(German). After the ceremony, a gala lunch was given with 60 people in attendance. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! She worked as a singer and an artist, and lived in. The two princesses refused a new amicable agreement with the State, before their action was dismissed by the Court of Appeal in April 1913. The marriage was finally celebrated on 10 May 1881, a few days before Stphanie's 17th birthday,[33] at the Saint Augustine's Church in Vienna. The real story of the family isnt quite as mythical but it is based in historical events. [3] They had five children:[2], Marianne, Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn. Instead of the fictional Max Detweiler, pushy music promoter, the von Trapps' priest, the Reverend Franz Wasner, acted as their musical director for over 20 years. Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp (4 April 1880 - 30 May 1947) was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Navy who later became the patriarch of the Trapp Family Singers.Trapp was the most successful Austro-Hungarian submarine commander of World War I, sinking 11 Allied merchant ships totaling 47,653 GRT and two Allied warships displacing a total of 12,641 tons. (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. All Rights Reserved. A long, cheerful noise arose from the crowd. 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). 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. She also acknowledged in her book that, like most men of the period, he was a heavy smoker. Franz Joseph was crowned King of Hungary and Sisi became queen. E Her feelings would immediately be relieved and good humor restored, while other family members, particularly her husband, found it less easy to recover. [64], Stphanie did not dare to forewarn her father of her marriage plans. But Maria did introduce the family to many Austrian folk songs and taught them to harmonize the parts. [8][Map 4] During this period, he delivered several lectures and conducted interviews on his naval career. They purchased a 660-acre (270ha) farm in 1942 and converted it into the Trapp Family Lodge. The neoclassical-style building is located in an area of over 2,400 hectares, consisting of an English-style park, planted with purple beeches, silver fir trees and multiple decorative species, which extends over both banks of the Danube. Stphanie was soon subjected to the questioning of her new family: At the court of Vienna, she had to live most of the time with them walks, canoeing parties, invitations and parties were almost always held with the many members of the House of Habsburg. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Their first child was Rupert,[24] born on 1 November 1911 at Pula while the couple were living at Pina Budicina 11. By the time Maria arrived on the scene, both von Trapp and Princess Yvonne were planning towards an imminent marriage, though they were not yet officially engaged. 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. 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. 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. Or at least they are until that evening, when the Captain tells her to politely jog on and proposes to Maria. Princess Manni was born in Salzburg in 1919, the daughter of Friedrich Baron Mayr-Melnhof and his wife Maria Anna Countess von Meran. Trembling and overcome with emotion, 16-year-old Elisabeth, known by her childhood nickname Sisi, was wed to. A few months later, Louise and her husband went to Brussels. 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. She expected Captain von Trapp to look like an old, grizzled pirate captain rather than the distinguished gentleman that greeted her, and she herself was the latest in a long line of governesses. In August, Leopold, suffering from dropsy, was brought back to Laeken. [79] Finally, the remains of Franz Joseph I were placed next to his wife and son in the Imperial Crypt in the center of Vienna. Rudolfs bullet killed my faith, Sisi told Marie Valerie, according toThe Reluctant Empress. Given this background, one can only hope that the shot above is the result of intentional composition and not reckless parenting. It was during this conversation that she also revealed to Maria that the Captain was in love with her. [92], At her birth, as the daughter of King Leopold II, Stphanie was titled Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duchess in Saxony, with the predicate of Royal Highness, according to the titles of her house, and bears the unofficial title of Princess of Belgium, which will be officially regularized by Royal Decree dated 14 March 1891.[93]. She chose to address herself by letter, in October 1899, to Queen Victoria who supported her. But the Emperor interrupted me: It is your imagination that creates ghosts for you. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); You can support me and join me for historical tidbits and other behind the scene facts at my Patreon. Stphanie had a high idea of her rank and strove to fully assume the role conferred on her by her title, as the Empress had fled Vienna to travel frequently through Europe. She photographed celebrities from Maria Callas to Gianni Agnelli to Luciano Pavarotti and published travel reports. Stphanie left Hungary for Vienna, where the Emperor died of bronchitis and pneumonia at the age of 86 on 21 November 1916 after a reign of 68 years. [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. Leopold II even planned to withdraw the title of Royal Highness from his second daughter, but court jurists demonstrated the impossibility of this. With her liberal, progressive son dead, she knew that the creaking empire of Austria-Hungary could not last. In 1912, Louise and Stphanie, who had now become her ally, were defended by Henri Jaspar and Paul-mile Janson, and Louise persevered in her legal actions. This category has only the following subcategory. But the war cut their tours short at least. Perhaps the largest departure from history was that Maria took up her position in 1928, a decade before the setting of the musical. Georg von Trapp had died almost twenty years before the musical was released and as such never saw Christopher Plummers stern portrayal of his character. When I made my entrance, my father stood up, came to me and said in a deep voice: The Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary has come here to ask for your hand. The feast days, Easter, Saint Nicholas Day and Christmas, were the only times when Stphanie and her sisters were pampered. [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). Stphanie received a negative response from Leopold II: "My father answered me in the severest and harshest terms that he refused me his consent. He looks a little tired, he is too often on the road, he exerts himself too much. The photo was taken while the siblings were aboard a private yacht off the coast of Mallorca. [8] As part of their required education, all naval cadets were taught to play a musical instrument; Georg von Trapp selected the violin. [58] BBC Radio presented a different account of the family in October, 2009, in a play by Annie Caulfield called The Von Trapps and Me, focused on Princess Yvonne, "the woman Captain Von Trapp jilted in order to marry Maria."[59][60]. Yvonne at an event hosted by the AAOE. [73] He also deliberately concealed property included in his estate in shell companies in Germany and France, not only to deprive his daughters of it, but also to allow his town-planning projects to continue. No other name conjures up such vivid memories or ardent admiration as does the name "von Trapp". [52], From the spring of 1887, painful scenes were repeated between the spouses. Reality: The Real Story of the Von Trapp Family", "Movie vs. In order to be able to marry Stphanie, he converted to Catholicism. The oldest von Trapp daughter, Agathe, laterpenned that the Princess was not only a Vienesse countess, but actually a cousin of Georgs first wife! Sisis husband, Franz Joseph, was hardworking and loved her, but had little imagination or humor. We had to dress and comb our hair on our own. The inclusion of the Captains whistle was also a point of consternation for the family. The family had a contract with an American booking agent when they left Austria. 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. 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. After this announcement, the Crown Prince once again became considerate and attentive to his wife. In one of the more iconic scenes in film history, the Trapp family win first place at the festival but have disappeared during the judges deliberation. [77] Four weeks later, war broke out. In 1938, the Captain was 58-years old, had not been in a submarine since 1918, or 20 years before, and had lost all his money through a foolish investment. From her hands-on mother, Princess Ludovika, she developed a love of privacy and a fear of public dutiestraits that would not serve her well as empress. "Sayn-Wittgenstein". As with the Liesl Dress pattern, the Baroness Schraeder Dress comes printed on sturdy white paper in Sizes 6-20. Later generations are included although Austrian titles of nobility were abolished and outlawed in 1919. As the movie depicts, Maria Augusta Kutschera was a postulate at the Abbey who caused a few problems for the nuns, and also taught fifth grade to the Abbey's schoolgirls. 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. Surprisingly, the real life Baroness Schraeder character wasremarkably similar to the story we know and love from The Sound of Music. They contacted the agent from Italy and requested fare to America. [53], In October 1888, Stphanie, worried about the depressive even suicidal tendencies of her husband, went to the Emperor Franz Joseph I to alert him, without succeeding in convincing him. The family had a contract with an American booking agent when they left Austria. [56][57] However, the Captain was portrayed in a more negative light in many adaptations. She has always been seen as the suspicious fiance who urged Capt von Trapp to accept Nazi rule, but Baroness Schrder is about to undergo a dramatic transformation, courtesy of the BBC in a new. 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. 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. She lived with her family in, Married 1969 to Lynne Peterson and has one son, Sam von Trapp, and one daughter, Kristina von Trapp-Frame. [25], The betrothal was formalized on 7 March 1880, when Stphanie was not yet 16 years old. 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. As the New York Times noted, Stphanie "invented a new chafing dish and spirit lamp combined, and [took] out patents in England, France, Germany, Italy, and Belgium". 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. Their villa was the only one not to fly the flag of the Third Reich even after one had been provided for them by Nazi officials. Zadar became part of Italy in 1920, and Georg was thus an Italian citizen, and his wife and children as well. Article Source: [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. One day, Princess Yvonne took Maria aside and alerted her to the fact that the Captain was in love with her. 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. 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. She also exercised for hours every day. In 1949, she married Jean Dupiere (died before 1998). A scene which was very dear to Maria von Trapp, the skyline of Salzburg with the red dome of Nonnberg Abbey rising above it. At the end of March 1945, the Germans, realizing that their position was threatened by the advancing Red Army, traveled further west. Princesses of Austria, including female members of the Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg and its successor the House of Habsburg-Lorraine who usually held the higher title of Archduchess. First, they were invited to sing at the Salzburg Festival where they won first prize. A doctor was of the opinion that Maria would benefit from some time in the mountains, though not as far up as she had once been. He was friendly with Princess Louise of Belgium, who had encouraged him to marry her younger sister. Undeterred, they head into the Alps and cross into Switzerland, escaping the Nazis and beginning their new life. He conducted nine combat patrols in U-5, and sank two enemy warships. Stphanie's only daughter, Archduchess Elisabeth Marie, finally obtained a divorce from her husband, Prince Otto Weriand of Windisch-Graetz in early 1948 and on 4 May of that year, she married her longtime partner Petznek in a registry office in Vienna. Stphanie and her daughter Elisabeth Marie attended the funeral, which took place nine days later. Both Stphanie and Rudolf were sure it would be a boy; they even spoke of the future child by calling him "Wenceslaus" (Wacaw), a Czech first name reflecting the sympathies of the Crown Prince for the Slavic populations of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. But how much? Maria and Georg married in 1927, 11 years before the family left Austria, not right before the Nazi takeover of Austria. He and Maria fall in love much to the Baroness chagrin and she engineers for Maria to return to the convent in secret. [8], Trapp's mother was Hedwig Wepler. Trapp declined a commission in the German Navy after the Anschluss and settled in the United States.[1]. It was initially thought Vetsera poisoned Rudolf before killing herself, though it was later determined that Rudolf shot both of them in a murder-suicide pact, a conclusion that only deepened Sisis sadness. [8] Trapp's first command was the U-boat U-6 which was launched by Agathe. Stphanie's marriage quickly became fragile. 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." [47] At the beginning of 1886, the Crown Prince fell seriously ill. Several diagnoses included cystitis and stomach disease. Everything wrong with The Greatest Showman (Historically at least), Everything Wrong with The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), Henry VII & Elizabeth of York: A Faithful Love. Some sources incorrectly credit Trapp with sinking the Italian troop transport Principe Umberto,[12] which resulted in the greatest loss of life in any submarine attack in World War I, but the ship was actually sunk by U-5 under another commander, Friedrich Schlosser (18851959).[13]. The twenty-one year old Maria was a school teacher at Nonnberg Abbey in Salzburg. Duchess Helene in Bavaria (1834 - 1890) almost became the Empress of Austria, but that role instead went to her sister, Empress Elisabeth. Despite her title, its quite difficult to trace who exactly Princess Yvonne was but we can assume she was of minor German or Austrian nobility, though Agathe von Trapp believed her to be one of her mothers cousins. However, it was the childrens relationship with their father that upset the family most when they attended the premiere of The Sound of Music. On April 25, 1854, a shy and melancholy bride married into a major European royal house. [31] Engaged, Stphanie was dispatched to Vienna to be taught Imperial court etiquette in preparation for her marriage, and then had to attend all official receptions and dinners until her wedding, which was scheduled for 15 February 1881; however the wedding had to be deferred because Stphanie had not yet reached puberty,[32] and the bride was returned home for a while. Yet despite her somber demeanor Sisi captivated the public, thanks to her stunning beauty and ankle-length chestnut hair. The King forbade his youngest daughter Clmentine to correspond with Stphanie and threatened to abolish the annual annuity of 50,000 francs which she received, although Franz Joseph I advised him against it. You cannot imagine how charming Sisi is when she cries, Archduchess Sophie wrote, as recounted by Viennese historian Brigitte Hamann in The Reluctant Empress. Military bands played the hymns of the two countries. A member of the House of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg by birth, she became a member . The children. Her relatives prepared her for death. [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. This lady was an Austrian noblewoman who had an abundance of wealth, and (apparently) a fondness for Captain von Trapp. Her role was limited, and she could no longer count on the support of many friends. She wants to marry Georg and is ruthless in her attempts to rid him of Maria and the children. During this time, they went back to Salzburg for a few months before returning to Sweden to finish the tour. [59], Until 1898, Stphanie undertook long journeys each year: Corfu, Malta, Tunis and Sicily in 1892; the Nordic countries the following year; North Africa, the Balearic Islands and Corsica in 1894; Greece and Palestine in 1895; and Russia in 1897. [68], Two years after her mother's remarriage, Archduchess Elisabeth Marie (who at some point was considered as a potential bride for several princes in Europe, among them her cousin Prince Albert, heir presumptive to the throne of Belgium, and the German Crown Prince) married on 23 January 1902 Prince Otto Weriand of Windisch-Graetz, an Austrian prince and officer, despite the objections of her grandfather Emperor Franz Joseph I, who later gave his consent, but still considered the union as a msalliance. From her eccentric father, Duke Maximilian Joseph, she inherited a belief in progressive democratic ideals and pacifism, uncommon for royalty at the time. To keep refusing would inevitably land them in one of the many concentration camps theyd been hearing about, regardless of their citizenship. Born in 1837 in Munich, Germany, Sisi grew up playing in the Bavarian forests with her seven brothers and sisters, riding horses and climbing mountains. [5] His first wife Agathe Whitehead died of scarlet fever in 1922, leaving behind seven children. The family was musically inclined before Maria arrived, but she did teach them to sing madrigals. [30][31] Around 1936, Lotte Lehmann heard the family sing, and she suggested they perform paid concerts. However, the King of Belgium refused to see his daughter marry a man of lower rank. Also in town was Italian anarchist Luigi Lucheni, who had come to Switzerland to assassinate Prince Henri of Orlans in an act of protest against the ruling class. In the years following the end of the World War I, Elisabeth Marie (who resided with her family in Schnau an der Triesting, Lower Austria) and her mother still had strong feelings for each other. Perhaps more than any other family in the world, the von Trapps' history has been immortalized on stage and screen and has captivated the hearts of millions of fans all over the world. Trapp's accomplishments during World War I earned him numerous decorations, including the Military Order of Maria Theresa. [27], The Crown Prince was 21 years old at the time of the engagement. Whatever the real truth behind the family history, it is an inspiring story and well worth retelling. Princess Yvonne was apparently so outraged to have lost her prospective husband that she telephoned everyone she knew that night and told them that Captain von Trapp had gotten the twenty one year old Maria pregnant out of wedlock. The spouses gave nicknames to each other respectively: "Coco" for Rudolf, and "Coceuse" for Stphanie. Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich, niece of Empress Elisabeth, had declared about Rudolph's future fiance: "In advance, we had pity on the poor princess who would have the honor of being chosen".[30]. Additionally, Maria was hired to tutor just one of the Trapp daughters who, having suffered a bout of scarlet fever, was too weak to make the forty five minute walk to school and so she had little to do with the other children who were themselves altered as characters for the musical. [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. Off the coast of Mallorca Day, Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn notifications of new posts by email nobility abolished. 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