Hofmobiliendepot, Vienna. Maria did not marry Georg von Trapp because she was in love with him. In fact, Lucheni had stabbed her. Press J to jump to the feed. 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. 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. 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. Initially, Captain von Trapp was opposed to the family singing on stage. The Broadway musical was first performed in 1959, based off Maria Trapps first book The Story of the Trapp Family Singers published in 1949. 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. But you may have wondered, Was there a real Baroness Schraeder, and if so, what wasshe like?. . The family which by now included another daughter, while Maria was pregnant with her third child, had to leave under the pretence that they were simply going out for a short trip. 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 family had a contract with an American booking agent when they left Austria. The villa theyd left behind was confiscated in their absence by the Nazi party and given to Heinrich Himmler to act as headquarters for the SS. She believed the Hungarian people deserved greater freedoms and respect, and collaborated with her close friend, the dashing Hungarian statesman Gyula Andrssy, to advance the Hungarian cause. [56] To Stphanie, Rudolf had left an undated letter: "Dear Stphanie, you are delivered from my fatal presence; be happy in your destiny. A scene which was very dear to Maria von Trapp, the skyline of Salzburg with the red dome of Nonnberg Abbey rising above it. 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. She started a career as a professional photographer and archived about 300,000 of her photos until her 100th birthday in December 2019. 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. 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. The Trapp Family founded the Trapp Family Austrian Relief, Inc.; the priest Franz Wasner, their pre-war friend, became its treasurer. The situation did not improve as she settled into her new reality. The twenty-one year old Maria was a school teacher at Nonnberg Abbey in Salzburg. In fact, he didnt speak to her at all for several evenings when the children had asked her, do you like father? (to which she replied yes) which had somehow become misconstrued to Please tell your father I accept his proposal of marriage.. The maid stood in the room and watched us. In the musical, the character of Baroness Schraeder acts as Marias rival for Captain von Trapps affections. If youd like to see a video of the dress which was posted by A Needle Pulling Thread, click here. 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. While Stphanie blossomed in her new role of mother, this birth marked the beginning of deep marital difficulties. She remembers: "The Emperor greeted me cordially. [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 were, however, protected by a technicality regarding their nationalities. 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]. Web princess yvonne was cool, almost to the point of coldness. Go away, think about it and give us your answer tomorrow". FACT CHECK: We strive for accuracy and fairness. [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. The children did not sing the German anthem when required of them, the older children who were now adults refrained from the Nazi salute, and they had reservations about living under Nazi policies which conflicted with their religion. While its true that the Trapp childrens upbringing didnt give them the range of folk songs and tradition that Maria taught them, they were a musical family, playing a range of instruments between them. Neither her daughter nor any of her descendants were present at her funeral. She worked as a singer and missionary in Papua New Guinea, no children. [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. The family were increasingly concerned by the Nazi policies and were known from the start for their objections. Her father is the seventh Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, descended . [3] Just over three months later, he sank the Italian submarine Nereide at 4223N 1616E / 42.383N 16.267E / 42.383; 16.267 on 5 August 1915, 250 metres (270yd) off Pelagosa (Palagrua) Island. 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. VIENNA, Dec. 10. Shortly thereafter the Captainset offto visit the Princess with plans for a definite wedding date. Stphanie and her daughter Elisabeth Marie attended the funeral, which took place nine days later. Reality: The Real Story of the Von Trapp Family", "Movie vs. Only her sister Louise was informed of the affair. [18], While her older sister Louise married in 1875 a wealthy cousin of their father, Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Austrian officer and friend of Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria,[19] Stphanie continued her studies and willingly took care of her younger sister Clmentine because Louise's departure left a void at the Palace of Laeken.[20]. Weeks 1 & 2 of the 1950s Sisters Dress Sew-Along. Princess Yvonne von Hessen and Alexandra Kauka - Fix und Foxi, and her husband Sterling Morton Hamil during the opening of the Easter Festival 2017 'Walkuere' opera premiere on April 8, 2017 in. [52], From the spring of 1887, painful scenes were repeated between the spouses. With Hungary not yet undergoing many hardships, Stphanie set up a makeshift dispensary in the Rusovce house, while Elemr accepted a management position in the Austrian Red Cross which took him to Romania and Serbia. The oldest von Trapp daughter, Agathe, laterpenned that the Princess was not only a Vienesse countess, but actually a cousin of Georgs first wife! But the Emperor interrupted me: It is your imagination that creates ghosts for you. All Rights Reserved. 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. Zadar became part of Italy in 1920, and Georg was thus an Italian citizen, and his wife and children as well. In 1998, Princess Alexandra married Count Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth, a member of the ancient House of Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth, and the couple had two children, Count Richard and Countess Alexandra, residing in Paris and later at Schloss Heidesheim until announcing their divorce in 2017. With her liberal, progressive son dead, she knew that the creaking empire of Austria-Hungary could not last. However, it was the childrens relationship with their father that upset the family most when they attended the premiere of The Sound of Music. As such, they had to abandon their home, their clothes and most of their possessions as they boarded a train to Italy where they claimed to be going hiking. In her 2003 interview, the younger Maria confirmed that her stepmother "had a terrible temper. One day, Princess Yvonne took Maria aside and alerted her to the fact that the Captain was in love with her. I was the Crown Princess of Austria-Hungary!". After this disappointment, in the spring of 1883, the Crown Princess's pregnancy was confirmed, delighting the Emperor. 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. The end came on September 10, 1898, when the empress was visiting Geneva under an assumed name. However, the health of the Count, who was not yet 40, was so bad that he lost the ability to speak after surgery due to laryngeal cancer. 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 . 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. Princess Yvonne. In the severe decor of the study room, it was usually too rudimentary that we applied ourselves to history, geography, literature, mathematics; a preponderant place being left to the decorative arts: painting, drawing, music, as well as needlework". After his death in 1947, the family home in Stowe, Vermont, became a ski lodge, the Trapp Family Lodge. 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. Unlike the famous film's story, Maria was not intended to be governess to all seven children; but before long Maria's vivacity and music had brought all the children together in song and activities, and the obligatory separation of the age groups, which was typical for the upper class at that time, ceased to exist. And, thats where the similarities to The Sound of Music end. Sometimes they joined the King and Queen at breakfast time. The constant butt of taunts, her presence disturbs and irritates to excess. [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. 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. They purchased a 660-acre (270ha) farm in 1942 and converted it into the Trapp Family Lodge. I had never before seen her so imposing. Died from complications of a casarean section in 1951. 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". 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. Johannes managed the family resort in, This page was last edited on 17 February 2023, at 12:49. [34] Stphanie remembered, "Both of us pronounced the sacramental 'yes'. 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. 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. [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. Works at Westlands, Nairobi. So instead, were just going to have a casual look at the history that surrounds one of the most famous musicals of all time. 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 inclusion of the Captains whistle was also a point of consternation for the family. Knowing that refusal will put the entire family in danger, they resolve to escape to Switzerland and the safety of neutrality. She tended to erupt in angry outbursts consisting of yelling, throwing things, and slamming doors. While I was preparing this piece, the question I was asked most by the people around me was is Maria von Trapp a real person? Indeed, she is! Whatever the real truth behind the family history, it is an inspiring story and well worth retelling. 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. 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. After the blow to her chest, Sisi stood up thinking she had been punched, but collapsed shortly after boarding the ship. The fever decreased and in October, Stphanie was considered to have recovered. They had one child, Archduchess Elisabeth Marie. You cannot imagine how charming Sisi is when she cries, Archduchess Sophie wrote, as recounted by Viennese historian Brigitte Hamann in The Reluctant Empress. In March 1890, Potocki died and Stphanie once again went into a deep grieving. [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. 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. Perhaps the largest departure from history was that Maria took up her position in 1928, a decade before the setting of the musical. [72] Stphanie and her sisters discovered that their father had left as main beneficiary of his will his chief mistress, the French prostitute Caroline Lacroix, as well as the Royal Trust,. (Credit: Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images). [8], Trapp's patrols in U-5 and U-14 made him the most successful Austro-Hungarian submarine commander of World War I, sinking 11 Allied merchant ships totaling 47,653 GRT and 2 Allied warships displacing a total of 12,641 tons. 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. 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. [17] Only the girls' maid Toni showed them constant affection. Alinari Archives/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images. [5] His first wife Agathe Whitehead died of scarlet fever in 1922, leaving behind seven children. [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. 1-86-NARA-NARA or 1-866-272-6272, National Archives and Records Administration, Northeast RegionBoston. [22], Stphanie had heard of Rudolf for the first time at the end of a literature class given by her housekeeper Fanny Brossel. The arrival of the Red Army in April 1945, at the end of the war, forced Stphanie and her husband to leave their residence and take refuge in the Pannonhalma Archabbey in Hungary. Artur Potocki remained close to Stphanie during the dark days following Rudolf's death. 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. Stphanie's marriage quickly became fragile. -- Copyright notice by Blog Copyright. Her role was limited, and she could no longer count on the support of many friends. Immediately, she left for Spa to pay a last tribute to her mother. Maria and Georg married in 1927, 11 years before the family left Austria, not right before the Nazi takeover of Austria. The family lived off the charity of friends and well-wishers while making their own money from their musical tours. Maria is convinced to return and face the fact that shes in love, only to find that the Captain and the Baroness are engaged. The hope was that after a year of living halfway between the altitude of her childhood and that of the convent, she would be able to return and take her vows without any medical issues. No other name conjures up such vivid memories or ardent admiration as does the name "von Trapp". 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. [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]. Renovation was required for the residence, which comprised 200 rooms. She traveled a lot and devoted herself to painting. She married in Vienna on 10 May 1881, Crown Prince Rudolf, son and heir of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. 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. From there, they traveled to Norway to begin the trip back to the United States in September 1939, just after World War II broke out. Her melancholy and distaste for public life was treated as a childish indulgence by her distracted husband and his mother, the formidable Archduchess Sophie. The Baroness is a fictional character but based on one Princess Yvonne. He was offered a commission in the German Navy, a tempting proposition, but decided to decline the offer, being opposed to Nazi ideology. In 1896 he and his brother Gbor were raised to the dignity of Count. It seems Im in the mood to pick apart the history behind musicals. 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. Baroness Schraeder would be proud to wear this - she once noted, "I do have the finest couturier' in all Vienna!". He and Maria fall in love much to the Baroness chagrin and she engineers for Maria to return to the convent in secret. 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. 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. [62], Emperor Franz Joseph I and King Leopold II of Belgium cherished the plan to remarry Stphanie with Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austria-Hungary Empire after the death of Rudolf. Your email address will not be published. However this measure did not apply to Stphanie nor her daughter, who were excluded from the House of Habsburg following their marriages. However, regardless of how the story played out, the Captain did not return home and whisk Maria off her feet. At the start of her widowhood, Stphanie led a rather withdrawn life. [14], If Stphanie's instruction was somewhat rudimentary, the discipline was strict: "We got up early in the morning: in summer, at five o'clock, in winter, at six o'clock. Foreign princes (among them the future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom and his nephew, the future German Emperor Wilhelm II) and members of the imperial family attended the celebrations, alongside members of the diplomatic corps and the Knights of the Golden Fleece. Something Good Maria, Captain von Trapp, and the Baroness. 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. The church was so crowded that the wedding procession was hampered in its progress. [3] He graduated four years later and completed two years of follow-on training voyages, including one to Australia, as a cadet aboard the sail training corvette SMS Saida II. [3] They had five children:[2], Marianne, Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn. [28] Very young, he became a bon vivant and indulged in morally lax behaviour. [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. [Map 3], On 3 September 1922, Agathe von Trapp died of scarlet fever contracted from her daughter Agathe. The revelation of the Captains affections didnt quite invoke the romantic scenes of the musical where Maria flees to the abbey and is told to confront her problems (through song obviously). Her former life had been one of mountain hikes and constant activity, and she soon developed severe headaches as she transitioned into a cloistered life. But in her glass coach on the way to her new home in the sprawling Hofburg imperial palace, Sisi sobbedoverwhelmed and afraid. 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. Crown Princess Stphanie of Austria, by Hedwig Hna-Senft (1883). [47] At the beginning of 1886, the Crown Prince fell seriously ill. Several diagnoses included cystitis and stomach disease. Italian citizens were, for the moment, beyond the jurisdiction of the Third Reich. 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