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Mar 20, 2020 · Crown Prince Rudolf Facts. 1. He Was Spoiled Rotten. Rudolf’s birth on August 21, 1858, was a long-awaited and tense occasion. His mother, the feisty Empress Elisabeth of Austria, had only had girls before him, and his father Emperor Franz Joseph was anxious for a boy who could become the heir. Ecstatic to discover he now had a son, Franz ...
RMBA7PM4 – Rudolf, 21.8.1858 - 30.1.1889, Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, death, his dead body laid out at the Hofburg Imperial Palace, Vienna, wood engraving after drawing by Karl Trill, February 1889, mourning Imperial Family,
Rudolf Franz Karl Josef was born in 1858, the only son of Emperor Franz Josef and his wife, Elisabeth, securing the Austrian succession. He married Princess Stéphanie of Belgium in 1881. Rudolf, like his mother, was known for his depressive episodes, which is likely to have influenced the events of his death, commonly known as the „Meyerling ...
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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.
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 ...
The couple was discovered dead in their room under mysterious circumstances. The body of the Crown Prince was removed to Vienna. Marie's presence was a scandal that official circles did their best to suppress. The accepted story was that Rudolf shot his mistress and then himself. Details are lacking, however, due to the secrecy involved.
Apr 4, 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. His reformist and liberal ideas were stifled by his conservative father.
