Empress Elisabeth - The Truth about Sisi
Empress Elisabeth (1837-1898), Hungarian Queen consort between 1867-1898
THE HUNGARIAN PRINCESS: MARIE VALERIE
Why was an Austrian Archduchess forced to talk in Hungarian and use this language as a mother tongue?
Born by a Bavarian mother and an Austrian father Marie Valerie was brought up as a Hungarian princess. Although her mother tongue was German, her first language was Hungarian and it was the language which she used to talk with her mother, Queen Elisabeth and her father, King Francis Joseph.
Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria (22 April 1868 – 6 September 1924) was the fourth and last child of Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria and Elisabeth of Bavaria. Her given name was Marie Valerie Mathilde Amalie but she was usually called Valerie.
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