51. He Broke His Mother’s Heart

Charlotte wasn’t the only one who Maximilian’s death affected. His fate also all but destroyed his mother Sophie, who never fully recovered from the shock of hearing that her favorite son was gone. Afterward, the princess withdrew from public life almost entirely. And in 1872, just five years later, she took ill with a brain tumor and passed away herself.

Sissi, The young Empress (1956), Erma-Film

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