Franz Joseph I ruled for 68 years before he died in 1916, per City of Vienna. Franz was crowned King of Hungary in 1867. After Austria was defeated by Italy in 1859 and Prussia in 1866, ...

The Empress season 2 had a dramatic ending that saw Emperor Franz Joseph I going off to war. The second season, which is based on Empress Elisabeth of Austria’s life , is set a few years after ...

If The Empress has a season 3, it could explore Franz Joseph's military command more deeply, as well as how that impacted his reign when he returned to Vienna. It is certainly a complicated and ...

Franz Joseph was originally promised to Sisi’s older sister, Helene. But, when the two families spent a weekend together, it was the younger Bavarian princess who caught the emperor’s eye instead.

In The Empress – the German royal drama based on the life of Austria’s Empress Sisi that debuted on Netflix this month – the first two episodes focus on her courtship with Franz Joseph I. They recount ...