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Murder and suicide in the house of Habsburg: Crown Prince Rudolf shoots his young lover and then himself. The tragedy of Mayerling is still a puzzling one. Mary Vetsera with a crescent moon hairpin, photograph
Dec 21, 2010 · Actually in the case of Franz Ferdinand, it is really Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria’s suicide that caused Franz to be in line for the throne, setting up the line of events. So Rudolf is the ...
Two gunshots echoed from Mayerling hunting lodge in the early hours of 30 January 1889, sending shockwaves through the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Crown Prince Rudolf was found dead alongside Baroness Mary Vetsera, his 17-year-old mistress. Mary had been shot by Rudolf, who, several hours later, turned the gun on himself.
Mar 11, 2012 · At the time, Emperor Franz Joseph did everything in his power to get the Church’s blessing for Rudolf to be buried in the Imperial crypt, the Kapuzinergruft, impossible had the Crown Prince been seen committing murder and suicide.
Mar 1, 2021 · On January 30, 1889, the bodies of Crown Prince Rudolf, age 30, and his 17-year-old lover, Baroness Mary Vetsera, were found together, shot to death in bed at the prince's hunting lodge in Mayerling, Austria.
Jul 18, 2019 · It was later stated that Rudolf and Mary both died of gunshot wounds. However, the Crown Prince may not have been known to have committed suicide. The Minister of Police was dispatched to secure ...
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.
