At the end of March 1945, the Germans, realizing that their position was threatened by the advancing Red Army, traveled further west. On 10 December 1865, her paternal grandfather King Leopold I, founder of the Belgian dynasty, died after a reign of 34 years. The detailed instructions and full color pattern front come in a resealable plastic envelope for years of use. However, Austria-Hungary's defeat in World War I also led to the Empire's collapse. But have you ever wondered how much of story told In "The Sound of Music" is exactly as it happened in real life? Her heart had been irreparably pierced long before her murder, however. ): harvnb error: no target: CITEREFvon_Trapp2007 (. On April 25, 1854, a shy and melancholy bride married into a major European royal house. [64], Stphanie did not dare to forewarn her father of her marriage plans. They contacted the agent from Italy and requested fare to America. The patronages exerted by Stphanie were withdrawn from her,[67] and she thus received an annual pension of 100,000 guilders. She was persuaded by the arguments of the court of Vienna which encouraged the Crown Prince to marry young in order to quickly ensure descendants. In 1938 the Third Reich annexed Austria as part of the Anschluss. Crown Princess of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia, Generations are numbered by descent from King. A mischievous free spirit, Maria sang at inopportune times during the course of her day and wasnt sure if shed fit into life at the nunnery. [92] Her 1908 decision to take out a US patent on a chafing dish surprised the New York Times, not because of her lineage but because "throughout Europe the proficiency of Columbias daughters with the chafing dish is traditional". The doctor recommended the removal of the uvula and performed this surgery before his young patient went to Ostend to recover. Summoned by the Reverend Mother, Maria was told that the convent has had a request for a governess for one of the daughters of Captain Baron Georg von Trapp. Stphanie found her older sister, who had turned into a "young woman admired and celebrated",[21] very different from the young girl she had known. Rudolf began to lose control of himself: suffering from deep fits of melancholy and mania he spoke in front of whoever wanted to hear him the presentiment of his imminent death. 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. Contents Top 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory. I hope to see you there! [60], At the court of Vienna, Stphanie had to endure the coldness of Empress Elisabeth, who avoided her, and the equally distant attitude adopted by Emperor Franz Joseph I. After this announcement, the Crown Prince once again became considerate and attentive to his wife. Vintage Fashions Inspired by Classic Cinema, Posted by Edelweiss Patterns on May 20, 2011, If you arefamiliar with the Sound of Music storyline at all, you probably feel a strong disliking for Marias antagonist, Baroness Schraeder. This intermediate-rated gown is an exquisite style that makes the most elegant prom dress or formal wear! Your email address will not be published. [85] The work appeared in a French version in 1937 in Brussels under the title: Je devais tre impratrice (I Had To Be Empress),[86] and the same year was finally authorized to be published in Austria under the original title. According to Maria von Trapp's memoirs[citation needed], Georg von Trapp found himself in a vexing situation after the German takeover of Austria in 1938. The bank failed, wiping out most of the family's substantial fortune.[9]. Sometimes they joined the King and Queen at breakfast time. This lady was an Austrian noblewoman who had an abundance of wealth, and (apparently) a fondness for Captain von Trapp. The territory of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was divided among seven countries, with the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes keeping most of the seacoast. On this occasion, the Habsburg monarchy unfolded its full splendor for the last time. [28][33], In 1939 the family returned to Europe to tour Scandinavia, hoping to continue their concerts in cities beyond the reach of the Third Reich. And, thats where the similarities to The Sound of Music end. Before rushing to judgment on the lives of German nobility, it should be known that the photographer behind this image was the children's mother, Princess Marianne Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn. In 1897, he resigned from the foreign service and retired from the public service. 2023 A&E Television Networks, LLC. 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. The apparent suicide of the Crown Prince deeply affected Stphanie and constituted, in the words of Irmgard Schiel, "the greatest catastrophe that can affect a woman in her married life". With her weight plummeting and dressed in mourning black, she traveled aimlessly across the continent and North Africa, refusing police protection, longing for death, determined to travel the whole world overuntil I drown and am forgotten. At the age of 51, she got a tattoo of an anchor on her arm. Franz Joseph was crowned King of Hungary and Sisi became queen. During the next eighteen months, she did not try to hide her affections for the Count from her husband, who continued his own liaisons. 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. Under pressure from his parents to marry as soon as possible, the Crown Prince was satisfied with Stphanie and on 5 March, he asked her parents for her hand. [68] The new spouses initially settled at the Palais Zichy in Vienna. When she felt the first effects herself, doctors mentioned peritonitis. As guardian of his 5-year-old granddaughter Elisabeth Marie, the Emperor demanded that Stephanie remain with her child. Despite Rudolf's attempts to reconcile with his wife, their quarrel seemed deep. [56][57] However, the Captain was portrayed in a more negative light in many adaptations. Stphanie died of a stroke in the abbey later the same year. Queer Kings & Queens: Was James I & VI gay? Trapp was transferred to the SMU-14, the former French submarine Curie, which had been sunk and salvaged by the Austro-Hungarian Navy. [13] However, the level of education of the princesses was not very high: "The programs lacked scope. The Captain had a pension available to him in Italy which allowed the family to live comfortably while they determined their next moves before they travelled to America with the aid of their new concert manager. Nothing could have startled this future nun more, and it took all of Yvonnes energyplus the advice of her Catholic priest to convince the governess to remain with the von Trapp family. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. On 10 April, Stphanie, who was not yet seven, contracted typhus, to the dismay of her parents, who feared that a second child of theirs would die. [88], In July 1944, Stphanie drew up her will. They met the latter in Spain, and then in Belgium where Ferdinand had been exiled since 1930. She chose to address herself by letter, in October 1899, to Queen Victoria who supported her. Truly like an angel of mercy she went from bed to bed, lady-in-waiting Marie Festetics wrote of one such visit, as recorded in The Reluctant Empress. From there, their opportunities grew. Having grown up on the mountains, she had yet to acclimatise to the altitude difference which left her with debilitating migraines. Maria's physician advised that she seek a different lifestyle, and it just so happened that the Reverend Mother had received a request from a certain naval officer for an in-home tutor for his sickly daughter. He was friendly with Princess Louise of Belgium, who had encouraged him to marry her younger sister. 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. Fritz Mayr-Melnhof and Teresa Sayn-Wittgenstein at Glanneg during Christmas photo, 1956. [28] Very young, he became a bon vivant and indulged in morally lax behaviour. And thus Maria embarked on her journey into the von Trapp household. I want always to be on the move, she wrote, according to Hamann. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Perhaps the largest departure from history was that Maria took up her position in 1928, a decade before the setting of the musical. [35] As a part of the wedding celebrations, the Emperor bestowed Walthere Frere-Orban with the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary and the Empress bestowed several ladies with the Order of the Starry Cross. As the reprobation seemed insufficient to her, she preferred to stay away, pray for her daughter and ask priests to join their prayers to hers. The real story of the family isnt quite as mythical but it is based in historical events. She wore a black silk dress with a long train, hemmed with magnificent ostrich feathers. The constant butt of taunts, her presence disturbs and irritates to excess. If we ignore the ten year difference between when the Trapp children met Maria for the first time, their names and ages were as follows. [30][31] Around 1936, Lotte Lehmann heard the family sing, and she suggested they perform paid concerts. We always forget about Helene: it's much easier to remember an Empress than a Princess of Thurn and Taxis. First, they were invited to sing at the Salzburg Festival where they won first prize. The family had a contract with an American booking agent when they left Austria. Rudolf went to Brussels accompanied by an official suite of 21 people, and his current mistress. [5], At the beginning of 1871, epidemics of typhus and smallpox raged in Brussels. Gradually, they withdrew to their estate where they led a more secluded existence, punctuated by religious exercises. Normally, thatd fall into the Everything wrong with series but I have neither the inclination or the audacity to suggest that something is wrong with The Sound of Music (1965) despite its many and frequent deviations from the story of the actual Trapp family. [5] His first wife Agathe Whitehead died of scarlet fever in 1922, leaving behind seven children. This ladywas an Austrian noblewoman who had an abundance of wealth, and (apparently) a fondness for Captain von Trapp. The preparations for a princely birth obeyed protocol: prayers in churches and the exhibition of the Blessed Sacrament in the churches of the imperial palaces. Hours were spent maintaining her looksthree hours a day of hairdressing, and an hour to cinch her famed 19.5-inch waist. Four thrones were arranged under a canopy for the Belgian and Austrian sovereigns, with the bride being walked down the aisle by her parents. [56] To Stphanie, Rudolf had left an undated letter: "Dear Stphanie, you are delivered from my fatal presence; be happy in your destiny. Though medical help was called, Sisi soon died of internal bleeding. (Credit: Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images). By the 1880s, it was clear Sisi was suffering from a serious mental illness herself. He chose that of indifference, infidelity, she had to accept that of resignation, loneliness and pain". Look familiar? However, he came to terms with his discomfort very early and joined the family on stage as part of the group. Maria and Georg married in 1927, 11 years before the family left Austria, not right before the Nazi takeover of Austria. "Sayn-Wittgenstein". [55] Stphanie became a widow at the age of 24 when, on 30 January 1889, her husband was found dead in strange circumstances with his mistress Baroness Vetsera, both shot dead, at the Mayerling hunting lodge. 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. Another publishing house, John Murray of London, also rejected the text received. No other name conjures up such vivid memories or ardent admiration as does the name "von Trapp". This category has only the following subcategory. Maria sought advice from the convent from which she was due to re-enter in just a matter of days and the conclusion was reached that she would be better served marrying the Captain and acting as mother to his children. Crown Princess Stphanie, consort to Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, by Hans Canon (c. 1884). In the first of a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria, the vibrant young princess catches the eye of her sister's fianc, Emperor Franz Josef. A few things stood in the way of her permanency there, however. Then they were invited to sing on the radio, then came an invitation from the chancellor of Austria, followed by their first European tour. It is the Empress who attracts them all, Sophie wrote. Princess Manni was born in Salzburg in 1919, the daughter of Friedrich Baron Mayr-Melnhof and his wife Maria Anna Countess von Meran. [55] However, these adaptations often altered the portrayal of the Captain. Whatever the real truth behind the family history, it is an inspiring story and well worth retelling. In 1944, she disinherited her daughter, who had divorced to live with a socialist deputy and whom she had not seen since 1925. He married Henriette Lajoie (1927) in 1947 and had two sons and four daughters; they later divorced. We have chosen you to be Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary. It seems Im in the mood to pick apart the history behind musicals. For the purposes of the storyline, fifteen year old Agathe Trapp became sixteen year old Liesl von Trapp and a fictitious romance was created between her and the boy who delivered telegrams. The collaboration was, however, abruptly interrupted in 1933 by Stphanie, who wrote to Corti: "For the sake of the imperial family, I decided to give up publishing my memoirs in the form that had been initially planned []. After having received the last sacraments in September, the son seemed better, but his condition worsened again until he died on 22 January 1869. In 1889, her beloved son, Crown Prince Rudolf, was found dead with his 17-year-old mistress, Mary Vetsera, at the Mayerling hunting lodge, sending Sisi into a steep decline. [37] Her mother-in-law, Empress Elisabeth, nicknamed her "the hideous dromedary";[38] however, Stephanie began to enjoy her new position. She tended to erupt in angry outbursts consisting of yelling, throwing things, and slamming doors. Maria, who was addressed by the children as Gustl, arrived at the Villa Trapp by bus, with a guitar, in a dress that the poor didnt want. He and Maria fall in love much to the Baroness chagrin and she engineers for Maria to return to the convent in secret. 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. Contrary to general thought, the von Trapp children knew much of music, and the Captain is reported to have said that his children often did nothing but sing all day long. The escape from Austria was less dramatic than the musical suggests involving far less Nazi chases, music festivals, and nuns ripping out car parts. Captain von Trapp himself played several instruments and hired various music teachers for his children, many of whom lived at the villa at different points. Their butler, who Maria had initially mistaken for the Captain, was a member of the Nazi Party and informed them when the borders were set to be closed. She married in Vienna on 10 May 1881, Crown Prince Rudolf, son and heir of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. She refused to resume her conjugal life with a husband who did not return until dawn, and disillusioned and undermined by a feeling of failure, had sank into debauchery. The publishing contract was drawn up on 24 April 1934, but Stphanie's procrastination postponed the publication and distribution of her memoirs to October 1935, under the original title of Ich sollte Kaiserin werden (I Was To Be Empress) in German bookstores,[83] because the book was censored in Austria,[84] where the police visited every bookshop in Vienna in order to seize the copies already on sale. Artur Potocki remained close to Stphanie during the dark days following Rudolf's death. USA.gov, The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration His older sister was the Austrian artist Hede von Trapp, and his brother Werner died in 1915 during World War I. Her watercolors painted in Lacroma were published as an album in 1892. Maria did not marry Georg von Trapp because she was in love with him. They leave under the cover of darkness but gasp! Thank you for reading about the real Baroness Schraeder story! During an official visit to Hungary in May 1881,[39] she was given a standing ovation and began to see the advantages of her situation. In March 1898, an illness forced her to give up traveling she suffered from pneumonia and pleurisy, which forced her to remain bedridden for some time. As daughter Maria said in a 2003 interview printed 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. Every ship I see sailing away fills me with the greatest desire to be on it.. [9] He commanded U-6 until 1913. 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. Both his sons inherited this hereditary title of Ritter (Knight). Maria is a young nun who is frequently on the nerves of her fellow sisters. Princess Maria Petrovna Galitzine suddenly died a few days before turning 32, it has been confirmed. No one had informed the Crown Princess of the nature of the illness from which her husband was suffering. This tenderness was expressed especially in their correspondence because it was difficult to travel to Rusovce. In 1889, Rudolf and his mistress Mary Vetsera were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide pact at the imperial hunting lodge at Mayerling in the Vienna Woods. Johannes managed the family resort in, This page was last edited on 17 February 2023, at 12:49. [16] When Stphanie was punished, she had to kneel on dry peas or remain locked up for hours, in the dark, between double doors. She resides in Oregon where she sews, designs costumes, and spends time with her family. She disinherited her daughter, who had divorced Prince Otto of Windisch-Graetz to live with Leopold Petznek, a Social Democratic deputy from Lower Austria, and bequeathed all of her real estate to the order of the Benedictines. Veesenmayer began to search all the archives in the house and confiscated documents of a historical nature, such as letters from Crown Prince Rudolf. According to the eldest of the Trapp daughters, Agathe (Liesl in the film), the song Maria and its implications was the most accurate element of The Sound of Music. The following year, Elisabeth Marie participated in her mother's silver wedding anniversary. 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. 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. In his diary, a servant recalled walking in on her mid-exercise, as recorded in medical historian Louise Foxcrofts Calories and Corsets: A History of Dieting Over 2,000 Years: When I saw her, she was just raising herself on the hand-rings. When the Austrian Chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg heard them on the radio, he invited them to perform in Vienna. Among their closest acquaintances figured, from 1944, their chaplain, Geza Karsai, Germanist, university professor and monk of the Pannonhalma Archabbey. But in honor well, not in honor, I certainly am not fond of Baroness Schraeder; but in remembrance of her beautiful wardrobe from the Sound of Music, I have just released the 1930s style sewing pattern for Baroness Schraeders Evening Gown! Starke Verlag, 2011, pp. Maria Von Trapp mentioned Yvonne in her book, "The Story of the Trapp Family Singers," and it's been written that Georg proposed to Yvonne several times, but she never accepted. [6] For many weeks, the girl was unconscious, feverish and in great pain. The legendary story of this musical family's escape from Nazi Austria is one of the best-loved tales in recent history. Although I was only four and a half years old, I still vividly remember this deliciously beautiful and tender child, his resignation during his short illness, and the poignant pain of my mother, when he exhaled in her arms". The teenagers, however, were eager to return to their home because their grandmother's attitudes were very different from what they were used to. As she said in her autobiography. In 2008 she visited the ancestral home. Princess Yvonne. 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. During our toilet, the most absolute silence was required; any breach of this rule resulted in severe punishment. Helene had a very happy life, though, but perhaps her only problem was everyone around her dying . [] Our dresses were as simple as our hairstyles. The first candidate mentioned was King Alfonso XII of Spain, but this possibility was almost immediately denied. 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. The British government rejected Whitehead's invention, but Austrian Emperor Franz Josef invited him to open a torpedo factory in Fiume. The reaction of Rudolf's parents was mixed while Empress Elisabeth was deeply disappointed with the match as the Belgian monarchy dated only from 1830 and did not compare to the Habsburgs in terms of seniority, even though its royal house was a branch of the House of Wettin (one of the oldest ruling houses in Europe), Emperor Franz Joseph I was pleased. Philippe Boesmans's opera, commissioned by the Paris Opera in 2008, stands alone: both sordid and droll, of unexpected cruelty but also irresistibly seductive, it reveals all the . The family were increasingly concerned by the Nazi policies and were known from the start for their objections. [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). After all, whats there to like about her? A few months later, Louise and her husband went to Brussels. By all accounts they were a very warm family and von Trapp maintained close relationships with his deceased wifes family so that his children would know them. 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. Once in Italy, they contacted the agent and requested fare to America,[28] first traveling to London, before sailing to the United States for their first concert tour. 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. 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]. At their table, adorned with flowers, were sweets that the princesses were not allowed to taste. Affectionately known as Princess "Manni" or her more artistic moniker "Mamarazza," she was an accomplished photographer, her images becoming featured in magazines as well as gallery exhibitions. But in her glass coach on the way to her new home in the sprawling Hofburg imperial palace, Sisi sobbedoverwhelmed and afraid. 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. She penned five books about the life of the Trapp Family Singers, four of which were published before The Sound of Music was released as a film. [6] Maria von Trapp's 1949 memoir The Story of the Trapp Family Singers was adapted into the West German film The Trapp Family (1956), which served as the basis for the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music (1959) and the film adaptation directed by Robert Wise (1965). Theyre curious, her lady-in-waiting Marie Festetics wrote of Sisis response to the fawning masses. It was she who, at the request of her mother-in-law, now accompanied the Emperor and the Crown Prince on official trips and who received foreign sovereigns visiting the court. Shocked by the admission which had apparently come from the Captain himself, Maria resolved to return to the abbey so that she would be in no danger of encouraging his affections. Reality: The Real Story of the von Trapp Family", "Maria von Trapp, whose life was 'Sound of Music', is Dead", "So long, farewell: Von Trapp daughter dies, aged 97", "Obituary: Kindergarten teacher Agathe von Trapp was the real Liesl of The Sound of Music", "Maria Trapp: Letztes Mitglied der singenden Familie tot", "Maria von Trapp, last member of Sound of Music family, dies", "Maria von Trapp: last member of family group that inspired Sound of Music dies. The preparations for the wedding filled King Leopold II with pride. [3] In 1910 he was given command of the newly constructed SMU-6. One of their guests, Father Wasner, was experienced in musical direction and began teaching the family formal singing techniques and arrangements. 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