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  1. 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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  3. Jun 26, 2024 · Through the forged document called privilegium maius (1358/59), Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (1339–1365) introduced the title of Archduke to place the Habsburgs on a par with the Prince-electors of the Empire, since Emperor Charles IV had omitted to give them the electoral dignity in his Golden Bull of 1356. Charles, however, refused to ...

  4. 3 days ago · Emperor Franz Joseph hunting with his only son Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria. In 1885 Franz Joseph met Katharina Schratt , a leading actress of the Vienna stage, and she became his friend and confidante.

  5. In 1888, 30-year old Rudolf met 17-year old Baroness Marie Vetsera, the two began a passionate affair soon after. On 30 January 1889, the two were discovered dead at the Crown Princes hunting lodge. Rudolf had shot himself, after shooting Vetsera in an agreed upon murder-suicide. 4. Reply.

  6. Jun 25, 2024 · Prince Wolfgang of Hesse-Kassel was the designated Hereditary Prince of the monarchy of Finland, (with a pretension to Estonia), and as such, called the Crown Prince of Finland officially until 14 December 1918, and also afterwards by some monarchists.

  7. Interesting fact: At 30 Rudolf killed himself together with his lover (a baroness) in a suicide pact Romeo and Juliette style. Interestingly, only in 2015 they found the baroness’ letter in a safety deposit box of an Austrian bank.

  8. Jun 21, 2024 · No less grievous to the dynasty and of more concern to Austria-Hungary was the suicide of the crown prince Rudolf in 1889, though his fitness for the imperial and royal succession was questionable; and the scandalous misconduct of certain archdukes and archduchesses, in the imperial and in the Tuscan lines alike, further impaired the Habsburgs ...

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