr Lnyay de Nagy-Lnya and Vsros-Namny. [11] He also captured the Greek steamer Cefalonia off Durazzo on 29 August 1915. Reality: The Real Story of the Von Trapp Family", "Movie vs. A scene which was very dear to Maria von Trapp, the skyline of Salzburg with the red dome of Nonnberg Abbey rising above it. Shortly thereafter the Captainset offto visit the Princess with plans for a definite wedding date. We have chosen you to be Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary. 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. I saw the tears trickling down the faces of the men., The empress was fascinated with new innovations in the treatment of the insane, and even toyed with the idea of opening her own psychiatric hospital. Crown Princess Stphanie of Austria, by Hedwig Hna-Senft (1883). Allegory on the betrothal of Crown Prince Rudolf and Stphanie of Belgium, by Sophia and Maria Grlich (1881). The British government rejected Whitehead's invention, but Austrian Emperor Franz Josef invited him to open a torpedo factory in Fiume. (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.). The family which by now included another daughter, while Maria was pregnant with her third child, had to leave under the pretence that they were simply going out for a short trip. Kissing you with all my heart, your Rudolf who loves you". Thus, they downsized their living by moving the family onto one floor of the villa, dismissed the staff that they felt they could live without, and began renting out rooms of the villa to guests. During the winter of 18781879, on her way to London, Empress Elisabeth of Austria (known as "Sissi"), mother of Crown Prince Rudolf, stopped at the court of Brussels, where the 14-year-old Stphanie was introduced to her. | The von Trapps were momentarily safe but determined not to draw attention to themselves which proved difficult when the Nazi party insisted on extending them invitations. And of course, no Baroness Schraeder evening gown would be complete without a tiara! Gradually, they withdrew to their estate where they led a more secluded existence, punctuated by religious exercises. [14] He conducted ten more war patrols in the much larger submarine, attacking merchant ships instead of warships. The family as a whole devised their signals but it was a game limited to themselves and was never extended to summoning the staff. Empress Elisabeth of Austria, 1857. Initially, Captain von Trapp was opposed to the family singing on stage. But in her glass coach on the way to her new home in the sprawling Hofburg imperial palace, Sisi sobbedoverwhelmed and afraid. To do this, she chose to collaborate with Egon Corti, a biographer recognized in particular for his work on the historical figures of the House of Habsburg. On 2 September in the Laxenburg castles complex, Stphanie gave birth to a daughter, Elisabeth Marie, known as "Erzsi" (short for Erzsbet, the Hungarian form of Elisabeth). Crown Princess of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia, Generations are numbered by descent from King. They were allowed to play, they didnt wear uniforms, and their idea of outdoor activity wasnt limited to marching. Their villa was the only one not to fly the flag of the Third Reich even after one had been provided for them by Nazi officials. The latter considered that the manuscript was not complete enough and that its publication would be detrimental to the author. He was friendly with Princess Louise of Belgium, who had encouraged him to marry her younger sister. Heeresgeschichtliches Museum / Militrhistorisches Institut (Hrsg. Stphanie's marriage quickly became fragile. Visit her website at http://www.edelweisspatterns.com. Princess Stphanie was the second daughter of King Leopold II of Belgium and Marie Henriette of Austria. In one of the more iconic scenes in film history, the Trapp family win first place at the festival but have disappeared during the judges deliberation. Duchess Helene in Bavaria (1834 - 1890) almost became the Empress of Austria, but that role instead went to her sister, Empress Elisabeth. While Captain von Trapp leaves to visit his love interest, Baroness Schraeder, the high spirited Maria introduces the children to fun, games, and above all, music. Here she displayed surprisingly down-to-earth behavior for a royal: holding hands with the dying, and speaking to patients about their needs. As Agathe von Trapp described in her autobiography, the house was large enough that his voice wouldnt carry, and the walls thick enough that he couldnt be heard if the child in question was on a different floor. Actually, the movie is based not only on the books, but on the first German movie of 1956, which is its real blueprint. [23], During the winter of 18791880, Empress Elisabeth returned to Brussels. [42], From October 1881, Stphanie replaced the Empress at official receptions. . 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. She was persuaded by the arguments of the court of Vienna which encouraged the Crown Prince to marry young in order to quickly ensure descendants. Rudolf is doing very well. Theyre curious, her lady-in-waiting Marie Festetics wrote of Sisis response to the fawning masses. Truly like an angel of mercy she went from bed to bed, lady-in-waiting Marie Festetics wrote of one such visit, as recorded in The Reluctant Empress. Maria sought advice from the convent from which she was due to re-enter in just a matter of days and the conclusion was reached that she would be better served marrying the Captain and acting as mother to his children. They had one child, Archduchess Elisabeth Marie. Declared an adult at the age of 19, he already had his own household. And from one moment to the next, you didn't know what hit her. An avid seamstress, she has studied historical costume in England and has had her work featured by PBS host Martha Pullen. The first candidate mentioned was King Alfonso XII of Spain, but this possibility was almost immediately denied. 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. He was offered a commission in the German Navy, a tempting proposition, but decided to decline the offer, being opposed to Nazi ideology. Normally, thatd fall into the Everything wrong with series but I have neither the inclination or the audacity to suggest that something is wrong with The Sound of Music (1965) despite its many and frequent deviations from the story of the actual Trapp family. In this 1955 photograph, thirteen-year-old Princess Yvonne of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn in Germany is shown tipping back a bottle of Dry Sack sherry as her twelve-year-old brother Prince Alexander sits calmly by, his cigarette nearly finished. Starke Verlag, 2011, pp. See Photos. For her part, Stphanie remembered: "In the afternoon of 5 March, my parents called me. 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. Leopold II even planned to withdraw the title of Royal Highness from his second daughter, but court jurists demonstrated the impossibility of this. The story is practically a fairy tale with the love story between the Captain and Maria, the backdrop of the Austrian mountains is dramatic, and the Nazi party cast a shadow over the idyllic proceedings. Maria and Georg's children Rosmarie - Born 1929. 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