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Episode 1

Season 1 Episode 1 | 52m 44s

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.

Aired: 02/09/23
Funding for Sisi: Austrian Empress is provided by Viking.
Extras
An unexpected reunion could devastate Franz and Sisi’s empire--and their marriage.
After the death of her daughter, Sisi urges Franz to negotiate with Napoleon.
An assassination attempt on the Emperor makes him desperate for revenge.
Franz's call to arms against Hungary gets the population riled up against him.
Sisi struggles in her role as empress and does what she can to please her husband.
In a twist of fate, Sisi falls in love with the emperor, and goes to Vienna to marry him.