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Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (Rudolf Franz Karl Josef; 21 August 1858 – 30 January 1889) was the only son and third child of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and Duchess Elisabeth of Bavaria (Sisi). He was heir apparent to the imperial throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from birth.
Jun 13, 2024 · Archduke Rudolf, crown prince of Austria (born August 21, 1858, Schloss Laxenburg, near Vienna, Austria—died January 30, 1889, Schloss Mayerling, near Vienna) was the crown prince of Austria and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne.
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The Mayerling incident is the series of events surrounding the apparent murder–suicide pact of Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, and his lover, baroness Mary Vetsera. They were found dead on 30 January 1889 in an imperial hunting lodge in Mayerling.
Sep 16, 2021 · On 3rd January 1889 Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria and his mistress apparently committed suicide. But suspicions started to mount: were they in fact murdered?
- Bipin Dimri
Feb 5, 2023 · Rudolf, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, killed himself and his mistress Maria Vetsera in 1889. Learn about the circumstances, the cover-ups, the rumors and the impact of their suicides on European history.
When Rudolf betook himself to Mayerling in January 1889, he was thought to be hosting just such a hunting party, but on the day after his arrival he shot his lover and himself with a pistol. On the official level, efforts were made to hush up the murder and suicide committed by the Emperor’s son.
Sep 23, 2022 · It follows the unstable, melancholic Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, who, newly married to a suffering Princess Stéphanie, begins an affair with the impulsive Mary Vetsera, and makes a frenzied suicide pact with her, carried out in his hunting lodge at Mayerling.
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