The real Cece

In fact, the real princess Cece in history is not exactly what the film shows. Especially, her love with Flantz-Joseph, the emperor of Austria-Hungary, was not as perfect as described in the film. Emperor Flantz Joseph was only 18 years old when he was crowned in 1848. During his 68 years in office, he actually experienced a long and painful decline and collapse of a powerful empire.

Emperor Flantz was dignified and diligent, and received a strict court education, while Sisi grew up freely in the beautiful lakes and mountains of Bavaria. These two different temperaments can attract each other at first, but gradually they seem out of place. Cece, who became Queen Elizabeth, was full of glory and wealth, but she was not happy.

Queen Elizabeth is maverick and emotionally fragile. From the heart, she has always refused to play the role of a traditional wife, mother, queen or even a representative of a great empire.

In her later years, Cece was disheartened and traveled around the world with a few followers, covering Asia and Africa. 1898, she was killed by anarchists in Geneva. Nevertheless, the queen is still loved by her subjects because of her beauty, charm and romantic and melancholy temperament.

Cece grew up in a big family and had a free and happy childhood. My father is a carefree aristocrat who likes to write poems, play the piano, chase women and show off riding skills. He even built a circus in the yard, with a clown and a funny soldier ... The duke believes in * * * and has a sense of commonness, especially worshipping Jews. People call him a "luxury proletarian". He loves neither his wife nor aristocratic politics.

Hong Chen's mother, Ludovica, is a loyal housewife. When she realized that her husband could not count on her, she regarded her children as the only wealth and hoped to solve all the problems through their marriage. Fortunately, there is a good relative at home: Francis, the son of her sister Sophie? Joseph became the heir to the Austrian throne because of his uncle Ferdinand I. 1848, due to political turmoil, there were four rebellions, Ferdinand I abdicated, and Francis? Joseph ascended the throne of the emperor. The two sisters wanted to kiss each other, and Princess Elena, the eldest daughter of the Duke of Bavaria, became the queen candidate. On the blind date, Princess Elena dressed very quietly in Shu Xian. Who knows, reckless little Cece broke in. She has pigtails on her head and wears very ordinary clothes. Her mother didn't dress her up at all. But, Francis? Joseph couldn't see anyone else. The young Austrian emperor gave a bunch of flowers to Princess Sisi. ...

Cece took over Francis at the age of 15? The flowers from Joseph, she doesn't even know what they mean. Aunt and mother kept urging her: Do you love him, Cece? She naively replied, "He, how can I not love him?" If only he were not the emperor! "In this way, they are engaged.

Cece hasn't grown up yet. She is only 1.60 meters tall, like a doll. Judging from the stern eyes of her future mother-in-law, she is charming and lovely, but she has a big defect-yellow teeth. In later years, Cece did not leave a portrait or photo showing her teeth.

1854 On April 24th, the Habsburg dynasty held a warm and grand wedding. Princess Cece, with rosy face and tight lips, sailed down the Danube River to Vienna with cheers and noise. The wedding diluted the hostility between the royal family and the people, and this budding Bavarian rose seemed to represent new happiness. Until then, everything was going well.

Marry into the deep palace and become a queen. For Princess Cece, the beautiful fairy tale disappeared. The complicated social etiquette overwhelmed her, and the terrible loneliness surrounded her tightly. A year later, Cece became pregnant and had a pregnancy reaction. She lives in Lacrimosa all day ... her daughter was taken away as soon as she was born, and her mother-in-law thought she was unable to take care of the children. Two years later, I got pregnant for the second time and gave birth to a daughter. She still has only tears ... everyone in the court thinks she is stupid and doesn't take her seriously at all. When I visited Italy, people there were hostile to her; Only when she arrived in Hungary did she see a warm face. From then on, Cece began to learn Hungarian.

1857, she came to Budapest again. Meanwhile, one of her daughters passed away. A year later, Cece gave birth to Prince Rudolf, heir to the throne of the Austrian Empire. Like the previous two times, the child was taken away from her ... she began to have a fever, nausea and loss of appetite. Just then, Francis? Emperor Joseph decided to build a modern Vienna, tear down the old walls and build a boxing ring. What the people need is a constitution. The empire was unlucky, and everything went wrong for Cece. She grew up gradually.

1859, Francis? Joseph decided to go to war with Sardinia. Although he went into battle in person, he still failed to save the defeat. Cece went to take care of the wounded and gently defended the monarchy, but no one listened to her.

Seven years later, Cece gave birth to three children, made some official visits and witnessed a bloody war. Her mother-in-law was disgusted with her, and her husband was absent-minded from now on. She no longer put herself in a passive position. She organized a series of dances and consciously consumed energy in song and dance music; She has a bad appetite and her health is getting worse. The court doctor recommended lung herbs to her and suggested that she go to the Madeira Islands to sunbathe.

Cece has equine infectious tuberculosis (a rapidly deteriorating tuberculosis), and she is dying. The Austrian people ask endlessly, "Where is the Queen?" How is she? "But they can't hear the answer. For two years, Cece wandered around the city with hot springs, Greek islands and her family. Finally, she escaped death.

On the day she returned to Vienna, 10 orchestra and14,000 athletes holding the torch welcomed her. She won an all-round victory: with Francis? Joseph reached an agreement and has the right to choose a court maid to accompany him from now on; Have the right to discipline children; And gained freedom, until then, Cece was fully developed, with a height of 1.72 meters and thick hair.

Next, she tried her best to restore her slim figure. She gets up at 5 o'clock every morning, practices sword, swims, does gymnastics and insists on taking a cold bath. Cece became mature and perfect, and the photographer left a beautiful picture for her. She is willing to take a photo with her dog or brother, but not with her husband.

As the queen of Austria, Cece is different from those Vienna nobles. She loves Hungary from the bottom of her heart. She appreciates the music, horses and knights there, the baroque architecture in Budapest and the colors and rhythms there ... Her deep love for this land is probably related to a legend, that is, Count Andrasi. 1848, the count took part in the struggle against Austrian rule. After the failure of the revolution, he fled Hungary and was sentenced to death in absentia. Andrasi is very attractive, and there are always upper-class women around him. People call him "the handsome executioner". After ten years in exile, Andrasi was granted amnesty and returned to Hungary. Since then, the count has made unremitting efforts for his political ideal.

In essence, Hong Chen and Andrasi are the same kind of figures. They are all rebels. They appreciate each other and are attracted to each other, but they can't further develop their feelings. Andrasi loves the Austrian Queen with humility, while Hong Chen has deep feelings for him ... 1866, facing Bismarck, the "blood prime minister" of Prussia? Emperor Joseph realized the need to appease Hungary. He finally sat down at the negotiating table with Count Andrasi. At this time, Cece became the mediator between the two men who were hostile to each other, and showed great respect to her.

1867, according to the agreement reached by the rulers of Austria and Hungary, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was established. On June 8th, the Hungarian Prime Minister Count Andrasi crowned Cece. The Hungarians chose her and she became the queen of Hungary from then on. In Vienna, she was often attacked; In Budapest, she was worshipped. ...

However, in order to make up for the children, Cece returned to Austria from Hungary. She gave her husband an ultimatum: she had to choose between her mother and her wife. Francis? Joseph finally played cards with his mother, and the children returned to Cece completely this time. However, for their only son Rudolph, it was too late! Loneliness and fear plagued him for a long time. He was unfamiliar with his parents, so that he could not communicate, and his political ambitions could not be realized ... Rudolph became more and more depressed. 10 On October 30th, Rudolph and his mistress Mary were found in Meyeringh, 24 kilometers from Vienna? Fitzgerald's body. They all committed suicide.

Cece didn't go to the scene of the accident. It was not until the prince was buried that people heard her sigh at the coffin. From then on, she died with her son, leaving only an aging body. ...

It's another nine years in a flash. During this period, Cece traveled around and became more and more like her father. She likes writing poems, riding horses and appreciating Jews ... She and her husband don't see each other very often, Francis? Joseph is always accompanied by his mistress.

At noon on September 1898, Cece is going to leave Geneva by boat. She walked out of the hotel, the servant took the luggage, and accompanied by the court maid, they walked slowly to the dock. Just then, death came to her; A man named Luigi? Italian anarchists in lucchini chose the Austrian Queen as the target of "blockbuster". Luccheni finally waited for Cece He suddenly pulled out an awl and stabbed her in the chest. The awl is so sharp and thin that Cece can't even feel any pain. "What does he want, my watch?" She got up from the ground and walked to the boat by herself. However, as soon as she got on the boat, she fell down. The maid-in-waiting around quickly untied her skirt and found a small piece of blood on her chest. The captain ordered the ship to turn around and return to the shore. People carried her back to the hotel on a stretcher. In the hotel, the doctor cut off the artery of the Queen's cubital fossa, and the blood stopped pouring ... Cece died.

Not many people attended her funeral. Francis? Emperor Joseph cut off a lock of hair and kept it before she was buried ... but did she love him in this life? Judging from her attitude towards him and the poems she left behind, the answer is no.

I'm afraid the princess Cece in fairy tales belongs only to movies. The real Cece is a legend, but her life is by no means a fairy tale.