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Forest felling near Gödöllö - Theodor von Hormann , 1879..

Austrian,  1840-1895

Oil on canvas , 34.5 x 57.5 cm.

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ERZSEBET KORB (1899-1925) - Hungarian painter. Alter Ego (1920) The daughter of a renowned architect, Erzsébet Korb studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest under the supervision of István Réti, and then worked in the artists' colonies of Nagybánya and Gödöllö.

She was only 26 years old when she died suddenly of unknown reasons.

(Don Bryson publication)

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Zara. Riva Nuova col piroscafo Gödöllö

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Abandoned

How was I once so young and rich

Of joie de vivre and hope;

I didn't think anything of power was like me,

The world was still open to me.

I loved, I lived,

I've been all over the world. But never achieved what I strive for.

I cheated and I was cheated.

- poem by Sissi (Gödöllö 1886)

(the photo shows a different poem written by her)

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‹Sisi› - Elisabeth von Österreich-Ungarn

Kurze Einführung in ihre Biografie

Am 10. September 1898 verlässt Kaiserin Elisabeth von Österreich zur Mittagszeit ein Genfer Hotel, um über den See nach Montreux zu fahren. Ihre Hofdame, die Gräfin Sztáray, gibt später zu Protokoll: “Beim Hotel ‘De la Paix’ kam ein Mann auf uns zu. Unmittelbar vor uns schien er plötzlich zu straucheln; er machte eine Bewegung mit der Hand. Ich glaubte, um sich beim Stolpern aufrecht zu halten. Die Kaiserin sank zu Boden. ‘Es ist mir nichts geschehen’, antwortete sie ruhig. Wir erreichten die Anlegestelle. Plötzlich sagte sie mit erstickender Stimme: ‘Jetzt, Ihren Arm, schnell, bitte!’” Kaiserin Elisabeth stirbt noch auf dem Fährboot. Ein kaum bemerkter Stich mit einer spitzen Tischlerfeile hat sie mitten ins Herz getroffen. Der italienische Anarchist Luigi Lucheni verhehlt seine Befriedigung nicht, ein so prominentes Mitglied der verhassten Aristokratie ermordet zu haben. Elf Jahre nach seiner Verurteilung zu lebenslänglichem Kerker erhängt sich Lucheni in seiner Zelle. Die 60-jährige, von Depressionen geplagte Kaiserin hat mehrmals Todesahnungen geäußert, aber Polizeischutz für ihre Reisen abgelehnt. Zu ihrem Schwager, dem Herzog von Alecon, sagte sie, kurz vor dem Attentat: “Wir werden eines gewaltsamen Todes sterben…”

Elisabeth ist die Tochter des bayerischen Herzogs Maximilian von Wittelsbach und seiner Frau Ludovika. 1853, mit 15 Jahren, wird Sisi, wie man sie allgemein nennt, überraschend zur Gattin des österreichischen Kaisers Franz Joseph auserkoren. Der junge Monarch hat sich Hals über Kopf in die kleine Schwester der ihm zugedachten Helene verliebt. Sisi, später oft als eine der schönsten Frauen ihrer Zeit tituliert, ist fröhlich, witzig und ungestüm. Ihre Jugend hat sie fast ausschließlich auf dem Landsitz in Possenhofen verbracht. Ihr Vater, der nichts von aristokratischer Erziehung hält, hat einmal zu ihr gesagt: “Wenn du und ich nicht Fürsten wären, wären wir zweifellos Reiter in einem Wanderzirkus!” Es ist daher nicht verwunderlich, dass sich die junge Kaiserin nur schwer mit dem Wiener Hofzeremoniell und der strengen Schwiegermutter Sophie zurechtfinden kann. Sisi bringt vier Kinder zur Welt: die Prinzessinnen Sophie und Gisela, Thronfolger Rudolf und Marie Valerie. Sobald diese dem Kindesalter entwachsen sind, nutzt sie jede Gelegenheit, um ihren repräsentativen Pflichten zu entgehen. Franz Joseph toleriert die Lebensweise seiner Frau, die ihre Zeit am liebsten mit Kuraufenthalten und ausgedehnten Reisen verbringt. Elisabeth, die auch gerne Gedichte schreibt, verfällt immer mehr in tiefe Melancholie, die sie ihrem Cousin, dem unglücklichen Ludwig II. von Bayern, seelenverwandt macht. Nach dem Selbstmord ihres Sohnes Rudolf zieht sich die beim Volk beliebte Kaiserin gänzlich vom Hofleben zurück. In den Zeitungen kursieren immer häufiger Meldungen über eine fortschreitende Geisteskrankheit Elisabeths. Sie zeigt aber auch Besonnenheit und Toleranz, nicht zuletzt dadurch, dass sie ihrem vernachlässigten Gatten Franz Joseph den Umgang mit der Burgschauspielerin Katharina Schratt empfiehlt. Sie selbst lässt sich auf der Insel Korfu einen eigenen Palast, das Achilleion, errichten. Viel Zeit verbringt die Kaiserin auch auf Schloss Gödöllö in Ungarn. Ihre Vorliebe für die Magyaren und ihr Nahverhältnis zum Revolutionär Andrássy haben jahrelang immer neuen Gerüchten Nahrung gegeben. Die große Leidenschaft von Elisabeth ist aber zeitlebens das Reisen. Sie führt die Kaiserin im Herbst 1898 nach Genf, wo sie der Tod ereilt.

Quelle: Siehe Link im Titel

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Gödöllő, Hungary

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The Royal Palace of Gödöllö

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Les scouts du monde au jamboree de Gödöllö (1933)

Les scouts du monde au jamboree de Gödöllö (1933)

Le jamboree de Gödöllö est en quelque sorte le triomphe du camping. Nul n’ignore, certes, que les scouts sont de fervents adeptes de ce sport et le pratiquent depuis des années avec un enthousiasme grandissant. Mais les organisateurs de la réunion scoute mondiale actuelle ont voulu que le jamboree tourne autour de l’idée du camping. Il est certain que de tous côtés s’élèvent des camps dont…

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Welterbe aufgespürt und erfahren - H - Puszta

Hortobágy-Nationalpark - die Puszta Die Puszta ist das größte und bekannteste mitteleuropäische Steppengebiet. Wir unternehmen einen Tagesausflug von Budapest aus und kommen unterwegs an zwei weiteren interessanten Orten vorbei. Seit 1999 steht die Puszta auf der UNESCO-Welterbeliste. Ein Video zur Einstimmung könnt ihr hier sehen. Die fast 75 Tausend Hektar große Ebene ist ein herausragendes Beispiel für die Bewahrung der über die Jahrhunderte gewachsenen Landnutzung und der harmonischen Interaktion von Mensch und Natur. Auf den alkalischen Wiesen und Feuchtgebieten werden seit alters her auch heute noch spezielle Tierrassen gezüchtet und jedem sind die typischen Fotos mit den Ziehbrunnen aus dem Geografie-Unterricht bekannt. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung, Begründung und Fotos findet ihr hier. Wir brechen zeitig von Budapest auf, um unser eigenes Puszta-Foto und einen Eindruck von der großen Steppe mit nach Hause zu nehmen. Unterwegs, fast auf der Strecke, liegt das kleinen Städtchen Gödöllö, in dem sich Kaiserin Sissis liebstes Sommerschloss befindet. Hier ist, weil Wien noch auf dem Reiseplan steht, ein Stopp natürlich ein Muss. Das Schloss empfängt uns im strömenden Regen, deshalb hier nur ein Blick auf die Fassade und kein Rundgang durch den Park. Interessant wird die Fahrt, als wir durch das Gebiet der großen Seen und Sümpfe der Theiß kommen. Im Städtchen Tiszafüred (ein Tipp aus der ADAC-Maps-App) gibt es tolle Radwege um die Seen und durch die Moore. Read the full article

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Where to go from Budapest for 1 day - 12 most interesting places

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Where to go from Budapest for 1 day - 12 most interesting places

A small but amazing country with an interesting, dramatic history occupies an unusually picturesque territory, with a diverse landscape, a generous wealth of nature and extraordinary musicality. One of the greatest rivers in Europe flows through Hungary – the Danube, where all Hungarian rivers flow. Being in the Hungarian capital Budapest, you can make day trips from it to interesting places in Hungary and neighboring states. So, we’ll tell you where you can go from Budapest for 1 day on your own.

Eger

130 km from Budapest is the old town of Eger, which allows you to plunge into the ancient history of the country with its authentic look. Now Eger has become a place of tourist pilgrimage, thanks to the presence of famous baths, a developed winemaking culture and an abundance of rare sights. To make a vivid idea of ​​this wonderful corner of the country, you should see the following attractions:

Eger Castle – a kind of monument to the heroic history associated with the invasion of the Mongols (1241 g) and the Turks (1552 g). Now the castle, which is a museum, looks very picturesque, a tour of it – an insight into the glorious past of an amazing country.

Eger Basilica is a Catholic church whose beautiful building is built in the neoclassical style, officially named after St. John the Apostle and Evangelist and today is the cathedral of Eger. Visiting a church leaves a deep impression.

The valley of beauties, famous for its wine cellars and wonderful local wines – a beautiful suburb of Eger – a real paradise for wine lovers and just tourists. Here they are treated to the best varieties of wine with delicious national dishes in a romantic setting created by the performances of virtuoso musicians performing exciting gypsy melodies. It is assumed that the name of the place was due to the arrival of many beautiful women here.

The minaret church, located on the central square of Istvan Dobo, captivates with its magnificent baroque beauty, both external and internal. On 2 bell towers (minarets), the clock is beaten 3 times a day, the frescoes (16th century) and the amazing sculpture of st. Anthony.

Aggtelek National Park

In the city of Tokai, famous for its wine, there is the no less famous Aggtelek National Park with unique karst caves (200 objects) and an amazing relief of the surroundings. The flora and fauna of the reserve are unique: trees and shrubs grow here, which you will not see in other areas, 400 species of rare birds live.

The extraordinary beauty and amazing natural design of the caves attracts a huge number of tourists, among whom there are many cavers, both professionals and amateurs. The reserve is a real treasure for archaeologists who are convinced that the mysterious caves served as a dwelling for 7 thousand years. Now a sanatorium has been opened here, where, based on a special microclimate, diseases of the respiratory system are treated. And the unique views of the reserve, the ethereal fabulousness of the caves give peace of mind and joyful delight.

Esztergom and Maria Valeria Bridge

A small ancient town, which saw within its borders both Celts, Romans, and Germans, can be called a historical Stoic. The city, which survived the barbaric destruction and ruin by the Turks, fascists, rose from the ashes, like the Phoenix, and now is a symbol of the great history of the state, embodied in architectural and religious monuments. Here was born the first of the Hungarian kings, Istvan, who became a saint after life (his appearance is immortalized in a majestic monument).

The main one is the Basilica of St. Adalberta is a colossal structure (height 71.5 m, width 40 m, length 118 m), visible from afar. The majestic temple was built on the site consecrated by previous churches and is the third shrine of Europe, striking in its scale, the beauty of architecture and spiritual fullness. Below, in the script lies the ashes of great historical figures, in the treasury are stored old church items, vestments of priests – valuable rarities.

Like Esztergon himself, the bridge, named after the daughter of the Hungarian emperor Franz Joseph, is a symbol of resilience. Built in 1895, it was destroyed 2 times (1920, 1945) and restored again. The 500-meter-long ribbon of the bridge, picturesquely spread over the majestic Danube, connects Esztergon with the Slovak city of Sturovo (a very convenient crossing). A visit to the Archbishop’s Palace, a magnificent neoclassical-style building, will enrich spiritually and aesthetically. The expositions of the Christian Museum will conquer with richness and variety of works of Hungarian art, canvases of Italian Renaissance painting and other unique exhibits.

Szekesfehervar

“Alba Regia” – so beautifully in Latin this city was first called, built in 970 by the Hungarian prince Gesa among impassable swamps. The city was to become the cradle of Hungarian statehood and Hungarian kings (30 coronations took place in it), the first capital of Hungary. Traveling around Szekesfehervar, you are convinced that this is a museum city, where at every step there are monuments and monuments. On the main square of Varoshkhaz there rises the most beautiful building of the Episcopal Palace, on the contrary – the “Power” – a huge monument of royal power, crowned with an elegant crown and an inscription glorifying Istvan. Climbing to the observation deck (from the edge of the square), you can see the stunning panorama of the “royal city”.

The main city cathedral Istvan (Baroque style) amazes with its rich decoration and outstanding works of great masters that adorn the interiors of the church. Nearby are 2 more churches, which are also worth a look. The mushroom-like building – Bori Castle – the most unusual architectural structure of the city, created by the imagination of the local architect and sculptor Yeno Bori, makes an irresistible impression with its appearance. The elements of Romanesque, Gothic and Scottish castle styles are intricately intertwined in it. The castle can be admired endlessly.

Szentendre + Vysehrad

If you do not visit the beautiful Hungarian town of Szentendre, located in the picturesque bend of the Danube, you can not fully get acquainted with the history of this unique country. This cute town reflects the history of the Serbs, hiding from the brutal invasion of the Ottomans and finding shelter in Hungary. Here, all that was left of their legacy is made in Serbian traditions: narrow cobblestone streets, painted facades with baroque decorations, red tiled roofs – everything is very picturesque, like in children’s pictures.

Szentendre – the unofficial art capital of Hungary – many galleries and museums showcase paintings and sculptures by many artists brush and cutter. Here, literally every house, every building is a structure with an original design, from which it is difficult to look away. A walk along the picturesque streets is a great pleasure, as well as a visit to the one-of-a-kind Museum of Marzipans.

The city of Vysehrad, located near Setendre, arose from the Vysehrad fortress, erected on top of a mountain in the 13th century. as a protective structure. Only one watch tower (Solomon’s tower) has survived to the present day in its entirety, in which, according to legend, the infamous Count Dracula spent years imprisoned. Near the coast of the Danube you can see the ruins of the famous architectural masterpiece made of red marble (15th century) – the Palace of King Matyash Korvin. He impressed everyone with his irresistibly beautiful view and was considered the most luxurious in Europe. Now the restoration of the palace continues as a priceless cultural and historical monument.

Gödöllö

The town of Gödöllё is especially interesting for visiting because it houses a magnificent royal palace with a cozy park adjoining it, along which Empress Elizabeth, the wife of Franz Joseph, once beloved by the Hungarians, was walking. In her honor, there is a graceful sculpture of a slender, full of noble grace of a girl under an umbrella, proudly looking at a magnificent estate; her name is called the park. Inspection of the inner chambers of the palace is a breathtaking tour of the halls and bedrooms of the imperial persons, shining with the dazzling beauty of the interiors, elegant stucco molding and other decorations. A special thrill is the inspection of Sisi’s private rooms, objects, things that surrounded this amazing woman during her life. A trip to Gödöll – a lot of romantic experiences!

Heviz

A 3-hour drive from Budapest is located no less famous than Balaton, Lake Heviz and the resort of the same name. It is worth coming here for 1 day to see the bewitching beauty of nature surrounding the thermal lake, rich in healing mud and mineral water of various kinds. Here you can admire truly magical landscapes, equally beautiful at any time of the year, drink healing water, take a walk around the city, drowning in a flower kaleidoscope of various shades.

The city of Heviz is the embodiment of a rich historical past, therefore there are many interesting historical sights here. After a walk, you can relax in one of the many innkeepers, sample local wine and have a delicious Hungarian meal before returning to Budapest.

Pannonhalm Abbey

Located on top of Mount St. Martina, the Catholic Abbey of Pannonhalm is the second largest in the world with the oldest monastery in Hungary, in the history of which the whole history of the state is embodied. Many times, the buildings of the abbey were rebuilt, and as a result, the features of various architectural styles were combined in their appearance.

The most famous landmark of Pannonhalm Abbey is the monument basilica (13th century). After several reconstructions, the ancient church delights the eyes with the luxurious beauty of the interior. The monastery library, where a collection (360 thousand volumes) of books is stored, among which are the most valuable tomes, is amazingly large in book collections. A visit to the abbey is an amazing immersion in the great and dramatic history of the Hungarian state.

Lake Balaton

It is unlikely that there will be at least one tourist who has not visited the famous lake while traveling in Hungary. Balaton is not inferior to Baikal in fame, although it is much smaller than it. Lace of romantic legends is woven around a unique lake, which was still popular among the ancient Romans because of its natural wealth and amazing landscape beauty.

In the vicinity of Balaton there is a national park located on the Balaton Upland, with a unique relief of volcanic origin. In it you can see ancient craters, asleep volcanoes, beating fountains of geysers. Here, even the air has healing power, so they come here to treat the respiratory system. Around the green vineyards, many different attractions. A trip to Balaton is a pleasant and rewarding 1-day trip.

Pecs

The cultural capital of Europe – the city of Pecs, dating back to the ancient Romans, is famous for its ceramic factory Zholnai, the earliest Christian burial in Europe (on St. Istvan Square), which was included in the UNESCO list and its unique attractions. On Secheni Square is the Parish Church of Belvaros and the Column of the Holy Trinity. Opposite the majestic administrative building stands a monument to the outstanding commander of the troops (15th century) Janos Hunyadi. On pl. Koshuta interesting objects – Town Hall, Synagogue; on Domsky square – Romanesque Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul. For 1 day it is impossible to inspect all the monuments, which are abundant here.

Bratislava

Given the wide choice of transport links between Budapest and Bratislava, you should definitely take advantage of this and visit a beautiful city that literally “blossomed”, becoming the capital of Slovakia. A huge number of restored architectural monuments of the Middle Ages, churches, squares made Bratislava a popular destination for tourists around the world.

It is impossible to visit all the interesting places in a day, but you cannot but visit the Main and Franciscan squares, look at the Jesuit Church of St. Savior, Town Hall, Slovak National Theater. From a distance you can see the Castle Hill with the castle “Bratislava Castle” towering on it, popularly called the “inverted table”. A visit to the Gothic Cathedral (House of St. Martin), the Michal Gate will transfer to the 14-15 century. in. The most exciting, unforgettable experience will remain from a trip to the beautiful Bratislava.

Zagreb

The Croatian Zagreb attracts tourists with its special flavor, unique charm of individual places and the calm beauty of streets, buildings, squares. Tourists note the extraordinary cleanliness of the sidewalks, on which you will not see an abandoned cigarette butt or a plastic bottle – the inhabitants of Zagreb love their city. Here, where many styles are intertwined in architecture, there is something to see, and it can take several days to inspect.

A one-day voyage around Zagreb is worth spending in the most atmospheric district of Dolniy Grad, which reflected the historical and Catholic past, cultural development and current trends of Croatia. Ban Josip Jelacic’s square (a monument was erected for him), surrounded by picturesque buildings, is the city’s busiest place. Young people make an appointment here, tourists gather, parents walk with their children, concerts are held in the evenings, where street musicians compete in the virtuosity of performing various melodies.

At the local restaurant or bar (there are a great many of them) you can taste national snacks and dishes. At the farmers’ market (adjacent to the square) there is a bright abundance of vegetables, fruits, cheeses. As a symbol of the country’s agrarian nature, at the entrance to the “fruit and vegetable paradise”, a non-feminine powerful sculpture of a collective farmer with a huge basket on her head greets everyone – the personification of painstaking labor and the bounty of the earth. The Catholic Zagreb Cathedral, which underwent a complete reconstruction after the 1988 earthquake, is unusually beautiful. The huge glass monolith of the Dubrovnik hotel in the Art Nouveau style is of interest. From visiting Zagreb – only pleasant memories!

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The Royal Palace of Gödöllö by HJB_FDS Aerials Harrogate

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The Royal Palace of Gödöllö by HJB_FDS

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The Royal Palace of Gödöllö by HJB_FDS

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The castle of Queen #Sisi in Hungary – Gödöllo’s Grassalkovich Castle The #Gödöllö Palace is one of the most important, and largest monuments of Hungarian palace architecture. Its builder, Count Antal Grassalkovich I (1694–1771) was a typical figure of the regrouping Hungarian aristocracy of the 18th century. He was a Royal Septemvir, president of the Hungarian Chamber, and confidant of Empress Maria Theresa. (1740–1780). The construction of the castle began around 1733, under the direction of András #Mayerhoffer (1690–1771) a famous Austrian builder, who worked in Zopf and Baroque style.

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Kaiserin Elisabeth (Sisi) von Österreich - Ungarn #austria #vienna #wien #monarchie #ungarn #gödöllö #schönbrunn #sisi #wienerhofburg #kaiserfranzjoseph #kaiserreich #österreich #kaiserinelisabeth #budapest #bayern #wittelsbach #königreich

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I would like to ask about archduchess Gisela. When talking about Sisi's children, everyone remembers Sophie, who died so young, Rudolf, who was extremely controversial even during his life and whose death was so scandalous, real OGs also know that Maria Valeria was her mother's baby. In all of the buzz around her parents and brother, she seems to be somewhat forgotten. Did she, you know, do anything? What do we know about her relationship with her parents and Rudolf?

Gisela is indeed often referred to as "the forgotten daughter" because she pretty much spent her life laying low and there is little information about her, although I also feel that there just isn't much interest in Gisela as a historical figure to begin with.

So what do we know about Gisela? She was Elisabeth and FJ's second daughter so her birth was a bit of a dissapointment since she wasn't the awaited heir, although no one made a big deal about it. Just like her sister Sophie and later on her brother Rudolf she was raised under the care of her grandmother, the Archduchess Sophie. When she was 10-months-old her parents took her and little Sophie to Hungary for their first trip together, when suddenly she got very sick with fever and diarrhea. Gisela recovered, but then her sister Sophie got sick, and as we all know, sadly died aged only two-years-old. A year later Rudolf was born. Gisela and Rudolf grew up very closely until his formal education begun at age six and they were separated, which was a huge blown for him.

Their mother was an absent figure during the siblings childhood, since she went away during years to recover from her illness (she was basically allergic to Vienna). Elisabeth was noted to be distant with her eldest children, and specially with Gisela. Brigitte Hamann in her biography The Reluctant Empress even goes as far as to imply that Elisabeth didn't love her elder daughter (which I personally don't agree with since it just seems way to extreme to me). But if Gisela felt neglected, she never said it out loud, nor do we have evidence of her reaching out for her mother's attention like Rudolf did.

When we reach to Gisela's engagement and marriage to Prince Leopold of Bavaria at only sixteen-years-old something interesting happens in her mother's biographies: they give us two mutually exclusive versions of the what happened. In some biographies, like Corti's acclaimed Elisabeth, the Empress was upset at her daughters engagement because she thought Gisela was too young to get married. But then in Hamman's biography (and subsequent works that quote her) she tells us that Elisabeth herself manufacturated Gisela's marriage. Apparently, her youngest brother Duke Maximilian "Mapperl" in Bavaria fell in love with Leopold's fiancé, Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Elisabeth adored her siblings so she decided to help out Mapperl; she invited Leopold to Gödöllö and there he was made aware that he was seen as a good match for Gisela (who had a very big dowry). Leopold dumped Amalie and married Gisela in 1873. Two years later Elisabeth personally arranged Mapperl and Amalie's marriage. Both of these unions turned out to be happy.

As you can see, these are two WILDLY different versions of the events. Hamann quotes Prince Leopold's own letters, which to me settles the matter on which version it's the correct one; yet I do wonder if that's the truth, then where did the whole "she was horrified and opposed to Gisela marrying so young" thing comes from? (if someone know anything more about this feel free to add it). Btw I quickly entered to Gisela's Wikipedia page to check some dates and I found the unsourced claim that Elisabeth didn't attend to her wedding which it's straight up false. She very much went and put into practice her ability to outshine the bride at her own wedding. From Marie Festetics' diary, quoted in Hamann's The Reluctant Empress:

how beautiful she was in her silver-embroidered dress; her cascading, truly shimmering hair with the glittering tiara is beyond words. But the most beautiful is not her physical being—no it is what floats above it—It is something like an atmosphere—a breath of loveliness—nobility—grace—girlishness—modesty and yet again a grandeur over ‘Her’ that is deeply touching.

According to Corti, when Gisela said "I do" Elisabeth cried. Strangely Hamann doesn't mention this at all, not even to deny it.

As I mentioned, Gisela and her brother Rudolf grew up very closely, yet books on the Crown Prince don't really go too much in depth on their relationship. When Rudolf bid farwell to his sister when she departed to Bavaria after her wedding he "wept unceasingly and was unable either to stem the flow of tears or to suppress his sobs, even though he visibly struggled to control himself". There is also an interesting quote from Valerie's diary in Greg King and Penny Wilson's Twilight of Empire about Rudolf's behaviour during the last months of his life:

Rudolf stares at us, particularly at Mama and me, with glances of such deep and bitter hate that one is overcome with a feeling of anxiety. Even Gisela, whose sober views certainly don’t lend themselves to imagination and whose love for Rudolf tends always to embellish his behavior, confessed … she was frightened herself by his stare and eventually all three of us broke out in tears.… This odd, unexplainable hatred of Rudolf’s casts a dark shadow over our future.

From this quote we can glimpse that a) Gisela loved Rudolf enough to not see/excuse his shortcomings and b) still she noticed the terrible state he was in at that point. She was very shaken when he died, Valerie wrote in her diary that she was "nervous and anxious" and insisted that "It is impossible that Rudolf is dead!". During his funeral, Gisela was the one who walked next to the Emperor.

I can't really say much about Gisela's relationship with her sister Valerie. Unlike Rudolf, who was openly hostile towards Valerie to the point that she was actually afraid of him, Gisela never seemed to have been jealous of her mother's favourite child and their relationship was good, even if they weren't very close (not surprising giving that she got married when Valerie was only four).

The same goes for Franz Josef, I can't say a lot about their relationship other than it was good. Given the lack of suitable Catholic princes available for marriage (because the requirements to marry a Habsburg were absolutely insane) he thought that Leopold was a good match, yet he also was visibly moved when he bid farewell to his daughter. Something that I think shows Gisela's love towards her father is that she was always kind to Katharina Schratt, Franz Josef's best friend whom also may or may not had been his mistress. Some time after Elisabeth's death they had a fell out and Katharina dumped him, which threw FJ into a depressive mood since he really relied on her company. Gisela intervened and tried to convince Katharina to make peaces with him; unlike Valerie, who hated Katharina, Gisela understood how important she was for her father's happiness (they eventually made up and remained friends until his death).

Finally when it comes to her mother, things get a bit complicated. As I said before, most of Elisabeth's biographers agree in that she and Gisela were very distant. It didn't help to their relationship that Elisabeth blamed the death of Ludwig II on Luitpold, the Prince Regent of Bavaria, who was also Gisela's father-in-law. Yet I do think that there are small glimpses that show us that their relationship wasn't as bad as some books made it out to be. For instance, in many of the trips that Elisabeth did with Valerie, Gisela also went, something that it's never highlightened. I haven't read it fully yet but I did skim through Irma Sztaray's book about her years as the Empress' lady-in-waiting and she does mention Gisela and her husband visiting Elisabeth more than once. And we have this letter she wrote to Latour von Thumberg (apparently one of the few personal letters of Gisela that remain) in which she seems really in grief for the loss of her mother: "It is so horrible, so dreadful, we can't believe it yet! And it's all so distant, like a bad dream, something that weighs on you terribly and you want to shake it off to vent." I personally don't think that lack of attention equals lack of love when it comes to Elisabeth, after all she was also distant towards Rudolf yet she grieved him for the rest of her life. When it comes to Gisela, whether she felt hurt by her mother remains a mystery.

On whether Gisela did something the answer is yes, she did, although you'll have to forgive my lack of good sources, since none of the books that I've read go into her later life. She did a lot of charity work and ran a hospital during WWI, her Wikipedia article claims that she voted in the first elections of the Weimer Republic (I'll try to dig into this later). She was known for her kindness and it seems that she was very reasonable and got along with everyone. Honestly I think it's a real pity that we know so little about her when we know so much about her entire family. But with the scarce information we got, she does seem to have been a good person.