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The Empress Season 3: Sisi's Final Chapter Hits Netflix on November 12 – Everything to Know Before the Finale

Mark your calendars: in just two weeks, on November 12, 2026, the gates of Schönbrunn open one last time. Netflix has confirmed that "The Empress" ("Die Kaiserin"), the German period drama that won the International Emmy for Best Drama Series, returns with its third and final season. The renewal was announced in January 2025 and filming started in autumn 2025. Now, with the trailer and key art out, the end of Empress Elisabeth's on-screen reign is close. If you have fallen behind on Sisi's story, this is the week to catch up.

A quick refresher for lapsed viewers

Season 1 introduced the rebellious young Elisabeth von Wittelsbach (Devrim Lingnau, now credited as Devrim Lingnau Islamoğlu), who stole the heart of Emperor Franz Joseph (Philip Froissant) even though he was supposed to marry her sister Helene (Elisa Schlott). Once in Vienna, she had to survive a court ruled by her formidable mother-in-law, Archduchess Sophie (Melika Foroutan), and the plotting of Franz's ambitious brother, Archduke Maximilian (Johannes Nussbaum), whose attempted coup failed. Season 2 got darker. Elisabeth lost her daughter Sophie and nearly died in childbirth, and she was under constant pressure to give the empire an heir. She finally gave birth to Crown Prince Rudolf. The season ended with Austria sliding into the Second Italian War of Independence. Franz rode out to lead his troops in person, leaving behind a star-shaped ring in memory of their daughter, while Maximilian, tired of never winning back his brother's trust, left the court with his wife.

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Queen Elizabeth II
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Helena Bonham Carter
Princess Margaret
Gillian Anderson
Margaret Thatcher
Josh O'Connor
Prince Charles
Emma Corrin
Lady Diana Spencer
Marion Bailey
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Erin Doherty
Princess Anne
Stephen Boxer
Denis Thatcher
Charles Edwards
Martin Charteris
Penny Downie
Duchess of Gloucester
Angus Imrie
Prince Edward
Richard Goulding
Edward Adeane
Kevin McNally
Bernard Ingham
Paul Jesson
Sir Geoffrey Howe
Georgie Glen
Ruth Lady Fermoy
Tom Byrne
Prince Andrew
Dominic Rowan
Charles Powell
Tom Turner
Patrick Jephson
David Phelan
Dickie Arbiter
Lucas Barber-Grant
Prince William
Arran Tinker
Prince Harry
Lin Sagovsky
Elspeth Howe
Annette Badland
Doctor Margaret Meagarty
Ailema Sousa
Linda Correa
Vaughn Johseph
U.S. TV Reporter
Bu Kunene
New Yorker
John Moraitis
New Yorker
Jared McNeill
New Yorker
Reis Daniel
New Yorker
Rayhaan Kufuor-Gray
New York Boy
James Millard
BBC Roving Reporter
Sam Phillips
Equerry
Alison Pargeter
Buckingham Palace Maid 1
Nick Wymer
Kenneth Clarke
Alex Barclay
Michael Howard
Keith Chopping
Norman Lamont
Martin Fisher
Peter Lilley
Marc Ozall
John Major
Dugald Bruce Lockhart
John Moore
Duncan Duff
Cecil Parkinson
Oliver Milburn
Chris Patten
Michael Mears
Malcolm Rifkind
Stephen Greif
Speaker of the House
Jessica Aquilina
Sarah Ferguson
Daniel Fraser
Queen's Equerry
Francis Adams
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John Humphrys
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Nadia Williams
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