The Empress

Name: The Empress
Genre: Drama
Cast: Devrim Lingnau, Philip Froissant, Melika Foroutan, Johannes Nussbaum, Elisa Schlott

15
TV series
2022–present
2 seasons
Netflix
Drama

Season 3 coming 12 November 2026

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7.6 TMDB worldwide · 187 ratings

When rebellious Elisabeth falls for Emperor Franz and becomes his unlikely bride, she enters a world of tension and intrigue at the Viennese court.

About the show

The Empress (German: Die Kaiserin) is a German historical drama television series based on the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, starring Devrim Lingnau as the empress and Philip Froissant as Franz Joseph I of Austria. It was released on Netflix on 29 September 2022 and became the network's second-most watched series worldwide for two weeks and the seventh most popular non-English series of 2022, with over 150 million hours streamed.

On 8 November 2022, Netflix renewed it for a second season, which premiered on 22 November 2024. Netflix also commissioned a companion novel, The Empress: A Novel, by Gigi Griffis, which was published two days before the series premiered on the streaming service. On 27 January 2025, the series was renewed for a third and final season, which is set to premiere on 12 November 2026.

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