Elisabeth von Wittelsbach was born into the royal Bavarian ... since Rudolf had no heir, the crown passed to his uncle ...

The Empress is set in Austria. Elisabeth von Wittelsbach, better known as Empress Sisi, remains one of Austria's most beloved monarchs. Born into a royal Bavarian family, Sisi’s life was a mix ...

The extremely magnificent memorial to the great Wittelsbach is hard to miss and richly decorated with bronze figures and symbols. A large imperial crown at the top of the ostentation commemorates ...

The Imperial Castle at the Alter Hof was the first castle of the Wittelsbach dynasty in Munich and a precursor to the Munich Residence. During the Middle Ages, the House of Wittelsbach and their ...