Fritz Mayr-Melnhof and Teresa Sayn-Wittgenstein at Glanneg during Christmas photo, 1956. A long, cheerful noise arose from the crowd. Secondly, Maria herself was not in love with the Captain and anticipated her return to her former life. In 1935, after issues relating to the Wall Street Crash and the resulting economic dips across Europe, Captain von Trapp was informed that the bank in which he had invested his substantial wealth had folded. 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 von Trapps traveled to Italy, not Switzerland. She lived with her family in, Married 1969 to Lynne Peterson and has one son, Sam von Trapp, and one daughter, Kristina von Trapp-Frame. 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. 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. Of course Maria quickly became excited to become wife and mother to such a wonderful family, and was really only sad at first because she thoughtthe Lordhad rejected her offer of a life of service to Him. She was given the name "Mamarazza" based on the word "paparazzo" as a nickname from Princess Caroline of Monaco, who once said to her: "Manni, you are a real Mamarazza." Each time, however, the real Baroness Schraeder wanted to delay things a little. But you may have wondered, Was there a real Baroness Schraeder, and if so, what wasshe like?. Empress Elisabeth of Austria, 1857. But the war cut their tours short at least. Georg, far from being the detached, cold-blooded patriarch of the family who disapproved of music, as portrayed in the first half of, The family did not secretly escape over the Alps to freedom in Switzerland, carrying their suitcases and musical instruments. Gradually, they withdrew to their estate where they led a more secluded existence, punctuated by religious exercises. August Ritter von Trapp died in 1884, when Georg was four. The maid stood in the room and watched us. She penned five books about the life of the Trapp Family Singers, four of which were published before The Sound of Music was released as a film. She also acknowledged in her book that, like most men of the period, he was a heavy smoker. [74], In January 1906, Stphanie and Elemr bought the Rusovce Mansion in Hungary (now in Slovakia) in order to establish permanent residence there. The Belgian state offered a financial transaction to the three princesses, who would each receive a sum of two million francs. [4], In her memoirs, Stphanie wrote: "The first event that was deeply engraved in my memory was the death of this beloved brother []. This was how Stphanie discovered the features of the one who would become her fianc. By the time Maria arrived on the scene, both von Trapp and Princess Yvonne were planning towards an imminent marriage, though they were not yet officially engaged. The marriage was supposed to end his affairs. However, King Leopold II was still so furious with his daughter's unequal marriage that he forbade Stphanie to attend the funeral service,[69] and she was finally forced a few days later to return to London. Already rumors about her possible marriage were swirling in Europe. [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. In order to test us, the housekeeper often made unexpected entries. They contacted the agent from Italy and requested fare to America. Hours were spent maintaining her looksthree hours a day of hairdressing, and an hour to cinch her famed 19.5-inch waist. [5], At the beginning of 1871, epidemics of typhus and smallpox raged in Brussels. However, in 1922, Stphanie was delighted to receive her two eldest grandsons, Franz Joseph and Ernst Weriand of Windisch-Graetz. Shy and unsure, Sisi crumbled under the strict court etiquette, which left her isolated and friendless. So he approached Sisi as she walked along a dock to board a ship, attacking her with a small triangular file. In 1890, he became imperial and royal Chamberlain at the Austrian court. Sisis husband, Franz Joseph, was hardworking and loved her, but had little imagination or humor. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The preparations for the wedding filled King Leopold II with pride. But have you ever wondered how much of story told In "The Sound of Music" is exactly as it happened in real life? | [26] They were married on 26 November 1927 when he was 47 and she was 22. 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In 1935, Stphanie published her memoirs, entitled Je devais tre impratrice ("I Had to Be Empress"). Their honeymoon is cut short by the unification of Austria and Germany (the Anschluss) bringing Austria into the Third Reich. They purchased a 660-acre (270ha) farm in 1942 and converted it into the Trapp Family Lodge. They were allowed to play, they didnt wear uniforms, and their idea of outdoor activity wasnt limited to marching. 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. How does anyone know what to believe of the story Marias story cant really be backed up (not to say she is lying but there is little proof including proof she was a novice to become a num)I am glad for all the good that happened to their family but from what I read the children werent all that happy to continue per infinitum to stay at home, Most of them never married, the older children seem nervous and less than happy. I saw the tears trickling down the faces of the men., The empress was fascinated with new innovations in the treatment of the insane, and even toyed with the idea of opening her own psychiatric hospital. Stphanie and her husband created three gardens: a rose garden, an alpine garden, and another of Dutch inspiration. The spouses gave nicknames to each other respectively: "Coco" for Rudolf, and "Coceuse" for Stphanie. All Rights Reserved. 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. I loved, I lived/I wandered through the world, she wrote, but never reached what I strove for.. The family received permission to set up a chapel within the villa which in turn encouraged their choral singing. 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. See Photos. 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. When the gender of the child was announced to Rudolf, he did not hide his disappointment at not having been given an heir to Austria-Hungary Empire, but he got used to his role of father and gave, in his correspondence, many details about the newborn girl. Declared an adult at the age of 19, he already had his own household. For his part, Rudolf, who disapproved of his father's policies, developed friendships among opponents of the monarchy and anonymously published his political opinions in the Neues Wiener Tagblatt, edited by his friend Moritz Szeps. One day, Princess Yvonne took Maria aside and alerted her to the fact that the Captain was in love with her. "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. 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. The legendary story of this musical family's escape from Nazi Austria is one of the best-loved tales in recent history. I began by telling him that Rudolf was very ill and that his pathetic appearance and his dissipated behavior caused me serious concern; I begged him to make his son take a long journey so as to distract him from his grueling existence. The story is set in 1938 and follows Maria, a novice at an Austrian convent who is hired as a governess for the seven children of Captain Georg von Trapp. [52], From the spring of 1887, painful scenes were repeated between the spouses. And from one moment to the next, you didn't know what hit her. 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. The publishing contract was drawn up on 24 April 1934, but Stphanie's procrastination postponed the publication and distribution of her memoirs to October 1935, under the original title of Ich sollte Kaiserin werden (I Was To Be Empress) in German bookstores,[83] because the book was censored in Austria,[84] where the police visited every bookshop in Vienna in order to seize the copies already on sale. To do this, she chose to collaborate with Egon Corti, a biographer recognized in particular for his work on the historical figures of the House of Habsburg. 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By the time Maria arrived on the scene, both von Trapp and Princess Yvonne were planning towards an imminent marriage, though they were not yet officially engaged. She tended to erupt in angry outbursts consisting of yelling, throwing things, and slamming doors. Leopold nourished the hope of having a second son and therefore resumed sexual relations with the Queen; but, after a miscarriage in March 1871,[8] another daughter was born on 30 July 1872: Clmentine, the last child of the royal couple. She disinherited her daughter, who had divorced Prince Otto of Windisch-Graetz to live with Leopold Petznek, a Social Democratic deputy from Lower Austria, and bequeathed all of her real estate to the order of the Benedictines. 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. From her first marriage, Elisabeth Marie had had four children:[91]. It was initially thought Vetsera poisoned Rudolf before killing herself, though it was later determined that Rudolf shot both of them in a murder-suicide pact, a conclusion that only deepened Sisis sadness. The territory of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was divided among seven countries, with the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes keeping most of the seacoast. The names, ages, and sexes of the children were changed. In the summer, he seemed to recover, but his cough persisted. Twice a week we compile our most fascinating features and deliver them straight to you. [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. Four thrones were arranged under a canopy for the Belgian and Austrian sovereigns, with the bride being walked down the aisle by her parents. But unfortunately, they did not understand each other. But we took it like a thunderstorm that would pass, because the next minute she could be very nice. As the movie depicts, Maria Augusta Kutschera was a postulate at the Abbey who caused a few problems for the nuns, and also taught fifth grade to the Abbey's schoolgirls. 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. Obsessed with her figure, Sisi lived on a strict diet and fanatical exercise routine that would likely be interpreted as symptoms of anorexia today. Duchess Helene in Bavaria (1834 - 1890) almost became the Empress of Austria, but that role instead went to her sister, Empress Elisabeth. [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. [32] Father Wasner became the group's musical director. 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 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. [51] During a visit to the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria in 1887, Stphanie fell in love with the Polish Count Artur Wadysaw Potocki. A few months later, Louise and her husband went to Brussels. 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. This list may not reflect recent changes. Shortly thereafter the Captainset offto visit the Princess with plans for a definite wedding date. Despite the children calling her Aunt there was no warmth from her and she revealed to Maria during their first conversation that once her engagement to their father had been formalised, she would have all seven children sent off to boarding schools. Maria Von Trapp mentioned Yvonne in her book, "The Story of the Trapp Family Singers," and it's been written that Georg proposed to Yvonne several times, but she never accepted. She worked as a singer and an artist, and lived in. She also exercised for hours every day. He was offered a commission in the German Navy, a tempting proposition, but decided to decline the offer, being opposed to Nazi ideology. And, thats where the similarities to The Sound of Music end. In 1896 he and his brother Gbor were raised to the dignity of Count. Leopold II even planned to withdraw the title of Royal Highness from his second daughter, but court jurists demonstrated the impossibility of this. In the musical, the character of Baroness Schraeder acts as Marias rival for Captain von Trapps affections. Upon her arrival, she mistook the butler for her employer and was overwhelmed by the luxury of the villa. 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. 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. We always forget about Helene: it's much easier to remember an Empress than a Princess of Thurn and Taxis. Reality: The Real Story of the Von Trapp Family", "Movie vs. [12] Stphanie benefitted schooling by teachers who provided her with various courses: French, English, German, Dutch and Hungarian for languages, while mathematics lessons, horsemanship, history, history of art, religion, botany, and rhetoric were also taught. Sometimes they joined the King and Queen at breakfast time. 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. The doctor recommended the removal of the uvula and performed this surgery before his young patient went to Ostend to recover. Rudolf is doing very well. Lets find out! Queen Victoria's letter had missed its mark. Katrina Casey| Stephanie and Louise had lunch and dinner with their parents after their governess reported their behavior to the Queen. His eldest son, Rupert, was invited to take up a position among the doctors of the Third Reich which was also refused. The teenagers, however, were eager to return to their home because their grandmother's attitudes were very different from what they were used to. [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. Something Good Maria, Captain von Trapp, and the Baroness. After the ceremony, a gala lunch was given with 60 people in attendance. The family were increasingly concerned by the Nazi policies and were known from the start for their objections. The preparations for a princely birth obeyed protocol: prayers in churches and the exhibition of the Blessed Sacrament in the churches of the imperial palaces. Once in Italy, they contacted the agent and requested fare to America,[28] first traveling to London, before sailing to the United States for their first concert tour. Thank you for reading about the real Baroness Schraeder story! We can all learn something from the story of the family Vonn Trapp. 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. Widowed since 1881, he was Chamberlain at the court of Vienna and a life member of the House of Lords in the Austrian Parliament. [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. Although she retained her title of Crown Princess, she did not retain its functions and was no longer authorized to represent the Empress. Lives in Aba, Abia. It seems Im in the mood to pick apart the history behind musicals. Stphanie has been represented by several painters: Princess Stphanie of Belgium, by Hans Makart (1880). However this measure did not apply to Stphanie nor her daughter, who were excluded from the House of Habsburg following their marriages. 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. Everything wrong with The Greatest Showman (Historically at least), Everything Wrong with The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), Henry VII & Elizabeth of York: A Faithful Love. The situation did not improve as she settled into her new reality. In 1949, she married Jean Dupiere (died before 1998). Stphanie and her daughter Elisabeth Marie attended the funeral, which took place nine days later. Struck in the heart by the death of her son, my mother had changed a lot: this child had been the goal of her life, he had reconciled her with the fate that had fallen to her". [11] He also rejected his family for his mistresses having so many scandalous liaisons that he was known to his subjects as Le Roi des Belges et des Belles (The King of the Belgians and of the Beauties). An avid seamstress, she has studied historical costume in England and has had her work featured by PBS host Martha Pullen. [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,. Normally, thatd fall into the Everything wrong with series but I have neither the inclination or the audacity to suggest that something is wrong with The Sound of Music (1965) despite its many and frequent deviations from the story of the actual Trapp family. The neoclassical-style building is located in an area of over 2,400 hectares, consisting of an English-style park, planted with purple beeches, silver fir trees and multiple decorative species, which extends over both banks of the Danube. 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. Media related to Princess Stphanie of Belgium at Wikimedia Commons. 331-334. Neither her daughter nor any of her descendants were present at her funeral. 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. These were only intended to hide the true nature of the disease who affected him he had actually contracted a venereal disease, (possibly gonorrhea),[48] during his extramarital affairs. Military bands played the hymns of the two countries. Though she was a caring and loving person, Maria wasn't always as sweet as the fictional Maria. The former Crown Princess's household was dissolved: all those who were part of it were dismissed, but some of them were assigned to her daughter's service. 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. 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. 2012-2023 Edelweiss Patterns All Rights Reserved. The reaction of Rudolf's parents was mixed while Empress Elisabeth was deeply disappointed with the match as the Belgian monarchy dated only from 1830 and did not compare to the Habsburgs in terms of seniority, even though its royal house was a branch of the House of Wettin (one of the oldest ruling houses in Europe), Emperor Franz Joseph I was pleased. The inclusion of the Captains whistle was also a point of consternation for the family. [66], On 22 March 1900 at Miramare Castle and after eleven years of widowhood, Stphanie married Count Elemr Lnyay de Nagy-Lnya and Vsros-Namny. 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! When I made my entrance, my father stood up, came to me and said in a deep voice: The Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary has come here to ask for your hand. No other name conjures up such vivid memories or ardent admiration as does the name "von Trapp". The bells of the whole city rang to announce to the inhabitants of the capital the celebration of our solemn marriage. As Georg was unaware of the reason for this sudden coldness, he did his best to resolve the situation, but to no avail. 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. After the armistice of 11 November 1918, the Austro-Hungarian Empire ceased to exist. I see myself constrained to limit myself to my own notes, as well as to my personal memories, in which your contributions and your modifications do not find their place". It is the Empress who attracts them all, Sophie wrote. His father, Fregattenkapitn August Johann[7] Trapp, was a naval officer who had been elevated to the Austrian nobility as Ritter von Trapp when he was awarded the Order of the Iron Crown Third Class. The Germans were not so desparate, in 1938, that they would need him for their Navy or go to any special trouble to get him. 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. [30][31] Around 1936, Lotte Lehmann heard the family sing, and she suggested they perform paid concerts. Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Frstliche Huser XIX. 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. 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