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Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, 1887.

Ella, was one of the most beautiful women of her time. Her head was in perfect shape, like a statue, and beautiful features. Her complexion was like rose petals, and she never used make-up or powder. At the ball, she was simply dazzling, always dressed beautifully and wore her wonderful jewelry like no other. I was devoted to her, and throughout all the years that I knew her, she was always the same kind and dear friend. The stay with her in the beautiful country house of her husband, Ilinskoe, near Moscow, was amazing. She did everything so that everyone felt at home. 

Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna (x)

Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, 1914

Maximilien, duc en Bavière.. Artiste, fantasque et volage, Sissi avait peut-être une relation plus compliquée avec lui que l'image idéalisée montrée notamment par Ernst Mariska..

🎀🌹... Alexandra d'Angleterre, femme du roi Edward VII, faisait l'admiration de Sissi pour son incroyable élégance.. 🎀🌹🎀

Royaume oublié...

King George V, Queen Mary, Queen Alexandra, her sister Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna and Princess Victoria after the wedding of Lady Victoria Constance Mary Cambridge (1897–1987), niece of the Queen, and Henry Somerset, Marquis of Worcester (later 10th Duke of Beaufort, 1900-1984) at St. Margaret’s Chruch, Westminster.

Crown Princess Marie of Romania c.1898 by Kaulbach

Letter from Empress Elisabeth of Austria to her sister-in-law Archduchess Margarethe (neé Princess of Saxony) on the death of her eldest daughter Archduchess Sophie:

Laxenburg, 3 June 1857

Dear Margarethe, I was deeply touched by your loving participation in our terrible and irreplaceable loss. It was a terrible misfortune that struck the Emperor and me, to see one's first and dear child die in such a way is a pain that is quite difficult and hard to bear and I never thought that I could feel as unhappy as I do now. Everything here is such a wistful memory of our dear little one, every spot in the rooms and in the garden where she was so much fun last year and where we were so happy to see her this summer with Gisela. Our little one is happy now and will certainly pray for us in heaven that God will give us the strength to bear this misfortune and this can also be our only consolation. The Emperor also thanks you for your sympathy, and embracing you warmly, I am your faithful sister-in-law Sisi.

I translated it with DeepL, so keep in mind that since this is a machine translation a lot of nuances may/did got lost. Here's the original:

Laxenburg den 3. Juni 1857

Liebe Margarethe, Deine liebevolle Teilnahme an unserem furchtbaren unersetzlichen Verluste hat mich innig gerührt. Es war ein entsetzliches Unglück, das den Kaiser und mich getroffen hat, so sein erstes und liebes Kind sterben zu sehen, ist ein Schmerz der recht schwer und hart zu ertragen ist und ich dachte nie, daß ich mich so unglücklich fühlen könnte wie jetzt. Alles hier ist eine so wehmütige Erinnerung an unsere liebe Kleine, jeder Fleck in den Zimmern und im Garten, wo sie voriges Jahr noch so lustig war und wo wir uns so gefreut hatten, sie diesen Sommer mit Gisela zu sehen. Unsere Kleine ist jetzt glücklich, und wird im Himmel gewiß jetzt für uns bethen, daß uns Gott die Kraft giebt, dieses Unglück zu ertragen und dies kann auch unser einziger Trost sein. Der Kaiser dankt Dir ebenfalls für Deine Theilnahme, Dich herzlichst umarmend, bin ich Deine treue Schwägerin Sisi.

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Romy Schneider and Sonia Petrovna as the sisters Empress Elisabeth of Austria and Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria in ’Ludwig’ (1973)

Mary Countess Howe, c. 1764, Thomas Gainsborough

from the English Heritage