Crown Princess/Archduchess Stephanie

Stéphanie with Gräfin Tarouca, Resi Pálffy, Sidonie Chotek and Graf Charly Bombelles on the stairs of Miramare - a picture I really like. :-)

hi
do you know what year this picture was taken?How was Sidonie Chotek related to Franc Ferdinand wife?
Also who was Resi Palffy?

A ver nice foto

I ve found this picture and i d like to know how was thje relationship between Wilhelm II and Augusta Viktoria with the Kronprinzenpaar. Thanks in advanced!

I've never seen the majority of this photos, thank you very much for post all of them...

A very nice foto

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo319/DonaIsabella/step89.jpg

she looks a little bit strange on this... but I like it ;-)

I ve found this picture and i d like to know how was thje relationship between Wilhelm II and Augusta Viktoria with the Kronprinzenpaar. Thanks in advanced!

http://i37.tinypic.com/r01p4i.jpg

Wilhelm and Rudolf don´t liked each other. Rudolf was a liberal and Wilhelm conservative. Rudolf was frustrated that Wilhelm became emperor before him.
I don´t know how the relationship was between Stephanien and Augusta.

so all the loving possed pictures were a lie. I thought they were good friends

so all the loving possed pictures were a lie. I thought they were good friends

Everything can be a lie. Loving poses, loving letters and so on. Many contemporaries said that Rudolf didn't like Wilhelm for the latter's pomp and fuss around himself.

so they were friendenemies?

so they were friendenemies?

They had to pretend they were friends but in fact no one of them liked each other. The historians convinced in this fact.

Franz Josef wasn't that keen on Wilhelm II either. Shortly after his accession in 1888 he made a state visit to Vienna, and Franz Josef wrote to Katerina Schratt saying that he wasn't looking forward to it at all, as he would have no peace until it was over. Edward VII, as Prince of Wales, visited either just before or just after, and, by contrast, both Franz Josef and Rudolf enjoyed having him there. I think it was Franz Josef, again writing to Katerina Schratt, who said he thought the Prince very sporting as he carried on riding even after splitting his red hussar trousers at the gallop - 'which must have been very uncomfortable as he was wearing nothing underneath'. It may have been Rudolf writing, however.

Ann

so they were friendenemies?

They had to pretend they were friends but in fact no one of them liked each other. The historians convinced in this fact.

Ah, I see. what a shame. but then again Willy has a weird Imperial personality, so i don't blame Rudolf.

Baby Stephanie

I've never seen any photo of Stephanie as a baby, she looked pretty!!! ;-D

How was Sidonie Chotek related to Franc Ferdinand wife?[/quote]

Sidonie was daughter of Sophie's grandfathers brother...she was later Countess von und zu Fünfkirchen!

How was Sidonie Chotek related to Franc Ferdinand wife?

Sidonie was daughter of Sophie's grandfathers brother...she was later Countess von und zu Fünfkirchen!

Sophie Chotek's eldest sister was also called Zdenka (Sidonie, 1861-1946). She became a nun in Riedenburg.

Sidonie (1805-1890), wife of Friedrich Dominik von und zu Fünfkirchen, was the daughter of Jan Nepomuk Josef Chotek who was the brother of Sophie's grandfather Karel. :-)