As news of the empresss arrival leaked, Lucheni found out the prince had cancelled his trip. 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. The family were increasingly concerned by the Nazi policies and were known from the start for their objections. While Stphanie blossomed in her new role of mother, this birth marked the beginning of deep marital difficulties. In return, the Benedictines were responsible for meeting all the debts of the Lnyays and managing their estates. Stphanie made her first communion on 12 June 1876 and officially appeared for the first time at court. As daughter Maria said in a 2003 interview printed in. The film is one of the most popular, successful, and enduring musicals of all time, and its probably because its success far outstripped the fame of the actual Trapp family that people think theyre fictional at all. "Princess Yvonne" was the wife and magical partner of Doc Irving in their two-person mindreading act that played the major vaudeville theaters starting in the early 1920's. Billed as "Princess Yvonne the Oriental Enigma", Mary Ellen was fearless when it came to promoting their show. She worked as a singer and missionary in Papua New Guinea, no children. [41] However, Stphanie related that Rudolf was suspicious when she accompanied him. HISTORY reviews and updates its content regularly to ensure it is complete and accurate. Secondly, Maria herself was not in love with the Captain and anticipated her return to her former life. Then they were invited to sing on the radio, then came an invitation from the chancellor of Austria, followed by their first European tour. [9], After living for a short time in Merion, Pennsylvania, where their youngest child, Johannes, was born, the family settled in Stowe, Vermont, in 1941. They leave under the cover of darkness but gasp! Later generations are included although Austrian titles of nobility were abolished and outlawed in 1919. On April 25, 1854, a shy and melancholy bride married into a major European royal house. Died from complications of a casarean section in 1951. In 1890, he became imperial and royal Chamberlain at the Austrian court. [30][31] Around 1936, Lotte Lehmann heard the family sing, and she suggested they perform paid concerts. They purchased a 660-acre (270ha) farm in 1942 and converted it into the Trapp Family Lodge. In her book, "The Story of the Trapp Family Singers", Maria von Trapp describes the turn of events which take her from Salzburg's Nonnberg Abbey to the von Trapp villa as a teacher, and ultimately into her new role as mother to seven growing children. Her father often came to see her, and her mother and the faithful Toni Schariry, a nanny of German origin hired shortly after Stphanie's birth, wept at her bedside. [34] In The Story of the Trapp Family Singers (1949), Maria von Trapp pointed out that there was a high incidence of lung cancer among World War I U-Boat crews, due to the diesel and gasoline fumes and poor ventilation, and that his death could be considered service-related. 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. Stphanie and her daughter Elisabeth Marie attended the funeral, which took place nine days later. Some sources incorrectly credit Zdenko Hudeek with being the most successful Austro-Hungarian submarine commander of the war. He also refused a request for the family to perform at an event for Hitler's birthday. In November 1916, the health of Emperor Franz Joseph I was declining, and his family came to see him. He and Maria fall in love much to the Baroness chagrin and she engineers for Maria to return to the convent in secret. (Credit: Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images). [8][27][bettersourceneeded] They had three children: Rosmarie, born on 8 February 1929,[28] Eleonore (called Lorli), born 14 May 1931, and Johannes, born 17 January 1939 in Pennsylvania. Firstly, the Captain felt obligated to continue his courtship with Princess Yvonne, the real life "Baroness Schrader" who was a distant cousin of his deceased wife. The time shift both makes him older and distances him from his WWI years. We had to dress and comb our hair on our own. But the Emperor interrupted me: It is your imagination that creates ghosts for you. 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). [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. From her eccentric father, Duke Maximilian Joseph, she inherited a belief in progressive democratic ideals and pacifism, uncommon for royalty at the time. 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. This gave rise to fears for her life before she suddenly recovered. Gradually, they withdrew to their estate where they led a more secluded existence, punctuated by religious exercises. The children. Initially, Captain von Trapp was opposed to the family singing on stage. [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. The Captain and Maria return to find that he has been invited to serve in the navy but he cannot bring himself to join the Nazi party. He looks a little tired, he is too often on the road, he exerts himself too much. The patronages exerted by Stphanie were withdrawn from her,[67] and she thus received an annual pension of 100,000 guilders. In the summer, he seemed to recover, but his cough persisted. In fact, Lucheni had stabbed her. . While Stphanie and Clmentine accepted the proposal, Louise refused it and initiated, in December 1910, a first trial against the Belgian State and her two sisters. 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. Stphanie and her husband created three gardens: a rose garden, an alpine garden, and another of Dutch inspiration. But we took it like a thunderstorm that would pass, because the next minute she could be very nice. She married in Vienna on 10 May 1881, Crown Prince Rudolf, son and heir of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. We were not used to this. With her ambivalence to public duties and reluctance to marry, the young bride recalled another royal born at the Hofburg almost exactly 100 years before, Marie Antoinette. Or at least they are until that evening, when the Captain tells her to politely jog on and proposes to Maria. (Credit: DeAgostini/Getty Images). Martina - Born 1921. 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. This category has only the following subcategory. They met the latter in Spain, and then in Belgium where Ferdinand had been exiled since 1930. At the end of March 1945, the Germans, realizing that their position was threatened by the advancing Red Army, traveled further west. 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. Lets find out! [23], During the winter of 18791880, Empress Elisabeth returned to Brussels. The Queen therefore never left her son's bedside. She died of complications during childbirth and had a, Rosmarie worked as a singer and missionary in, She married Hugh David Campbell in 1954 and had seven daughters. Renovation was required for the residence, which comprised 200 rooms. Franz Joseph was crowned King of Hungary and Sisi became queen. 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. [61] In Austria, Stphanie devoted herself to singing or went to the theater and concerts during her stays in her residences in Laxenburg and at the Hofburg. Her father is the seventh Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, descended . When she felt the first effects herself, doctors mentioned peritonitis. 1883: Bust portrait by Hedwig Hna-Senft. 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. (Credit: Imagno/Getty Images), Sisi, however, dismissed all this attention. Baroness Schraeder would be proud to wear this - she once noted, "I do have the finest couturier' in all Vienna!". -- Copyright notice by Blog Copyright. Finally, Maria askedthe Captainif he would please be so kind as to get engaged to Princess Yvonne right away.. [50] From that moment, feeling betrayed by her own husband, Stphanie harbored resentment and bitterness towards Rudolf. But as matters moved along between the Princess and Captain von Trapp, he realized that he loved Maria and not the Viennese countess. [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). Estranged from her four children (of whom two died before her), after Leopold Petznek's death in 1956 from a heart attack, Elisabeth Marie (confined to a wheelchair due to gout) became reclusive until her death on 16 March 1963 at the Windisch-Graetz Villa in Htteldorf, Vienna and was buried in an unmarked tomb (only recognized by the burial codification group 2, number G72) at the Htteldorfer cemetery next to her husband; near her were buried her two sons who predeceased her, Rudolf and Ernst. 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". 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. [89], On 2 April 1945, it was the Red Army, having just launched a last offensive pushing back the Germans near Lake Balaton, which reached the Rusovce mansion. 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! 12 Articles, By Something Good Maria, Captain von Trapp, and the Baroness. The real story of the family isnt quite as mythical but it is based in historical events. [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]. All Rights Reserved. In The Sound of Music, the Captain was portrayed as stern, distant, and unyielding. No one had informed the Crown Princess of the nature of the illness from which her husband was suffering. However, she was not Rudolf's first choice as a potential bride: having refused Princess Mathilde of Saxony, as well as several Infantas of Portugal and Spain,[24] he found that Stphanie was one of the few Catholic princesses who met the criteria imposed by his father Emperor Franz Joseph I to become wife of the heir of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In May 1918, he was promoted to Korvettenkapitn (equal to Lieutenant commander) and given command of the submarine base at Cattaro in the Gulf of Kotor. He then took advantage of a year's leave to travel to Africa and the Mediterranean countries. Until World War II, Count and Countess Lnyay (elevated to the princely rank in 1917) peacefully spent their lives at Rusovce Mansion in Slovakia. She worked as a teacher, lived in Hawaii, and died of asthma, no children. As with the Liesl Dress pattern, the Baroness Schraeder Dress comes printed on sturdy white paper in Sizes 6-20. 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. Pannonhalma Archabbey. Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Frstliche Huser XIX. [14] He conducted ten more war patrols in the much larger submarine, attacking merchant ships instead of warships. She survived for a time on only thin broth, while in later years she subsisted almost exclusively on raw milk (traveling with her own cow), oranges and eggs. [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. For instance, in the 1965 film, Georg von Trapp was portrayed as a disciplinary man who always went away and did not care for his children or their feelings at the beginning of the film. The new couples mothers (who were also sisters) had intended for the handsome 23-year-old emperor to marry Sisis sophisticated older sister, but Franz Joseph had been captivated by the slight Sisi from the moment he saw her. 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. Yvonne at an event hosted by the AAOE. She also acknowledged in her book that, like most men of the period, he was a heavy smoker. The Queen, without worrying about potential contagion, assisted affected families. In this 1955 photograph, thirteen-year-old Princess Yvonne of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn in Germany is shown tipping back a bottle of Dry Sack sherry as her twelve-year-old brother Prince Alexander sits calmly by, his cigarette nearly finished. Katrina Casey is the owner of Edelweiss Patterns, a company that specializes in patterns for Sound of Music costumes. By the time the Third Reich annexed Austria, Maria had been with the Trapp family for ten years. 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. 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. Obsessed with her figure, Sisi lived on a strict diet and fanatical exercise routine that would likely be interpreted as symptoms of anorexia today. A particularly stern letter from Maria to the Captain had him break things off with the Princess and return home. Rudolf, depressed and disappointed by politics, had multiple extramarital affairs, and contracted a venereal disease that he transmitted to his wife, rendering her unable to conceive again. [88], In July 1944, Stphanie drew up her will. The villa remains standing and can be visited as a tourist attraction while the sale of it funded the construction of the Trapp Family Lodge in Vermont, which is still run by the Trapp family through Johannes Trapp, the son Maria was pregnant with when the family fled Austria. Leopold II even planned to withdraw the title of Royal Highness from his second daughter, but court jurists demonstrated the impossibility of this. Media related to Princess Stphanie of Belgium at Wikimedia Commons. After studying law in Budapest, he had entered diplomatic service. [63], For her part, Stphanie planned to marry an aristocrat: Count Elemr Lnyay de Nagy-Lnya et Vsros-Namny, a Hungarian nobleman of lower rank, of Protestant faith, and one year older than her. She further alienated the Viennese aristocracy by filling her personal staff with Hungarian nationals. The family lived off the charity of friends and well-wishers while making their own money from their musical tours. In 1938 the Third Reich annexed Austria as part of the Anschluss. She started a career as a professional photographer and archived about 300,000 of her photos until her 100th birthday in December 2019. FACT CHECK: We strive for accuracy and fairness. Maria is convinced to return and face the fact that shes in love, only to find that the Captain and the Baroness are engaged. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts So instead, were just going to have a casual look at the history that surrounds one of the most famous musicals of all time. [8] As part of their required education, all naval cadets were taught to play a musical instrument; Georg von Trapp selected the violin. If youd like to join me for more fun and games in picking apart history, and other behind the scene tangents, you can support me via my Patreon. Works at Westlands, Nairobi. Princess Yvonne has nothing of a princess about her: she is ugly, apathetic and taciturn. 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. Maria was specifically chosen because she physically struggled with life at the abbey. His son, Stphanie's father, ascended to the throne under the name of Leopold II, and her brother assumed the title of Duke of Brabant as the new heir of the throne. 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. Shy and unsure, Sisi crumbled under the strict court etiquette, which left her isolated and friendless. [26] They were married on 26 November 1927 when he was 47 and she was 22. Maria and Georg's children Rosmarie - Born 1929. At the start of her widowhood, Stphanie led a rather withdrawn life. And thus Maria embarked on her journey into the von Trapp household. Neither her daughter nor any of her descendants were present at her funeral. See Photos. In 1897, he resigned from the foreign service and retired from the public service. [1], Born at the Palace of Laeken on 21 May 1864, Stphanie received an emergency baptism on the day of her birth. Both his sons inherited this hereditary title of Ritter (Knight). At about that time, a Catholic priest, Franz Wasner, instructed the children in music. The Austrian Emperor added 148,000 guilders to the initial dowry of 100,000 florins, plus an annual sum of 100,000 florins for the duration of the marriage. [3] They had five children:[2], Marianne, Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn. 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. [87], As long as they maintained satisfactory health, Stphanie and Elemr traveled and met various exiled rulers: the deposed Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria and the Empress Zita. Promoted to embassy secretary in 1892, he worked in Saint Petersburg, Paris, London and Stuttgart. [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. 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. 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 names, ages, and sexes of the children were changed. In 1900, Stphanie married again, to Count Elemr Lnyay de Nagy-Lnya et Vsros-Namny, a Hungarian nobleman of lower rank; for this, she was excluded from the House of Austria-Hungary. [54], Rudolf pursued other connections, in particular with the 17-year-old Baroness Marie Vetsera from around April 1888. Their honeymoon is cut short by the unification of Austria and Germany (the Anschluss) bringing Austria into the Third Reich. Look familiar? A member of the House of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg by birth, she became a member . Your mother and I are all in favor of this marriage. Artur Potocki remained close to Stphanie during the dark days following Rudolf's death. [43] Delighted to be released from the "official duties", Empress Elisabeth withdrew from court, while Rudolf broke away from his wife to whom he became less and less warm. After the death of her father in 1909, Stphanie joined her older sister Louise to claim from the Belgian courts the share of the inheritance of which they both felt they had been stripped. [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]. [5][b], Trapp married Agathe Gobertina Whitehead,[22] the first daughter and third child of Countess Agathe Gobertina von Breunner-Enckevoirth (18561945), Austro-Hungarian nobility, and Cavaliere (Knight) John Whitehead (18541902), son of Robert Whitehead (18231905) who invented the modern torpedo and a partner at the family's Fiume Whitehead Torpedo Factory[22] (not, as frequently stated, a niece of the British Government minister St. John Brodrick). Rudolf is doing very well. This unusual entrance into public life was one in a string of tragedies that marked Sisis reign, placing her within a long line of reluctant royal consorts trapped in gilded cages. Princess Stphanie Clotilde Louise Herminie Marie Charlotte of Belgium (21 May 1864 23 August 1945) was a Belgian princess who became Crown Princess of Austria through marriage to Crown Prince Rudolf, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The teenagers, however, were eager to return to their home because their grandmother's attitudes were very different from what they were used to. I say forced, but they were actually very happy there and ultimately it would be where they settled. [8] Trapp then acquired Villa Trapp in Aigen, a suburb of Salzburg, and moved his family there in 1924. She tended to erupt in angry outbursts consisting of yelling, throwing things, and slamming doors. ): harvnb error: no target: CITEREFvon_Trapp2007 (. [3] He was fascinated by submarines, and in 1908 seized the opportunity to transfer to the navy's newly formed submarine arm, or U-boot-Waffe, receiving promotion to Linienschiffsleutnant (ship-of-the-line lieutenant, or lieutenant) that November. [70], When King Leopold II himself died on 17 December 1909, Stphanie had just, two days earlier, been refused a final meeting with the monarch. The two princesses refused a new amicable agreement with the State, before their action was dismissed by the Court of Appeal in April 1913. As of 2021, Stphanie had 8 great-grandchildren, 24 great-great-grandchildren and 32 great-great-great-grandchildren. Heeresgeschichtliches Museum / Militrhistorisches Institut (Hrsg. 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. The eldest of nine children, she received a camera from her parents in 1935 and began a lifelong love of photography. 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. 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. From 1874, Stphanie (who until then had a nanny, the Viennese Antoinette Polsterer) was placed under the direction of her sister Louise's governess, Mademoiselle Legrand. Maria and Georg married in 1927, 11 years before the family left Austria, not right before the Nazi takeover of Austria. The relationship between the Captain and the Princess took place over the course of several years, during which Georg had asked Yvonne to consider marriage on several occasions. No other name conjures up such vivid memories or ardent admiration as does the name "von Trapp". Upon their refusal to sing at a celebration of Adolf Hitlers birthday party, the family realised their position was untenable and von Trapp decided it was time for them to leave. In March 1880 Rudolf was invited to the Belgian court at the insistence of Leopold II. 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. She entered the ballrooms on her father-in-law's arm and served as the hostess at official dinners. Trembling and overcome with emotion, 16-year-old Elisabeth, known by her childhood nickname Sisi, was wed to. The Captain returns with the Baroness to find his family changed and he realizes that Maria was right all along [dramatic gasp], and he resolves to be a better father to his children. Though both Rudolf and Vetsera left behind notes, the circumstances surrounding their deaths remained a mystery; rumors of a double murder persisted. 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. Thats not to say it wouldnt have been a nail-biting experience. 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. The consequences of this lie were dramatic: when the couple tried to conceive another child, Stphanie, who was not yet 22 years old, found it that she was sterile. [5] His first wife Agathe Whitehead died of scarlet fever in 1922, leaving behind seven children. In real life and in the memoir The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, written by his second wife Maria Augusta Trapp, the Captain has been described as being a warm and loving father who was always around. The story is practically a fairy tale with the love story between the Captain and Maria, the backdrop of the Austrian mountains is dramatic, and the Nazi party cast a shadow over the idyllic proceedings. Twice a week we compile our most fascinating features and deliver them straight to you. It was historically accurate at least, the Villa Trapp was extensive and with so many children, the Captain had decided it was easier to summon them by use of a musical whistle than from calling them. The Baroness is a fictional character but based on one Princess Yvonne. Reality: The Real Story of the Von Trapp Family", "Movie vs. The von Trapps were momentarily safe but determined not to draw attention to themselves which proved difficult when the Nazi party insisted on extending them invitations. Whatever the real truth behind the family history, it is an inspiring story and well worth retelling. After the First World War, the Austrian city of Trieste became part of Italy and its citizens lost their Austrian citizenship. During the next eighteen months, she did not try to hide her affections for the Count from her husband, who continued his own liaisons. She was born Princess Maria Filippa Johanna Elisabeth Fernanda Yvonne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn at Koblenz on July 23, 1980. [10] Leopold II thereafter lost interest in his family; he turned his attentions to the notorious creation of the Congo Free State, which was his personal fiefdom and not a Belgian colonial territory, and as such its ruthless exploitation amassed him a vast private fortune. Over the years, the separations from her daughter became more and more frequent, so a fulfilling relationship with her daughter did not last. 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. 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