Mayerling
Crown Prince Rudolf, heir to Austria-Hungary, was found dead at the imperial hunting lodge at Mayerling on 30 January 1889 with his 17-year-old mistress, Baroness Mary Vetsera, in an apparent suicide pact.
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Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
1858–1889 · Habsburg-Lorraine
Austrian archduke. Born at Laxenburg. Died at Mayerling.
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Family
- Father
- Franz Joseph I of Austria
- Mother
- Empress Elisabeth of Austria
- Married
- Princess Stéphanie of Belgium 1881
- Children (1)
- Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria 1883
- Siblings (3)
- Archduchess Sophie Friederike of Austria 1855
Archduchess Gisela of Austria 1856
Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria 1868
Related to
- Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria was the 30× great-grandson of Charlemagne.
- Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria was the fourth cousin twice removed of Victoria.
- Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria was the 6× great-grandson of Louis XIV of France.