This category has only the following subcategory. As with the Liesl Dress pattern, the Baroness Schraeder Dress comes printed on sturdy white paper in Sizes 6-20. [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. This was after all, the 30s, and the stage came with connotations that werent exactly suited to either a Baron or a distinguished naval officer. Three months later, on 23 August 1945, Stephanie died there of a stroke, aged 81. Stphanie and her husband created three gardens: a rose garden, an alpine garden, and another of Dutch inspiration. Stphanie has been represented by several painters: Princess Stphanie of Belgium, by Hans Makart (1880). [25], The betrothal was formalized on 7 March 1880, when Stphanie was not yet 16 years old. Whenever theres something to see they come running, for the monkey dancing at the hurdy-gurdy just as much for me.. The former Crown Princess's household was dissolved: all those who were part of it were dismissed, but some of them were assigned to her daughter's service. Platinum Author She also acknowledged in her book that, like most men of the period, he was a heavy smoker. [60], At the court of Vienna, Stphanie had to endure the coldness of Empress Elisabeth, who avoided her, and the equally distant attitude adopted by Emperor Franz Joseph I. [49], In order to take care of himself, Rudolf left to stay on the island of Lokrum, where he took Stphanie. However, King Leopold II was still so furious with his daughter's unequal marriage that he forbade Stphanie to attend the funeral service,[69] and she was finally forced a few days later to return to London. In March 1880 Rudolf was invited to the Belgian court at the insistence of Leopold II. Queer Kings & Queens: Was James I & VI gay? When he lost most of his wealth in the Great Depression, the family turned to singing as a way of earning a livelihood. [32] Father Wasner became the group's musical director. And so, Sisi wandered. [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). Fritz Mayr-Melnhof and Teresa Sayn-Wittgenstein at Glanneg during Christmas photo, 1956. From her eccentric father, Duke Maximilian Joseph, she inherited a belief in progressive democratic ideals and pacifism, uncommon for royalty at the time. As such, they had to abandon their home, their clothes and most of their possessions as they boarded a train to Italy where they claimed to be going hiking. I see myself constrained to limit myself to my own notes, as well as to my personal memories, in which your contributions and your modifications do not find their place". Thank you for reading about the real Baroness Schraeder story! [3] In 1902, he passed the final officer's examination, and was commissioned a Fregattenleutnant (frigate lieutenant, equivalent to sub-lieutenant) in May 1903. Given this background, one can only hope that the shot above is the result of intentional composition and not reckless parenting. 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. [36], After the wedding night, which Stphanie in her private letters revealed to her sister to have been a violent event by Rudolf, already mentally unstable, the couple honeymooned at Laxenburg outside the capital. According to Maria von Trapp's memoirs[citation needed], Georg von Trapp found himself in a vexing situation after the German takeover of Austria in 1938. On April 25, 1854, a shy and melancholy bride married into a major European royal house. 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. Under pressure from his parents to marry as soon as possible, the Crown Prince was satisfied with Stphanie and on 5 March, he asked her parents for her hand. Cut in the shape of a shirt, they fell without any trim, below the knee; a leather belt held them back. Leopold II and Marie Henriette hoped to marry their second daughter to a reigning sovereign or a crown prince. On 10 April, Stphanie, who was not yet seven, contracted typhus, to the dismay of her parents, who feared that a second child of theirs would die. However, it was the childrens relationship with their father that upset the family most when they attended the premiere of The Sound of Music. 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. [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. 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. [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. Yvonne at an event hosted by the AAOE. He should stay more with you; but have no fear!". 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. Only her sister Louise was informed of the affair. "Sayn-Wittgenstein". In her book, "The Story of the Trapp Family Singers", Maria von Trapp describes the turn of events which take her from Salzburg's Nonnberg Abbey to the von Trapp villa as a teacher, and ultimately into her new role as mother to seven growing children. So instead, were just going to have a casual look at the history that surrounds one of the most famous musicals of all time. This tenderness was expressed especially in their correspondence because it was difficult to travel to Rusovce. While Maria never claims that music had been expressly forbidden within the household, she does suggest that the children didnt experience much of it until she arrived as Maria the youngers governess. Weeks 1 & 2 of the 1950s Sisters Dress Sew-Along. 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. The Austrian princely title ( Frst) was the most prestigious title of the Austrian nobility, forming the higher nobility ( hoher Adel) alongside the counts ( Grafen ). Early in her reign, Sisi developed a deep interest in Hungary, then a rebellious part of her husbands empire. On leaving Austria, the Trapps traveled by train to Italy (not over the mountains by foot to Switzerland as is depicted in The Sound of Music). Her heart had been irreparably pierced long before her murder, however. 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. Stphanie was the third child of the Duke (future King Leopold II) and Duchess of Brabant (born Archduchess Marie Henriette of Austria), an unhappy and mismatched couple. ". [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 Emperor reluctantly gave his authorization, but Stphanie lost her rank and her imperial titles by remarrying, while her daughter Elisabeth Marie remained in Vienna in her grandfather's guardianship. She tended to erupt in angry outbursts consisting of yelling, throwing things, and slamming doors. The preparations for a princely birth obeyed protocol: prayers in churches and the exhibition of the Blessed Sacrament in the churches of the imperial palaces. The doctor recommended the removal of the uvula and performed this surgery before his young patient went to Ostend to recover. 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. 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. 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. Both his sons inherited this hereditary title of Ritter (Knight). And when she finally exits the Captains life, we all breathe a huge sigh of relief! Visit her website at http://www.edelweisspatterns.com. You cannot imagine how charming Sisi is when she cries, Archduchess Sophie wrote, as recounted by Viennese historian Brigitte Hamann in The Reluctant Empress. The teenagers, however, were eager to return to their home because their grandmother's attitudes were very different from what they were used to. 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. Katrina Casey| The following year, Elisabeth Marie participated in her mother's silver wedding anniversary. 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. 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. [64], Stphanie did not dare to forewarn her father of her marriage plans. In 1879 he had moved to Prague Castle and assumed command of an infantry regiment, a post he liked very much. The photo was taken while the siblings were aboard a private yacht off the coast of Mallorca. Stphanie received a negative response from Leopold II: "My father answered me in the severest and harshest terms that he refused me his consent. A member of the House of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg by birth, she became a member . In 1890, he became imperial and royal Chamberlain at the Austrian court. Works at Westlands, Nairobi. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Johannes managed the family resort in, This page was last edited on 17 February 2023, at 12:49. Princess Maria Petrovna Galitzine suddenly died a few days before turning 32, it has been confirmed. While I was preparing this piece, the question I was asked most by the people around me was is Maria von Trapp a real person? Indeed, she is! [88], In July 1944, Stphanie drew up her will. 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. Princess Yvonne. (Credit: Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images), After a nervous collapse in 1862, Sisi spent as much time as she could away from the prison fortress of Viennas Hofburg palace (today her life is chronicled in the Sisi Museum there), frequently traveling to Greece, England, Ireland, Switzerland and Hungary. Princess Yvonne was cool, almost to the point of coldness. Pannonhalma Archabbey. In 1889, Rudolf and his mistress Mary Vetsera were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide pact at the imperial hunting lodge at Mayerling in the Vienna Woods. [1], Born at the Palace of Laeken on 21 May 1864, Stphanie received an emergency baptism on the day of her birth. And thus Maria embarked on her journey into the von Trapp household. Georg was born in Zadar (now in Croatia), which at that time was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. 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.. His older sister was the Austrian artist Hede von Trapp, and his brother Werner died in 1915 during World War I. [35], Trapp has been portrayed in various adaptations of his family's life such as The Sound of Music, both the 1965 film and the Broadway musical, as well as two German films, The Trapp Family (1956) and The Trapp Family in America (1958). [2], Marianne was born on 9 December 1919 in Salzburg, the eldest daughter of Baron Friedrich Mayr von Melnhof (18921956), owner of the Glanegg Castle near Salzburg, and his wife, Countess Maria-Anna von Meran (18971983), granddaughter of Franz, Count of Meran, head of a morganatic branch of the imperial Habsburg-Lorraine. A few months later, in September, while staying in London, Stphanie learned of the death of her mother, Queen Marie Henriette, who was living withdrawn from the Belgian court. Elisabeth Marie, Princess Otto of Windisch-Graetz, Count Elemr Lnyay de Nagy-Lnya et Vsros-Namny, Archduke Stephen of Austria, titular Palatine of Hungary), Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Princess Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, "Baptme de la princesse Stphanie Clotilde Louise Hermine Marie Charlotte", King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa, "De opvoeding van Belgische prinsen en prinsessen in de negentiende eeuw", "De Louise van de Louizalaan: het onwaarschijnlijke verhaal van een Belgische prinses", "COUNTESS LONYAY INVENTOR. Her early upbringing from an apartheid era household where . [81] According to her granddaughter-in-law, author Ghislaine of Windisch-Graetz (ne d'Arschot Schoonhoven), Stphanie "was confused in devotion and even bigoted; she was convinced that her daughter was possessed by the demon and she could not tolerate the immorality of her love life. [76], When Stphanie learned of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914, she was convinced that the death of the heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne was desired by Emperor Franz Joseph I because the deceased had dared to stand up to him. 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. Generously, Emperor Franz Joseph I showered the young mother and her family with gifts. No one had informed the Crown Princess of the nature of the illness from which her husband was suffering. During the first weeks of the Soviet occupation, the Lnyays preferred to stay at home with a few servants. His son, Stphanie's father, ascended to the throne under the name of Leopold II, and her brother assumed the title of Duke of Brabant as the new heir of the throne. They purchased a 660-acre (270ha) farm in 1942 and converted it into the Trapp Family Lodge. The Germans were not so desparate, in 1938, that they would need him for their Navy or go to any special trouble to get him. The family received permission to set up a chapel within the villa which in turn encouraged their choral singing. 20, 1666, paris), queen consort of king louis xiii of france (reigned. The photo was taken while the siblings were aboard a private yacht off the coast of Mallorca. In 1896 he and his brother Gbor were raised to the dignity of Count. 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. During the next eighteen months, she did not try to hide her affections for the Count from her husband, who continued his own liaisons. Though outwardly cynical, Sisi was as fixated with her beauty as the public was. Her role was limited, and she could no longer count on the support of many friends. In 1935, Stphanie published her memoirs, entitled Je devais tre impratrice ("I Had to Be Empress"). For his part, Rudolf, who disapproved of his father's policies, developed friendships among opponents of the monarchy and anonymously published his political opinions in the Neues Wiener Tagblatt, edited by his friend Moritz Szeps. During the wedding festivities, thousands lined Viennas streets, eager to catch a glimpse of the new teenage empress. Her father often came to see her, and her mother and the faithful Toni Schariry, a nanny of German origin hired shortly after Stphanie's birth, wept at her bedside. When the Austrian Chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg heard them on the radio, he invited them to perform in Vienna. He looks a little tired, he is too often on the road, he exerts himself too much. 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". By the 1880s, it was clear Sisi was suffering from a serious mental illness herself. [10] Leopold II thereafter lost interest in his family; he turned his attentions to the notorious creation of the Congo Free State, which was his personal fiefdom and not a Belgian colonial territory, and as such its ruthless exploitation amassed him a vast private fortune. 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. The names of the Trapp children were changed for the musical, along with their ages. [85] In the book she published Rudolf's last letter to her, and proclaimed that (in her view) he and Baroness Vetsera had made a suicide pact. 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. In 1998, Princess Alexandra married Count Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth, a member of the ancient House of Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth, and the couple had two children, Count Richard and Countess Alexandra, residing in Paris and later at Schloss Heidesheim until announcing their divorce in 2017. Rudolfs bullet killed my faith, Sisi told Marie Valerie, according toThe Reluctant Empress. [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. [8] Trapp then acquired Villa Trapp in Aigen, a suburb of Salzburg, and moved his family there in 1924. [56] To Stphanie, Rudolf had left an undated letter: "Dear Stphanie, you are delivered from my fatal presence; be happy in your destiny. [4], In her memoirs, Stphanie wrote: "The first event that was deeply engraved in my memory was the death of this beloved brother []. [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. The constant butt of taunts, her presence disturbs and irritates to excess. Though she was a caring and loving person, Maria wasn't always as sweet as the fictional Maria. She photographed celebrities from Maria Callas to Gianni Agnelli to Luciano Pavarotti and published travel reports. In order to toughen us up, the windows of our bedroom, summer and winter, remained open: we rarely heated". It was during this conversation that she also revealed to Maria that the Captain was in love with her. The children did not sing the German anthem when required of them, the older children who were now adults refrained from the Nazi salute, and they had reservations about living under Nazi policies which conflicted with their religion. 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. It was she who, at the request of her mother-in-law, now accompanied the Emperor and the Crown Prince on official trips and who received foreign sovereigns visiting the court. Another publishing house, John Murray of London, also rejected the text received. 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. -- 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 . 371k members in the AccidentalWesAnderson community. 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. [8] Trapp's first command was the U-boat U-6 which was launched by Agathe. [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. Article Source: However, this second union was happy. 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". 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. The preparations for the wedding filled King Leopold II with pride. [13] However, the level of education of the princesses was not very high: "The programs lacked scope. However, in 1922, Stphanie was delighted to receive her two eldest grandsons, Franz Joseph and Ernst Weriand of Windisch-Graetz. In his diary, a servant recalled walking in on her mid-exercise, as recorded in medical historian Louise Foxcrofts Calories and Corsets: A History of Dieting Over 2,000 Years: When I saw her, she was just raising herself on the hand-rings. For instance, in the 1965 film, Georg von Trapp was portrayed as a disciplinary man who always went away and did not care for his children or their feelings at the beginning of the film. 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. 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 Queen therefore never left her son's bedside. 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. After studying law in Budapest, he had entered diplomatic service. [70], When King Leopold II himself died on 17 December 1909, Stphanie had just, two days earlier, been refused a final meeting with the monarch. USA.gov, The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration They returned to Austria on two occasions while they were on tour in Europe before the outbreak of the Second World War forced them back to America. Maria and Georg married in 1927, 11 years before the family left Austria, not right before the Nazi takeover of Austria. We were not used to this. [55] Stphanie became a widow at the age of 24 when, on 30 January 1889, her husband was found dead in strange circumstances with his mistress Baroness Vetsera, both shot dead, at the Mayerling hunting lodge. [8] As part of their required education, all naval cadets were taught to play a musical instrument; Georg von Trapp selected the violin. 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. With her liberal, progressive son dead, she knew that the creaking empire of Austria-Hungary could not last. Horseback riding, fencing, fast-paced hikes and exercises adapted from the circusunusual for the timeconsumed her days. Unlike the famous film's story, Maria was not intended to be governess to all seven children; but before long Maria's vivacity and music had brought all the children together in song and activities, and the obligatory separation of the age groups, which was typical for the upper class at that time, ceased to exist. The young descendant of the last Austrian emperor lost her life to an aneurysm in her heart.. She was given the name "Mamarazza" based on the word "paparazzo" as a nickname from Princess Caroline of Monaco, who once said to her: "Manni, you are a real Mamarazza." . [71] Her sister Louise returned to Belgium as well, and the dying sovereign also refused to see her. For she is their joy, their idol., Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known for her long hair. Among their closest acquaintances figured, from 1944, their chaplain, Geza Karsai, Germanist, university professor and monk of the Pannonhalma Archabbey. Kissing you with all my heart, your Rudolf who loves you". After the armistice of 11 November 1918, the Austro-Hungarian Empire ceased to exist. During our toilet, the most absolute silence was required; any breach of this rule resulted in severe punishment. The names, ages, and sexes of the children were changed. Secondly, Maria herself was not in love with the Captain and anticipated her return to her former life. We can all learn something from the story of the family Vonn Trapp. She also exercised for hours every day. To allow her to truly see if the convent is where she wishes to be, Mother Abbess sends her away to a nearby family that. [8][Map 4] During this period, he delivered several lectures and conducted interviews on his naval career. Sisi reveled in her role as comforter of the empires common people, and often arrived at hospitals and charity wards unannounced, with only a lady-in-waiting in tow. [61] In Austria, Stphanie devoted herself to singing or went to the theater and concerts during her stays in her residences in Laxenburg and at the Hofburg. [43] Delighted to be released from the "official duties", Empress Elisabeth withdrew from court, while Rudolf broke away from his wife to whom he became less and less warm. The family had a contract with an American booking agent when they left Austria. 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