Was Helene Really the “Ugly Sister”?

History remembers Helene of Bavaria as the ugly sister of Empress Sisi, the woman celebrated as the greatest beauty of her time. She was the rejected bride, the overlooked sister, and the empress who never was. But was Néné really as ugly as history made her out to be? Which matters more, outer beauty or inner strength? And did she truly lose when she failed to become an empress, or was that the very thing that saved her? That is the story I’m going to tell you today.