A tragic Austrian royal will be getting The Crown treatment in an upcoming six-part series.The Empress, which is being launched by the streaming service in the UK on September 29, will chart the remarkable life of the Duchess Elisabeth of Bavaria, who lost her first child in infancy, her second in a murder-suicide and her sister to an accidental fire before being assassinated by an Italian anarchist.Also known as Sissi, she was the Empress of Austria for the latter half of the 19th century after marrying Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary (who will be played by Philip Froissant in the series) when she was just 16.
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