Archduke ludwig viktor of austria gay
Ludwig Viktor – ‘Archduke Luziwuzi’
Within his personal circle it was well known, but not spoken of openly in instruction to maintain a pretence of ‘morality’. The reason why the obvious homosexuality of the emperor’s brother was not a matter of public knowledge can be found in the strict pressurize censorship that prevailed at the hour. The press had to be extremely cautious when publishing reports about the imperial family.
This is why most descriptions of Ludwig Viktor contain only more or less veiled hints about his sexual preferences. An example of this is provided by the memoirs of Princess Nora Fugger, who was generally very critical of the archduke’s individuality without however openly referring to his inclinations: according to her, Ludwig Viktor was ‘completely unlike from his brothers, adept at neither military nor imaginative matters, puny, unmanly, affected and of repellent appearance’.
Within the family Ludwig Viktor assumed the role of an eccentric oddball. Even Franz Joseph, the otherwise invariably severe top of the family, saw himself as his youngest brother’s protector and tolerated Ludwig Viktor’s escapades. He was considered to be a difficult character: while he i
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In spite of his quite obvious sexual proclivities, his mother tried to arrange a marriage for him with his first cousin Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria, youngest sister of
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Archduke Ludwig Viktor of The Habsburg dynasty had a consequential challenge with inbreeding, resulting in a family that, how shall we say, lacked handsome physical attributes. Archduke Ludwig Viktor was no exception. His only superiority was the evidence that his older brother, Franz Josef, was the Emperor of Austria-Hungary.
The archduke (1842-1919) had a deal with only a mother could love (evidence at left). After having produced three male heirs, Ludwig’s mother ignored the fact that he wasn’t the miss she had wanted and dressed him like one. It didn’t help that everyone called him Luzi-Wuzi (pronounced Loot-see Voot-see). He was an impetuous, openly homosexual pleasure-seeker whose life revolved around the theatre and collecting art and antiques. He wore women’s clothing (photo below), kvetched and gossiped incessantly and couldn’t be trusted with a classified from anyone. His über-vain sister-in-law Sissi (Empress Elizabeth), loved by the Austrians as an antidote to their dull, stuffy emperor, was initially kindly disposed toward Ludwig Viktor, until things she told him in confidence got support to her. It got so horrible that she eventually refused to include a conversati
The Habsburg dynasty had a consequential challenge with inbreeding, resulting in a family that, how shall we say, lacked handsome physical attributes. Archduke Ludwig Viktor was no exception. His only superiority was the evidence that his older brother, Franz Josef, was the Emperor of Austria-Hungary.
The archduke (1842-1919) had a deal with only a mother could love (evidence at left). After having produced three male heirs, Ludwig’s mother ignored the fact that he wasn’t the miss she had wanted and dressed him like one. It didn’t help that everyone called him Luzi-Wuzi (pronounced Loot-see Voot-see). He was an impetuous, openly homosexual pleasure-seeker whose life revolved around the theatre and collecting art and antiques. He wore women’s clothing (photo below), kvetched and gossiped incessantly and couldn’t be trusted with a classified from anyone. His über-vain sister-in-law Sissi (Empress Elizabeth), loved by the Austrians as an antidote to their dull, stuffy emperor, was initially kindly disposed toward Ludwig Viktor, until things she told him in confidence got support to her. It got so horrible that she eventually refused to include a conversati