Friday, April 9, 2010 (Part 4):Franz Joseph was one of the last of the Hapsburg rulers, and he ruled for a very long time -- from 1850 to 1916. (The Hapsburgs gave up their reign two years later in 1918.) Elizabeth, or "Sisi," was Franz Joseph's wife and queen and, although it is said that he loved her very much, she may have not entirely returned his affections. Additionally, she very much disliked being queen and shunned her royal duties as much as she could.
Sisi did a lot of traveling and was rarely in Vienna. She was not much liked by the citizens of the state because of her aloofness, but she became something of a national heroine following her tragic death. In the summer of 1898, while traveling, she was assassinated by an Italian anarchist who stabbed her in the chest as she was boarding a boat. She died within hours.
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