COMPANION
Empress Elisabeth of Austria
1837 - 1898
Empress Elisabeth of Austria
Elisabeth (born Duchess Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie in Bavaria; 24 December 1837 – 10 September 1898), nicknamed Sisi or Sissi, was Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary from her marriage to Franz Josef I of Austria on 24 April 1854 until her assassination in 1898. Elisabeth was born into the Ducal royal branch of the Bavarian House of Wittelsbach but enjoyed an informal upbringing before marrying her first cousin, Emperor Franz Joseph I, at 16. The marriage thrust her into the much more formal Habsburg court life, for which she was unprepared and which she found suffocating. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Empress Elisabeth of Austria has received more than 14,220,169 page views. Her biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Empress Elisabeth of Austria is the 2nd most popular companion, the 22nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 24th in 2019) and the most popular German Companion.
Empress Elisabeth of Austria was most famous for being the wife of Emperor Franz Joseph, and for her tragic death in 1898.
Memorability Metrics
14M
Page Views (PV)
86.63
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
71
Languages Editions (L)
11.94
Effective Languages (L*)
2.92
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among COMPANIONS
Among companions, Empress Elisabeth of Austria ranks 2 out of 784. Before her are Nefertiti. After her are Fatimah, Anne Boleyn, Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, Madame de Pompadour, Aisha, Khadija bint Khuwaylid, Madame du Barry, Mihrimah Sultan, Catherine de' Medici, and Klara Hitler.
Most Popular Companions in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsNefertiti
1400 BC - 1330 BC
HPI: 87.79
Rank: 1
Empress Elisabeth of Austria
1837 - 1898
HPI: 86.63
Rank: 2
Fatimah
604 - 632
HPI: 86.20
Rank: 3
Anne Boleyn
1501 - 1536
HPI: 84.03
Rank: 4
Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma
1791 - 1847
HPI: 83.30
Rank: 5
Madame de Pompadour
1721 - 1764
HPI: 82.50
Rank: 6
Aisha
605 - 678
HPI: 82.42
Rank: 7
Khadija bint Khuwaylid
556 - 619
HPI: 82.12
Rank: 8
Madame du Barry
1743 - 1793
HPI: 81.35
Rank: 9
Mihrimah Sultan
1522 - 1578
HPI: 81.28
Rank: 10
Catherine de' Medici
1519 - 1589
HPI: 81.28
Rank: 11
Klara Hitler
1860 - 1907
HPI: 80.99
Rank: 12
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1837, Empress Elisabeth of Austria ranks 1. After her are Alois Hitler, Johannes Diderik van der Waals, J. P. Morgan, Grover Cleveland, Fredrik Bajer, Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī, Mily Balakirev, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Cosima Wagner, Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Marie François Sadi Carnot. Among people deceased in 1898, Empress Elisabeth of Austria ranks 2. Before her is Otto von Bismarck. After her are Lewis Carroll, Stéphane Mallarmé, Gustave Moreau, Charbel Makhlouf, Eugène Boudin, Ivan Shishkin, Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Johann Jakob Balmer, Charles Garnier, and Ferdinand Cohn.
Others Born in 1837
Go to all RankingsEmpress Elisabeth of Austria
COMPANION
1837 - 1898
HPI: 86.63
Rank: 1
Alois Hitler
PUBLIC WORKER
1837 - 1903
HPI: 77.68
Rank: 2
Johannes Diderik van der Waals
PHYSICIST
1837 - 1923
HPI: 76.70
Rank: 3
J. P. Morgan
BUSINESSPERSON
1837 - 1913
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 4
Grover Cleveland
POLITICIAN
1837 - 1908
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 5
Fredrik Bajer
POLITICIAN
1837 - 1922
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 6
Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1837 - 1897
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 7
Mily Balakirev
COMPOSER
1837 - 1910
HPI: 72.60
Rank: 8
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1837 - 1913
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 9
Cosima Wagner
MUSICIAN
1837 - 1930
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 10
Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
POLITICIAN
1837 - 1892
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 11
Marie François Sadi Carnot
POLITICIAN
1837 - 1894
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1898
Go to all RankingsOtto von Bismarck
POLITICIAN
1815 - 1898
HPI: 88.43
Rank: 1
Empress Elisabeth of Austria
COMPANION
1837 - 1898
HPI: 86.63
Rank: 2
Lewis Carroll
WRITER
1832 - 1898
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 3
Stéphane Mallarmé
WRITER
1842 - 1898
HPI: 76.51
Rank: 4
Gustave Moreau
PAINTER
1826 - 1898
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 5
Charbel Makhlouf
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1828 - 1898
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 6
Eugène Boudin
PAINTER
1824 - 1898
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 7
Ivan Shishkin
PAINTER
1832 - 1898
HPI: 71.65
Rank: 8
Louise of Hesse-Kassel
COMPANION
1817 - 1898
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 9
Johann Jakob Balmer
PHYSICIST
1825 - 1898
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 10
Charles Garnier
ARCHITECT
1825 - 1898
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 11
Ferdinand Cohn
BIOLOGIST
1828 - 1898
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 12
In Germany
Among people born in Germany, Empress Elisabeth of Austria ranks 22 out of 7,253. Before her are Richard Wagner (1813), Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646), Peter Paul Rubens (1577), Max Weber (1864), George Frideric Handel (1685), and Wilhelm Röntgen (1845). After her are Frederick the Great (1712), Robert Schumann (1810), Friedrich Engels (1820), Max Planck (1858), Johannes Brahms (1833), and Karl Dönitz (1891).
Others born in Germany
Go to all RankingsRichard Wagner
COMPOSER
1813 - 1883
HPI: 87.42
Rank: 16
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
MATHEMATICIAN
1646 - 1716
HPI: 87.35
Rank: 17
Peter Paul Rubens
PAINTER
1577 - 1640
HPI: 87.16
Rank: 18
Max Weber
SOCIOLOGIST
1864 - 1920
HPI: 87.12
Rank: 19
George Frideric Handel
COMPOSER
1685 - 1759
HPI: 86.88
Rank: 20
Wilhelm Röntgen
PHYSICIST
1845 - 1923
HPI: 86.67
Rank: 21
Empress Elisabeth of Austria
COMPANION
1837 - 1898
HPI: 86.63
Rank: 22
Frederick the Great
POLITICIAN
1712 - 1786
HPI: 85.70
Rank: 23
Robert Schumann
COMPOSER
1810 - 1856
HPI: 85.70
Rank: 24
Friedrich Engels
PHILOSOPHER
1820 - 1895
HPI: 85.62
Rank: 25
Max Planck
PHYSICIST
1858 - 1947
HPI: 85.39
Rank: 26
Johannes Brahms
COMPOSER
1833 - 1897
HPI: 84.94
Rank: 27
Karl Dönitz
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1891 - 1980
HPI: 84.40
Rank: 28
Among COMPANIONS In Germany
Among companions born in Germany, Empress Elisabeth of Austria ranks 1. After her are Eva Braun (1912), Queen Silvia of Sweden (1943), Caroline of Ansbach (1683), Anne of Cleves (1515), Magda Goebbels (1901), Isabeau of Bavaria (1370), Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691), Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (1868), Sepp Dietrich (1892), Katharina von Bora (1498), and Alexandra Feodorovna (1798).
Empress Elisabeth of Austria
1837 - 1898
HPI: 86.63
Rank: 1
Eva Braun
1912 - 1945
HPI: 80.73
Rank: 2
Queen Silvia of Sweden
1943 - Present
HPI: 77.71
Rank: 3
Caroline of Ansbach
1683 - 1737
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 4
Anne of Cleves
1515 - 1557
HPI: 75.85
Rank: 5
Magda Goebbels
1901 - 1945
HPI: 75.06
Rank: 6
Isabeau of Bavaria
1370 - 1435
HPI: 74.62
Rank: 7
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
1691 - 1750
HPI: 74.28
Rank: 8
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg
1868 - 1914
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 9
Sepp Dietrich
1892 - 1966
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 10
Katharina von Bora
1498 - 1552
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 11
Alexandra Feodorovna
1798 - 1860
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 12