Posts Tagged: Archduke Ludwig Viktor
The bitter tears of Empress Elisabeth
Our Lady of Sorrows riding side-saddle through a vale of tears, or a morbid, capricious, drug-addicted, tattooed narcissist? Or both?
The bitter tears of Empress Elisabeth
Our Lady of Sorrows riding side-saddle through a vale of tears, or a morbid, capricious, drug-addicted, tattooed narcissist? Or both?
Strange Flowers guide to Vienna, part 2
… in which we head further afield and meet Peter Altenberg and some other folk, but honestly, it’s mainly Peter Altenberg.
Strange Flowers guide to Vienna, part 2
… in which we head further afield and meet Peter Altenberg and some other folk, but honestly, it’s mainly Peter Altenberg.
Strange Flowers guide to Vienna, part 1
… in which we scour the old town for old friends
Circles: Ludwig II/Sissi
The Austrian empress and the Bavarian king were cousins and might have been in-laws as well if Ludwig hadn’t broken off his engagement with Sissi’s sister Sophie.
Circles: Ludwig II/Sissi
The Austrian empress and the Bavarian king were cousins and might have been in-laws as well if Ludwig hadn’t broken off his engagement with Sissi’s sister Sophie.
Ludwig-Viktor-Gasse
“Luzi Wuzi”, as Ludwig Viktor was often known, adored balls. He was light on his feet and good with colours, and even frocked up for the occasional theatrical performance. But still the emperor didn’t twig that his brother was not as other men.
Ludwig-Viktor-Gasse
“Luzi Wuzi”, as Ludwig Viktor was often known, adored balls. He was light on his feet and good with colours, and even frocked up for the occasional theatrical performance. But still the emperor didn’t twig that his brother was not as other men.
Places: Miramare
Maximilian and Charlotte’s imperial adventure was one of the most absurd episodes in the gothic carnival of wretchedness that characterised the last few decades of Habsburg rule, and its memory hung heavy over Miramare.
Places: Miramare
Maximilian and Charlotte’s imperial adventure was one of the most absurd episodes in the gothic carnival of wretchedness that characterised the last few decades of Habsburg rule, and its memory hung heavy over Miramare.
Thin white archduke
Ludwig was getting reckless and had a reputation for spending hours in the Centralbad, a prestigious complex of Orientalist steam baths, where his (no doubt pruny) hands were apt to wander…
Thin white archduke
Ludwig was getting reckless and had a reputation for spending hours in the Centralbad, a prestigious complex of Orientalist steam baths, where his (no doubt pruny) hands were apt to wander…
Strange Flowers 