Unsurprisingly, Sophie was instrumental in deciding whom Franz Josef would marry. ( This colorful map held a secret plea for peace to the Habsburg Empire.) Marriage plans Many historians believe that in the early years of his reign, Sophie was a so-called secret empress, setting the political agenda from behind the scenes. His youth and inexperience made him all the more dependent on his strong-willed mother. When Franz Josef became emperor at age 18, Sophie’s influence over her son did not wane. Obsessed with preparing him for the throne, Sophie, along with State Chancellor Prince Klemens von Metternich, designed Franz Josef’s education, preparing a rigorous regimen of classroom study as well as physical education with a strong military discipline throughout. The archduchess meticulously recorded the baby’s every milestone. Unauthorized use is prohibited.įrom the beginning, Franz Josef was adored by his mother, who would be a constant controlling presence in his life. Der Kaiser und sein Hof.Please be respectful of copyright. Unterreiner, Katrin: Kaiser Franz Joseph. Schnürer, Franz (Hg.): Briefe Kaiser Franz Josephs an seine Mutter, München 1930 Das Tagebuch der Lieblingstochter von Kaiserin Elisabeth, München 2006 Schad, Martha / Schad, Horst (Hg.): Marie Valerie von Österreich. Reischauer, Manuela: Der Einfluß der Frauen auf Kaiser Franz Joseph, Salzburg 1994 Glanz und Tragik eines europäischen Herrscherhauses, München 2010 Pieper, Dietmar / Saltzwedel, Johannes (Hg.): Die Welt der Habsburger. Die unrühmliche Geschichte eines Herrscherhauses, Innsbruck/Wien 2010 (2. Leidinger, Hannes / Moritz, Verena / Schippler, Bernd: Schwarzbuch der Habsburger. Niederösterreichische Landesausstellung auf Schloss Grafenegg 1987, Wien 1987 Katalog: Das Zeitalter Kaiser Franz Josephs – 2. Niederösterreichische Landesausstellung auf Schloss Grafenegg 1984, Wien 1984 Teil: Von der Revolution zur Gründerzeit: 1848–1880. Katalog: Das Zeitalter Kaiser Franz Josephs – 1. Herre, Franz: Kaiser Franz Joseph von Österreich. Eine Biographie, Wien 1997Ĭonte Corti, Egon Caesar / Sokol, Hans: Der alte Kaiser, Wien 1955 Befunde und Befindlichkeiten einer Dynastie,Wien 2001īeller, Steven: Franz Joseph. Other memorial sites in Vienna include the Votivkirche, erected in thanks for the survival of the young Franz Joseph in the assassination attempt of 1853, and the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, now Vienna’s military museum, but originally intended as a temple of fame for the Imperial and Royal Army.īankl, Hans: Die kranken Habsburger. The Vienna Ringstrasse as a whole is seen as a symbol for the latter period of the Monarchy under Franz Joseph. The initials FJ I together with busts and paintings showing the emperor as head of state, grace museums and schools, railway stations and bridges, barracks and administrative buildings, which were often originally named after the monarch but which have now mostly been renamed. Still owned by direct descendants of Franz Joseph, the imperial villa showcases the emperor as a private person and passionate sportsman.įranz Joseph as monarch is encountered all over the former Monarchy on the countless public buildings erected during his long reign. The private passions of the emperor constitute the main focus at Bad Ischl in the Salzkammergut in Upper Austria, where the memory of the emperor as holiday-maker is preserved in nostalgic veneration. Their restrained, rather old-fashioned atmosphere reveals much about the daily life of this famously modest emperor. The classic places to explore the life of Franz Joseph are Schönbrunn Palace and the Imperial Apartments in the Vienna Hofburg, where one can view the rooms occupied by the monarch. The rather unremarkable statue of Franz Joseph in the Burggarten was not in fact intended for this site, having originally graced the military cadet school in the Breitensee quarter of Vienna, and was not erected in its present position until 1957. It is striking that there is no monument to Franz Joseph in Vienna that adequately memorializes his lengthy reign. Even during his own lifetime, the emperor became a monument to himself, a relict of a far-off time, an anachronism in the modern world.
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