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The Tragic Life of the “Infected” Princess

1.4M views · Apr 4, 2025 · People & Blogs

Comments · 1.2K

  • @Matthew-4752 · 1 year ago · pinned

    Thank you, Forgotten Lives. I will enjoy this members only video. I love showing my support of your channel. 🥰

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  • @AJB2333 · 1 year ago

    Disowns his daughters for ‘marrying beneath them’, then gifts his entire fortune to his young new mistress. What a guy lmao

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  • @PapaWoody440 · 1 year ago

    Not marrying Franz Ferdinand? She dodged a bullet. Literally.

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  • @annabelleb.8096 · 1 year ago (edited)

    It's no surprise after a loveless marriage she would defy her father and marry "beneath her station" for love. She had guts. She was a very interesting person who overcame adversity.

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  • @leightonolsson4846 · 1 year ago (edited)

    So Leopold II was a utter cruel piece of 💩 in the personal as well as the political.. Colour me shocked.

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  • @sarahlail2516 · 1 year ago

    Love how her father basically disowned them for "marrying below" when he, not only committed infidelity but also to someone below him and then married her too. Gotta love the hypocrisy of the wealthy and ruling class, glad she was able to get something out of it but probably hardly enough compared to what he and her late husband and his family put her through

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  • @louiseclark7967 · 1 year ago

    Although her early life was unhappy, she is lucky that she found a true love to enrich her later years.

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  • @margiesoapyhairbillian4754 · 1 year ago

    Her father was a monster.

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  • @allieeverett9017 · 1 year ago

    A sad story. But it sounds like she found what happiness she could. She must have been a strong woman. Thank you.

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  • @Replicaate · 1 year ago

    Stephanie had the endurance of a damn saint with what her family, her husband and the Habsburgs put her through.

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  • @i.p.956 · 1 year ago

    Ever since I learned about Rudolf's demise, I learned about Stephanie and how he got her infected. Poor woman. The sheer selfishness of her husband angers me. He ruined this poor woman's life because he couldn't keep it in his pants (pardon my language)

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  • @janayjay68 · 1 year ago (edited)

    Having to not only deal with you husband giving you terrible diseases, him committing murder-suicide with his mistress, and having to deal with his family being mad at you for his actions was a mess. Then add on the fact that your dad's political aspirations caused him to reject you and then later on your own/only child doing the same thing had to be a lot. Im glad she snatched a small piece of happiness for herself.

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