Word: sportswoman
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...characterizing it as an attempt at political revenge. He admitted, however, that he had charged Eckartsau with "wilfully sabotaging" settlement of the Habsburg estates. Empress Elizabeth, daughter of Duke Maximilian Joseph of Bavaria, became the consort of Emperor Franz Josef of Austria in 1854. Empress Elizabeth was a great sportswoman; she was beautiful; moreover she had the brilliant intelligence of a Wittelsbach. From her arrival in Vienna she unwittingly offended Viennese society because she rode horseback, because she tried to simplify court etiquette, and lastly, because she had voiced an unerring predilection for Hungary and the Hungarians-a heinous offense...
Princess Yolanda is one of the most beautiful of European princesses. She shares her parents' democratic tastes; is a good sportswoman, being fond of riding, rowing, tennis, golf...