May 28, 1872: Princess Sophie of Bavaria, Archduchess of Austria, died of a brain tumor at age sixty-seven in Vienna. She was the daughter of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and Caroline of Baden and the identical twin sister of Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria, Queen of Saxony. She married Archduke Franz Karl of Austria in 1824, and they had six children together including two Emperors - Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria and the tragic Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico. She had a reputation for being strong-willed and authoritarian by nature, but she was also known as a familiar and sociable person devoted to her family. During the Revolution of 1848, she persuaded her somewhat feeble-minded husband to give up his rights to the throne in favor of their son Franz Joseph, and after their son's accession, she became the power behind the throne.
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[Portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler]
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