. Imperial courts of France, England, Russia, Prussia, Sardinia, and Austria. Richly illustrated with portraits of imperial sovereigns and their cabinet ministers' with biographical sketches . gle began. Napoleon demandedfrom Austria the surrender of her private treaties with theItalian States, and the evacuation of all non-Austrian terri-tories in Italy. Austria demanded from Sardinia a disarma-ment and the expulsion of the refugees. None of thesedemands were agreed to. War and a bloody conflict fol-lowed between Austria on one side, and Napoleon III. withan immense French army and Victor Emm
. Imperial courts of France, England, Russia, Prussia, Sardinia, and Austria. Richly illustrated with portraits of imperial sovereigns and their cabinet ministers' with biographical sketches . gle began. Napoleon demandedfrom Austria the surrender of her private treaties with theItalian States, and the evacuation of all non-Austrian terri-tories in Italy. Austria demanded from Sardinia a disarma-ment and the expulsion of the refugees. None of thesedemands were agreed to. War and a bloody conflict fol-lowed between Austria on one side, and Napoleon III. withan immense French army and Victor Emmanuel with theSardinian army on the other, which terminated in thegreat battle of Solferino, June twenty-fourth, and the Peaceof Villafranca, July eleventh.—A more particular account ofthese scenes is given in the sketch of Victor Emmanuelon a previous page. — More recent events in Austria and FRANCIS JOSEPH, EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA. 399 Italy are familiar to the public mind. But the politicalelements with which the Emperor of Austria to con-tend scarcely slumber, and are liable to burst forth inItaly hke volcanic fires at any time and involve the Con-tment m the calamities of m i^\i}^\\mm. THE EMPEESS OF AUSTRIA. This imperial personage belongs to the royal family ofBavaria. Her uncle is the present King of Bavaria, LouisI., who is a most munificent patron of the arts, upon whichhe has bestowed immense expenditures of money to beau-tify and adorn his capital, the city of Munich, with gal-leries of paintings and statuary, to attract the admirationof aU visitors. Her cousin is King Otho of Greece. Hergrandfather, Maximilian Joseph, was the first King of Ba-varia when Napoleon I. erected it into a kingdom in King gave his daughter in marriage to Prince EugeneBeauharnais, the son of the Empress Josephine, of imperialrenown. Hence the name of the present Empress of Aus-tria is Elizabeth Amelia Eugenie, daughter of the Duke ofBavaria, and a descendant of the Empr
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