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.

Arriving in Vienna, Sisi finds herself navigating the complexity of court politics and her husband's scheming family.

It would be directed by Katrin Gebbe and Florian Cossen, with Bernd Lange and Janna Maria Nandzik writing.

[3] The story line takes place primarily in Vienna, though parts of the first episode are set in Bavaria, where the young Elisabeth was living when she met the emperor.

Location shooting was completed in cities such as Bayreuth, Stein, Bamberg, Dinkelsbühl, Eckersdorf and Aidhausen.

[12] After Netflix renewed the series, filming for the second season had started in Prague, Czech Republic by September 2023.