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Sisi: Austrian Empress
Episode 1
Season 1
Episode 1
Sisi's sister Nene is to marry Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. Sisi reluctantly travels to Bad Ischl for the engagement, but things do not go to plan.
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After the death of her daughter, Sisi urges Franz to negotiate with Napoleon.
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An assassination attempt on the Emperor makes him desperate for revenge.
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Franz's call to arms against Hungary gets the population riled up against him.
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Sisi struggles in her role as empress and does what she can to please her husband.
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In a twist of fate, Sisi falls in love with the emperor, and goes to Vienna to marry him.