XXXXXXXXXXXRUDOLF, Sisi’s son and the
heir to the throne, is found
dead at age 30 beside the
body of his teenage lover in a
suicide pact. In her grief Sisi
travels abroad for long periods.
SISI is stabbed to death by
an Italian anarchist while
about to take a ferry across
Lac Léman (Lake Geneva).
She is buried in the Capuchin
Crypt, Vienna.1889 1898
SANDRA RACCANELLO/FOTOTECA 9X12IMPERIAL SPLENDOR
Built in the 13th century, the
Hofburg in Vienna was the
imperial seat of the Austrian
Habsburg dynasty. The
palace’s warren of lavish
private and state apartments
contrasted greatly with the
modest mansion where
Sisi grew up.