FANNY See also:

• FANNY ELSSLER (1810-1884)

ELSSLER (1810-1884)  , See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian dancer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna on the 23rd of See also:

• JUNE

June 181o . From her earliest years she was trained for the See also:

• BALLET

ballet, and made her See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance at the Karntner-See also:

• THOR

Thor See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre in Vienna before she was seven . She almost invariably danced with her See also:

• SISTER

sister See also:

• THERESA, ST (1515-1582)

Theresa, who was two years her See also:

• SENIOR, NASSAU WILLIAM (1790-1864)

senior; and, after some years' experience together in Vienna, the two went in 1827 to See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples . Their success there—to which Fanny contributed more largely than her sister, who used to efface herself in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to heighten the effect of Fanny's more brilliant See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers—led to an engagement in See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin in 1830 . This was the beginning of a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of triumphs for Fanny's See also:

• PERSONAL

personal beauty and skill in dancing . After captivating all See also:

• HEARTS

hearts in Berlin and Vienna, and inspiring the aged statesman See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

Friedrich von See also:

• GENTZ, FRIEDRICH VON (1764-1832)

Gentz (q.v.) with a remarkable See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

passion, she paid a visit to See also:

• LONDON

London, where she received much kindness at the hands of Mr and Mrs See also:

• GROTE, GEORGE (1794–1871)

Grote, who practically adopted the little girl who was born three months after the See also:

• MOTHER

mother's arrival in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . In See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1834 Fanny See also:

• ELSSLER, FANNY (1810-1884)

Elssler appeared at the See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

Opera in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, a step to which she looked forward with much misgiving on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of See also:

• TAGLIONI, MARIA (1804-1884)

Taglioni's supremacy on that See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage . The result, however, was another See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph for her, and the temporary See also:

• ECLIPSE (Gr. €uheo,tis, falling out of place, failing)

eclipse of Taglioni, who, although the finer artist of the two, could not for the moment compete with the new-comer's personal See also:

• FASCINATION (from Lat. fascinare, to bewitch, probably connected with the Or. f3ao-Kaiveev, to speak ill of, to bewitch)

fascination . It was conspicuously in her performance of the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish cachuca that Fanny Elssler outshone all rivals . In 1840 she sailed with her sister for New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, and after two years' unmixed success they returned to See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, where during the following five years Fanny appeared inGermany, See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria, See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, England and See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia . In 1845, having amassed a See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune, she retired from the stage and settled near See also:

• HAMBURG

Hamburg . A few years later her sister Theresa contracted a morganatic See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage with See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• ADALBERT (originally VOYTECH), (c. 950-997)
• ADALBERT, or ADELBERT (c. 1000-1072)

Adalbert of See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia, and was ennobled under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of Baroness von See also:

• BARNIM

Barnim .

Fanny Elssler died at Vienna on the 27th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1884 . Theresa was See also:

• LEFT

left a widow in 1873, and died on the 19th of November 1878 .