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* OfficerAndAGentleman: Crown Prince Fritz refuses to shell Paris (filled with unarmed civilians) despite Bismarck's urging. He is portrayed until his death as a well-mannered, agreeable NiceGuy, despite coming from the traditional Prussian culture of militarism.
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** There seems to be a lot of it in Germany, given how the German Imperial ministers and officers behave in the second episode.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: It's amazing how much all of continental Europe looks like the English countryside.
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* WeAREStrugglingTogether: The episode "Absolute Beginners" focuses on infighting between the Russian revolutionaries.
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** Franz himself qualifies. First shown as a handsome young man, having to deal with constant unrest throughout the empire, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutions_of_1848 Revolutions of 1848]][[note]]not shown, but always referenced[[/note]], the strife between Sissi and his mother, Sissi's sympathy with the Hungarian cause, and his military defeats, takes its toll over the years. Already an old man by the time of Rudolf's suicide, he is later devastated at Sissi's death.
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A 1974 [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] Drama MiniSeries, dealing with the Royal families and other leading figures of the three continental European Empires of UsefulNotes/{{Prussia}}/UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany, Austria-Hungary and TsaristRussia. Telling stories of the politics, both internal and international from the late 19th century, until the end of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
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A 1974 [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] Drama MiniSeries, dealing with the Royal families and other leading figures of the three continental European Empires of UsefulNotes/{{Prussia}}/UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany, UsefulNotes/{{Prussia}} / UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany, Austria-Hungary and TsaristRussia.UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia. Telling stories of the politics, both internal and international from the late 19th century, until the end of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
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* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Lenin, by ousting Vera Ivanovna Zasulich, Julius Martov, the General Jewish Labor Bund and the rest of the dissidents in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Congress_of_the_Russian_Social_Democratic_Labour_Party 2nd Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party]] to gain control of the forming Marxist party. He explains, after everyone calls him a dictator and walks out, that he put doctrine and organization together to form the party as a fist. Lev Trotsky walks out of the party and calls him out with this line, but Lenin delivers one of his own.
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* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Lenin, by ousting Vera Ivanovna Zasulich, Julius Martov, the General Jewish Labor Bund and the rest of the dissidents in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Congress_of_the_Russian_Social_Democratic_Labour_Party 2nd Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party]] to gain control of the forming Marxist party. He explains, after everyone calls call him a dictator and walks walk out, that he put doctrine and organization together to form the party as a fist. Lev Trotsky walks out of the party and calls him out with this line, but Lenin delivers one of his own.
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* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Lenin, by ousting Vera Ivanovna Zasulich, Julius Martov, the General Jewish Labor Bund and the rest of the dissidents in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Congress_of_the_Russian_Social_Democratic_Labour_Party 2nd Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party]] to gain control of the forming Marxist party. He explains, after everyone calls him a dictator and walks out, that he put doctrine and organization together to form the party as a fist.
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* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Lenin, by ousting Vera Ivanovna Zasulich, Julius Martov, the General Jewish Labor Bund and the rest of the dissidents in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Congress_of_the_Russian_Social_Democratic_Labour_Party 2nd Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party]] to gain control of the forming Marxist party. He explains, after everyone calls him a dictator and walks out, that he put doctrine and organization together to form the party as a fist. Lev Trotsky walks out of the party and calls him out with this line, but Lenin delivers one of his own.
-->'''Trotsky:''' "I did what I had to do."
-->'''Lenin:''' "But what you had to do was not what had to be done."
-->'''Trotsky:''' "I did what I had to do."
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-->'''Field Marshal Paul Von Hindenburg:''' "That it should come to this... that the once great army of the late Frederick should come to this."
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* TheStoic: Field Marshal Paul Von Hindenburg. Amidst the general chaos of the (losing) war, the revolution at home, the Kaiser's erratic direction and Erich Ludendorff's collapse, he maintains the same straight face and calm demeanor.
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-->'''Field Marshal Paul Von Hindenburg:''' "That it should come to this... that the once great army of the late Frederick should come to this."
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-->'''Paul Von Hindenburg:''' "There are certain values, Groener, of which the Emperor and his army are the eternal protectors. We cannot save the Emperor, but we can save the army. We must save Germany. It is our sacred duty."
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** And let's not forget Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna ("Alix"), wife to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Her desolation at her (only) son's hemophilia is the beginning of her own crisis, along with every mounting tension in Russia and the looming threat of revolution. She is at her breaking point at Rasputin's death.
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** And let's not forget Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna ("Alix"), wife to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Her desolation at her (only) son's hemophilia haemophilia is the beginning of her own crisis, along with every mounting tension in Russia and the looming threat of revolution. She is at her breaking point at Rasputin's death.
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** And let's not forget Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna ("Alix"), wife to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Her desolation at her (only) son's hemophilia is the beginning of her own crisis, along with every mounting tension in Russia and the looming threat of revolution. She is at her breaking point at Rasputin's death.
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* GeneralRipper: General Ludendorff, who pronounces the war lost after his offensive fails and dramatically fainting at a General Staff meeting...and then reverses himself a month later, risking arrest for defying the Kaiser's intention to seek peace and blaming politicians and leftists for the position they were in..
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* GeneralRipper: General Ludendorff, who pronounces the war lost after his offensive fails and dramatically fainting at a General Staff meeting... and then reverses himself a month later, risking arrest for defying the Kaiser's intention to seek peace and blaming politicians and leftists for the position they were in..in.
-->'''Chief of Staff Erich Ludendorff:''' "CONSPIRATORS!"
-->'''Chief of Staff Erich Ludendorff:''' "CONSPIRATORS!"
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* ShipSinking: Right into the very first episode, the introduction explains Franz Josef is set to marry [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchess_Helene_in_Bavaria Duchess Helene of Bavaria ("Nené")]], while his mother, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Sophie_of_Bavaria Princess Sophie of Bavaria]] explains to her he'll approach her and invite her to dance the waltz. In the next scene, Franz is dancing with her younger sister, Elisabeth (Sissi), with Helene looking dejected and Sophie furious.
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* ShipSinking: Right into the very first episode, the introduction explains Franz Josef is set to marry the beautiful [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchess_Helene_in_Bavaria Duchess Helene of Bavaria ("Nené")]], while his mother, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Sophie_of_Bavaria Princess Sophie of Bavaria]] Bavaria]], explains to her he'll approach her and invite her to dance the waltz. In the next scene, Franz is dancing with her younger sister, Elisabeth (Sissi), with Helene looking dejected and Sophie furious.
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* RoyallyScrewedUp and TooDumbToLive: The Habsburgs, aside from Franz Joseph, and the Romanovs, aside from Alexander III.
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* ShipSinking: Right into the very first episode, the introduction explains Franz Josef is set to marry [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchess_Helene_in_Bavaria Duchess Helene of Bavaria ("Nené")]], while his mother, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Sophie_of_Bavaria Princess Sophie of Bavaria]] explains to her he'll approach her and invite her to dance the waltz. In the next scene, Franz is dancing with her younger sister, Elisabeth (Sissi), with Helene looking dejected and Sophie furious.
* ShipSinking: Right into the very first episode, the introduction explains Franz Josef is set to marry [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchess_Helene_in_Bavaria Duchess Helene of Bavaria ("Nené")]], while his mother, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Sophie_of_Bavaria Princess Sophie of Bavaria]] explains to her he'll approach her and invite her to dance the waltz. In the next scene, Franz is dancing with her younger sister, Elisabeth (Sissi), with Helene looking dejected and Sophie furious.
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** Franz himself qualifies. First shown as a handsome young man, having to deal with constant unrest throughout the empire, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutions_of_1848 Revolutions of 1848]][[note]]not shown, but always referenced[[/note]], the strife between Sissi and his mother, a possible rebellion in Hungary and Sissi's sympathy with them, and his military defeats, takes its toll over the years. Already an old man by the time of Rudolf's suicide, he is later devastated at Sissi's death.
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** Franz himself qualifies. First shown as a handsome young man, having to deal with constant unrest throughout the empire, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutions_of_1848 Revolutions of 1848]][[note]]not shown, but always referenced[[/note]], the strife between Sissi and his mother, a possible rebellion in Hungary and Sissi's sympathy with them, the Hungarian cause, and his military defeats, takes its toll over the years. Already an old man by the time of Rudolf's suicide, he is later devastated at Sissi's death.
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* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_III,_German_Emperor Frederick III of Germany ("Fritz")]] with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria,_Princess_Royal Princess Victoria of England ("Vicky")]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_II,_German_Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II ("Willy")]] with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_Victoria_of_Schleswig-Holstein Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein ("Dona")]], and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia Nicholas II of Russia ("Nicky")]] with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Feodorovna_(Alix_of_Hesse) Alexandra Feodorovna ("Alix")]]. Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary with Elisabeth of Bavaria ("Sissi") promised to be one, but things would soon go to hell.
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* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_III,_German_Emperor Frederick III of Germany ("Fritz")]] with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria,_Princess_Royal Princess Victoria of England ("Vicky")]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_II,_German_Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II ("Willy")]] with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_Victoria_of_Schleswig-Holstein Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein ("Dona")]], and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia Nicholas II of Russia ("Nicky")]] with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Feodorovna_(Alix_of_Hesse) Alexandra Feodorovna ("Alix")]]. While they marry for political reasons as customary of royalty at the time, every couple is depicted with the spouses being entirely happy with each other. Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary with Elisabeth of Bavaria ("Sissi") promised to be one, but things would soon go to hell.
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* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_III,_German_Emperor Frederick III of Germany ("Fritz")]] with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria,_Princess_Royal Princess Victoria ("Vicky")]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_II,_German_Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II ("Willy")]] with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_Victoria_of_Schleswig-Holstein Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein ("Dona")]], and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia Nicholas II of Russia ("Nicky")]] with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Feodorovna_(Alix_of_Hesse) Alexandra Feodorovna ("Alix")]]. Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary with Elisabeth of Bavaria ("Sissi") promised to be one, but things would soon go to hell.
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* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_III,_German_Emperor Frederick III of Germany ("Fritz")]] with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria,_Princess_Royal Princess Victoria of England ("Vicky")]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_II,_German_Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II ("Willy")]] with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_Victoria_of_Schleswig-Holstein Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein ("Dona")]], and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia Nicholas II of Russia ("Nicky")]] with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Feodorovna_(Alix_of_Hesse) Alexandra Feodorovna ("Alix")]]. Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary with Elisabeth of Bavaria ("Sissi") promised to be one, but things would soon go to hell.
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* BreakTheCutie: Empress Elisabeth ("Sissi") of Bavaria, wife to Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria-Hungary. Little more than a child at the time of their marriage, a complete newcomer to politics and life of an Empress, despised by the Emperor's mother, one of her daughters dies of disease at 2 years of age, and all of this in the very first episode ("Death Waltz"). By the time of the fourth ("Requiem for a Crown Prince"), when her only son, Crown Prince Rudolf, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayerling_incident is found dead at Mayerling]] with Baroness Mary Vetsera in a SuicidePact, the poor woman is a wreck.
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* BreakTheCutie: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Elisabeth_of_Austria Empress Elisabeth ("Sissi") of Bavaria, Bavaria]], wife to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Josef_I_of_Austria Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria-Hungary.Austria-Hungary]]. Little more than a child at the time of their marriage, a complete newcomer to politics and life of an Empress, despised by the Emperor's mother, one of her daughters dies of disease at 2 years of age, and all of this in the very first episode ("Death Waltz"). By the time of the fourth ("Requiem for a Crown Prince"), when her only son, Crown Prince Rudolf, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayerling_incident is found dead at Mayerling]] with Baroness Mary Vetsera in a SuicidePact, the poor woman is a wreck.
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* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_III,_German_Emperor Frederick III of Germany ("Fritz")]] with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria,_Princess_Royal Princess Victoria ("Vicky")]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_II,_German_Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II ("Willy")]] with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_Victoria_of_Schleswig-Holstein Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein ("Dona")]], and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia Nicholas II of Russia ("Nicky")]] with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Feodorovna_(Alix_of_Hesse) Alexandra Fedorovna Feodorovna ("Alix")]]. Emperor Franz Joseph Josef of Austria-Hungary with Elisabeth of Bavaria ("Sissi") promised to be one, but things would soon go to hell.
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* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_III,_German_Emperor Frederick III of Germany ("Fritz")]] with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria,_Princess_Royal Princess Victoria ("Vicky")]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_II,_German_Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II]] with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_Victoria_of_Schleswig-Holstein Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein ("Dona")]], and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia Nicholas II of Russia ("Nicky")]] with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Feodorovna_(Alix_of_Hesse) Alexandra Fedorovna ("Alix")]]. Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary with Elisabeth of Bavaria ("Sissi") promised to be one, but things would soon go to hell.
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* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_III,_German_Emperor Frederick III of Germany ("Fritz")]] with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria,_Princess_Royal Princess Victoria ("Vicky")]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_II,_German_Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II]] II ("Willy")]] with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_Victoria_of_Schleswig-Holstein Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein ("Dona")]], and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia Nicholas II of Russia ("Nicky")]] with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Feodorovna_(Alix_of_Hesse) Alexandra Fedorovna ("Alix")]]. Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary with Elisabeth of Bavaria ("Sissi") promised to be one, but things would soon go to hell.
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* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_III,_German_Emperor Frederick III of Germany ("Fritz")]] with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria,_Princess_Royal Princess Victoria ("Vicky")]], Kaiser Wilhelm II with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_Victoria_of_Schleswig-Holstein Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein ("Dona")]], and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia Nicholas II of Russia ("Nicky")]] with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Feodorovna_(Alix_of_Hesse) Alexandra Fedorovna ("Alix")]]. Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary with Elisabeth of Bavaria ("Sissi") promised to be one, but things would soon go to hell.
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* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_III,_German_Emperor Frederick III of Germany ("Fritz")]] with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria,_Princess_Royal Princess Victoria ("Vicky")]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_II,_German_Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II II]] with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_Victoria_of_Schleswig-Holstein Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein ("Dona")]], and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia Nicholas II of Russia ("Nicky")]] with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Feodorovna_(Alix_of_Hesse) Alexandra Fedorovna ("Alix")]]. Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary with Elisabeth of Bavaria ("Sissi") promised to be one, but things would soon go to hell.
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* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Frederick III of Germany ("Fritz") with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria,_Princess_Royal Princess Victoria ("Vicky")]], Kaiser Wilhelm II with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_Victoria_of_Schleswig-Holstein Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein ("Dona")]], and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia Nicholas II of Russia ("Nicky")]] with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Feodorovna_(Alix_of_Hesse) Alexandra Fedorovna ("Alix")]]. Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary with Elisabeth of Bavaria ("Sissi") promised to be one, but things would soon go to hell.
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* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_III,_German_Emperor Frederick III of Germany ("Fritz") ("Fritz")]] with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria,_Princess_Royal Princess Victoria ("Vicky")]], Kaiser Wilhelm II with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_Victoria_of_Schleswig-Holstein Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein ("Dona")]], and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia Nicholas II of Russia ("Nicky")]] with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Feodorovna_(Alix_of_Hesse) Alexandra Fedorovna ("Alix")]]. Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary with Elisabeth of Bavaria ("Sissi") promised to be one, but things would soon go to hell.
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** Franz himself qualifies. First shown as a handsome young man, having to deal with constant unrest throughout the empire, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutions_of_1848 Revolutions of 1948]][[note]]not shown, but always referenced[[/note]], the strife between Sissi and his mother, a possible rebellion in Hungary and Sissi's sympathy with them, and his military defeats, takes its toll over the years. Already an old man by the time of Rudolf's suicide, he is later devastated at Sissi's death.
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** Franz himself qualifies. First shown as a handsome young man, having to deal with constant unrest throughout the empire, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutions_of_1848 Revolutions of 1948]][[note]]not 1848]][[note]]not shown, but always referenced[[/note]], the strife between Sissi and his mother, a possible rebellion in Hungary and Sissi's sympathy with them, and his military defeats, takes its toll over the years. Already an old man by the time of Rudolf's suicide, he is later devastated at Sissi's death.
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** Franz himself qualifies. First shown as a handsome young man, having to deal with constant unrest throughout the empire, an assassination attempt [[note]]not shown, but always referenced[[/note]], the strife between Sissi and his mother, a possible rebellion in Hungary and Sissi's sympathy with them, and his military defeats, takes its toll over the years. Already an old man by the time of Rudolf's suicide, he is later devastated at Sissi's death.
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** Franz himself qualifies. First shown as a handsome young man, having to deal with constant unrest throughout the empire, an assassination attempt [[note]]not the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutions_of_1848 Revolutions of 1948]][[note]]not shown, but always referenced[[/note]], the strife between Sissi and his mother, a possible rebellion in Hungary and Sissi's sympathy with them, and his military defeats, takes its toll over the years. Already an old man by the time of Rudolf's suicide, he is later devastated at Sissi's death.
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*** [[spoiler:It would only get worse. He'd have to deal with conflicts with Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and the latter's assassination in Sarajevo, thus staging WorldWarOne]].
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** Russia has a great example in Father Georgiy Gapon, who stirs up the St. Peterburg's strikes with a fiery RousingSpeech.
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** Russia has a great example in Father Georgiy Gapon, who stirs up the St. Peterburg's strikes [[https://youtu.be/dw4KiKu-Wgk?t=36m58s with a fiery fiery]] RousingSpeech.
