Elssler

Elssler, the name of two celebrated dancers, sisters, and natives of Vienna—Therese (1808–78) and Fanny (1810–84). Their first great triumph was at Berlin in 1830; in 1841, after a tour through the capitals of Europe, the two sisters went to America, where they excited unwonted enthusiasm. They retired from the stage in 1851, in which year Therese became the wife of Prince Adalbert of Prussia, and was ennobled by the king of Prussia as Frau von Barnim.