In the severe decor of the study room, it was usually too rudimentary that we applied ourselves to history, geography, literature, mathematics; a preponderant place being left to the decorative arts: painting, drawing, music, as well as needlework". Through a series of even stranger events than these mentioned, Maria accidentally accepted his marriage offer to her which was initially relayed by the von Trapp children! If youd like to join me for more fun and games in picking apart history, and other behind the scene tangents, you can support me via my Patreon. A long, cheerful noise arose from the crowd. [46], In Prague and Vienna, the couple received many visitors and gave many dinners. 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. Crown Princess Stphanie, consort to Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, by Hans Canon (c. 1884). [8], Trapp's mother was Hedwig Wepler. His father, Fregattenkapitn August Johann[7] Trapp, was a naval officer who had been elevated to the Austrian nobility as Ritter von Trapp when he was awarded the Order of the Iron Crown Third Class. He was offered a commission in the German Navy, a tempting proposition, but decided to decline the offer, being opposed to Nazi ideology. Zadar became part of Italy in 1920, and Georg was thus an Italian citizen, and his wife and children as well. When the Austrian Chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg heard them on the radio, he invited them to perform in Vienna. Thereafter, mother and daughter did not see each other at all. Your mother and I are all in favor of this marriage. [26] They were married on 26 November 1927 when he was 47 and she was 22. Maria and Georg's children Rosmarie - Born 1929. Over the years, the separations from her daughter became more and more frequent, so a fulfilling relationship with her daughter did not last. Duchess Helene in Bavaria (1834 - 1890) almost became the Empress of Austria, but that role instead went to her sister, Empress Elisabeth. But Maria did introduce the family to many Austrian folk songs and taught them to harmonize the parts. On 10 September 1898, Empress Elisabeth was assassinated in Geneva; even though she had never managed to get closer to her mother-in-law, Stphanie was very affected by this unexpected death. The Edelweiss Patterns new release for the "Baroness Schraeder Party Gown"! [45], On 8 August, Queen Marie Henriette visited her daughter in anticipation of her childbirth. She photographed celebrities from Maria Callas to Gianni Agnelli to Luciano Pavarotti and published travel reports. As Maria's stay with the family continued, the children and the Captain became attached to her and did not relish the thought of the day when she would return to the Abbey. Her role was limited, and she could no longer count on the support of many friends. She remembers: "The Emperor greeted me cordially. While the loss of money devastated the family, they still had their physical goods. Stphanie's marriage quickly became fragile. The revelation of the Captains affections didnt quite invoke the romantic scenes of the musical where Maria flees to the abbey and is told to confront her problems (through song obviously). Obsessed with her figure, Sisi lived on a strict diet and fanatical exercise routine that would likely be interpreted as symptoms of anorexia today. Neither her daughter nor any of her descendants were present at her funeral. But the war cut their tours short at least. Sisis husband, Franz Joseph, was hardworking and loved her, but had little imagination or humor. 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. Her former life had been one of mountain hikes and constant activity, and she soon developed severe headaches as she transitioned into a cloistered life. He gave her, too, an extremely lively answer, in which he even hinted that she had better not interfere in matters which did not concern her". [87], As long as they maintained satisfactory health, Stphanie and Elemr traveled and met various exiled rulers: the deposed Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria and the Empress Zita. The Captain and Maria return to find that he has been invited to serve in the navy but he cannot bring himself to join the Nazi party. [6] For many weeks, the girl was unconscious, feverish and in great pain. [47] At the beginning of 1886, the Crown Prince fell seriously ill. Several diagnoses included cystitis and stomach disease. Johannes managed the family resort in, This page was last edited on 17 February 2023, at 12:49. As Maria's original pupil recovered, she became governess to all seven Trapp children and encouraged them in sports, handiwork, and, of course, music. Rudolf is doing very well. The publishing contract was drawn up on 24 April 1934, but Stphanie's procrastination postponed the publication and distribution of her memoirs to October 1935, under the original title of Ich sollte Kaiserin werden (I Was To Be Empress) in German bookstores,[83] because the book was censored in Austria,[84] where the police visited every bookshop in Vienna in order to seize the copies already on sale. Captain von Trapp was invited to take command within the German Navy, an offer which he considered but ultimately refused. The church was so crowded that the wedding procession was hampered in its progress. Stphanie received a negative response from Leopold II: "My father answered me in the severest and harshest terms that he refused me his consent. [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). [49], In order to take care of himself, Rudolf left to stay on the island of Lokrum, where he took Stphanie. The apparent suicide of the Crown Prince deeply affected Stphanie and constituted, in the words of Irmgard Schiel, "the greatest catastrophe that can affect a woman in her married life". 371k members in the AccidentalWesAnderson community. Trapp was transferred to the SMU-14, the former French submarine Curie, which had been sunk and salvaged by the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Rudolfs bullet killed my faith, Sisi told Marie Valerie, according toThe Reluctant Empress. In contrast to paparazzi shows but she never took indiscreet or derogatory photos: "I always photographed my friends as friends. Their paths crossed for a single instant, only to move away immediately and forever. She traveled a lot and devoted herself to painting. [56][57] However, the Captain was portrayed in a more negative light in many adaptations. They were, however, protected by a technicality regarding their nationalities. After the death of her father in 1909, Stphanie joined her older sister Louise to claim from the Belgian courts the share of the inheritance of which they both felt they had been stripped. 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. In 1886, he was appointed counselor of the legation. She tended to erupt in angry outbursts consisting of yelling, throwing things, and slamming doors. Also in town was Italian anarchist Luigi Lucheni, who had come to Switzerland to assassinate Prince Henri of Orlans in an act of protest against the ruling class. [2], Stphanie had two older siblings: Louise (born 18 February 1858), and Leopold, Count of Hainaut (born 12 June 1859). Maria Von Trapp mentioned Yvonne in her book, "The Story of the Trapp Family Singers," and it's been written that Georg proposed to Yvonne several times, but she never accepted. -- It was announced tonight that Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Meiningen, the German aristocrat who was recently sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment for conducting Nazi propaganda in . After this announcement, the Crown Prince once again became considerate and attentive to his wife. [50] From that moment, feeling betrayed by her own husband, Stphanie harbored resentment and bitterness towards Rudolf. Leopold II and Marie Henriette hoped to marry their second daughter to a reigning sovereign or a crown prince. [89], On 2 April 1945, it was the Red Army, having just launched a last offensive pushing back the Germans near Lake Balaton, which reached the Rusovce mansion. [11] He also captured the Greek steamer Cefalonia off Durazzo on 29 August 1915. 2012-2023 Edelweiss Patterns All Rights Reserved. The arrival of the Red Army in April 1945, at the end of the war, forced Stphanie and her husband to leave their residence and take refuge in the Pannonhalma Archabbey in Hungary. She married in Vienna on 10 May 1881, Crown Prince Rudolf, son and heir of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. Although she retained her title of Crown Princess, she did not retain its functions and was no longer authorized to represent the Empress. This unusual entrance into public life was one in a string of tragedies that marked Sisis reign, placing her within a long line of reluctant royal consorts trapped in gilded cages. She believed the Hungarian people deserved greater freedoms and respect, and collaborated with her close friend, the dashing Hungarian statesman Gyula Andrssy, to advance the Hungarian cause. And thus Maria embarked on her journey into the von Trapp household. From her hands-on mother, Princess Ludovika, she developed a love of privacy and a fear of public dutiestraits that would not serve her well as empress. (Credit: DeAgostini/Getty Images). [3] Just over three months later, he sank the Italian submarine Nereide at 4223N 1616E / 42.383N 16.267E / 42.383; 16.267 on 5 August 1915, 250 metres (270yd) off Pelagosa (Palagrua) Island. Submitted On January 13, 2011. Stphanie and her husband created three gardens: a rose garden, an alpine garden, and another of Dutch inspiration. The following 183 pages are in this category, out of 183 total. 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 . It was initially thought Vetsera poisoned Rudolf before killing herself, though it was later determined that Rudolf shot both of them in a murder-suicide pact, a conclusion that only deepened Sisis sadness. [79] Finally, the remains of Franz Joseph I were placed next to his wife and son in the Imperial Crypt in the center of Vienna. 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). 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. After the First World War, the Austrian city of Trieste became part of Italy and its citizens lost their Austrian citizenship. For her part, Stphanie remembered: "In the afternoon of 5 March, my parents called me. Marianne, Dowager Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn,[1] (born Baroness Marianne von Mayr-Melnhof; 9 December 1919) is a German noble, the mother of Alexander, 7th Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (born 1943). [5], At the beginning of 1871, epidemics of typhus and smallpox raged in Brussels. [3], In the spring of 1868, the almost 9-year-old Leopold, Duke of Brabant and heir to the throne, suffered from a chill following a fall in the pond in the Park of Laeken. The eldest of nine children, she received a camera from her parents in 1935 and began a lifelong love of photography. 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. In 1944, she disinherited her daughter, who had divorced to live with a socialist deputy and whom she had not seen since 1925. Stphanie, Princess Elemr Lnyay de Nagy-Lnya, by Jzsef rpd Koppay (c. 1900). Thank you for reading about the real Baroness Schraeder story! C.A. They had one child, Archduchess Elisabeth Marie. [30][31] Around 1936, Lotte Lehmann heard the family sing, and she suggested they perform paid concerts. [41] However, Stphanie related that Rudolf was suspicious when she accompanied him. [8] Trapp then acquired Villa Trapp in Aigen, a suburb of Salzburg, and moved his family there in 1924. According to the eldest of the Trapp daughters, Agathe (Liesl in the film), the song Maria and its implications was the most accurate element of The Sound of Music. Web anne of austria, french anne d'autriche, (born sept. Firstly, the captain felt obligated to continue his courtship with princess yvonne, the real life baroness. [1], Born at the Palace of Laeken on 21 May 1864, Stphanie received an emergency baptism on the day of her birth. However, the King of Belgium refused to see his daughter marry a man of lower rank. It seems Im in the mood to pick apart the history behind musicals. 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. Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich, niece of Empress Elisabeth, had declared about Rudolph's future fiance: "In advance, we had pity on the poor princess who would have the honor of being chosen".[30]. Upon her return, the Captain realizes he cannot be without her, breaks it off with the Baroness, and proposes to Maria. The territory of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was divided among seven countries, with the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes keeping most of the seacoast. Stphanie died of a stroke in the abbey later the same year. After meeting the 15-year-old Princess Stphanie, he wrote to his mother that "[he had] found what [he] sought", noting that she was "pretty, good, [and] clever". Article Source: He married Erika Klambauer in 1948 and had four sons and two daughters, including. [22], Stphanie had heard of Rudolf for the first time at the end of a literature class given by her housekeeper Fanny Brossel. The new emperor on 28 January 1917 granted the title of Hungarian Frst (Prince) with the style of Serene Highness to Elemr. He even went so far as to write home to Maria, I wish I could see your eyes when you read the announcement of my engagement. Well, for some reason Maria was sincerely offended at the thought of his wanting to see her eyes, and responded with a fiery note saying that her eyes were none of his business. This letter was delivered to the Captain only moments before he planned to propose, and after reading it he knew that Yvonne was not the one he wanted to marry. Elemr exhibited his artistic collections there, including antique furniture, paintings by old and modern masters, as well as precious porcelain. The patronages exerted by Stphanie were withdrawn from her,[67] and she thus received an annual pension of 100,000 guilders. In reality, Maria treated the Captain quite coldly and asked him to get on with his wedding so that she could leave. As Georg was unaware of the reason for this sudden coldness, he did his best to resolve the situation, but to no avail. The Queen, without worrying about potential contagion, assisted affected families. [3] On the voyage home he visited the Holy Land where he met a Franciscan friar who took him on a tour of all the Biblical sites he wanted to see. Secondly, Maria herself was not in love with the Captain and anticipated her return to her former life. 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. This category has only the following subcategory. Additionally, Maria was hired to tutor just one of the Trapp daughters who, having suffered a bout of scarlet fever, was too weak to make the forty five minute walk to school and so she had little to do with the other children who were themselves altered as characters for the musical. ==== Image i Georg was born in Zadar (now in Croatia), which at that time was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Summoned by the Reverend Mother, Maria was told that the convent has had a request for a governess for one of the daughters of Captain Baron Georg von Trapp. [citation needed], Trapp died of lung cancer on 30 May 1947 in Stowe, Vermont. Besides her research of the real von Trapp story, Katrina is also fascinated with the "Sound of Music" film history. The empress frequently spoke of suicide to a terrified Franz Joseph, and turned to mediums and psychics to help cure her mental anguish. [32] Father Wasner became the group's musical director. 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