Empress Elisabeth

 is a character on The Empress. She is portrayed by Devrim Lingnau.

Biography
Elisabeth "Sisi" was a princess of Bavaria. After her marriage to Emperor Franz Joseph, she became the Empress of Austria.

Throughout The Empress
Elisabeth's mother, Princess Ludovika, arranged for Elisabeth to meet with suitors, but she ran away each time, angering her mother. One time, Elisabeth snuck out with her horse, Puck, during which Puck's leg was injured. At the stables, her father, Duke Maximilian determined that the horse would not recover and shot the horse. Ludovika was angry at Elisabeth for defying rules and threatened to send Elisabeth to a mental asylum if she continued to defy rules.

Elisabeth joined her mother and sister's trip to Vienna to visit Emperor Franz Joseph on his birthday, as it had been agreed by both families that Franz and Helene would marry.

While they were at Schönbrunn Palace, Franz met Elisabeth, and fell in love with her. She reminded of what he was like before he became Emperor. He proclaimed his intention to marry Elisabeth, to the surprise of everyone.

Countess Esterházy and the Court Mistresses worked hard to prepare for the royal wedding. The Court Mistresses followed Elisabeth around everywhere. Esterházy was frustrated by Elisabeth's lack of discipline.

During Elisabeth and Franz's dance lesson with Johann Strauss, they snuck off and kissed in a room. They were caught by Countess Esterházy.

Esterházy brought Elisabeth to a room, where she was forced to have a chastity test by a doctor, with the assistance of Countess Leontine von Apafi and Countess Amalia von Salm-Reifferscheidt. During the chastity test, Elisabeth was visibly uncomfortable and kicked the doctor. She refused to be tested and said that she was chaste, but Esterházy was insistent that the doctor must confirm Elisabeth's chastity. When the doctor questioned Elisbeth's chastity, Leontine von Apafi spoke for Elisabeth and held her hand.

At a party, Elisabeth met the archbishop who presided over her chastity test. She had a disagreement with him over the test, so Sophie and Franz told Elisabeth to go rest for the evening.

Leontine chatted with Elisabeth and helped clean her teeth. Against Esterházy's demand for Elisabeth to not go out the night before her wedding, Elisabeth snuck into Archduke Maximilian's soirée, accompanied by Amalia. At the soirée, Elisabeth drank alcohol, met composer Franz Lizst and spoke to Maximilian.

Physical appearance
Elisabeth has brown hair and blue eyes.

Appearances

 * Season One


 * One's Place in the World
 * The Arrival
 * The Wedding
 * The Hunt
 * The Shoes
 * The God Who Us Has Freedom Sent

Quotes
"The life she wants me to live, I don't want it. There must be something else out there."

- Elisabeth speaking to her father about her mother