Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
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Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria was the only son and third child of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth of Austria. He was heir apparent to the imperial throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from birth. In 1889, he died in a suicide pact with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera at the Mayerling hunting lodge. The ensuing scandal made international headlines.
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politics · Heir to the Austrian throne (1858–1889) · military officer · naturalist · politician · also Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, Archduke Rudolf, Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, Austria
Born 21 August 1858 · Died 30 January 1889 · Q152923
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2026· 3 entries
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
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And they revealed that she was preparing to commit suicide alongside Rudolf, out of love
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1979· 1 entry
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1914· 1 entry
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(an event that precipitated World War I), so when Emperor Franz-Joseph died in November 1916, he was succeeded instead by his grandnephew, Charles I of Austria
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1898· 1 entry
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While Elisabeth was abroad in Geneva, Switzerland, she was murdered by an Italian anarchist, Luigi Lucheni
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1896· 1 entry
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From typhoid made his eldest son, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the new heir presumptive
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1889· 3 entries
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Died 1889-01-30.
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By 1889, it was common knowledge at Court that Stéphanie would not have any more children due to the events of 1886, and that Rudolf's health was deteriorating.
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Died in a suicide pact with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera at the Mayerling hunting lodge
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1886· 3 entries
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Rudolf bought Mayerling, a hunting lodge
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In 1886, Rudolf became seriously ill and the couple was directed to the island of Lacroma (off present day Croatia) for his treatment.
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Rudolf became seriously ill and the couple was directed to the island of Lacroma (off present day Croatia) for his treatment
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1883· 1 entry
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Career landmark: Member of the House of Lords (Austria) (1883–1889).
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1880· 1 entry
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Awarded Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (1880).
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1877· 1 entry
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Count Karl Albert von Bombelles was master of the young prince
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1858· 1 entry
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Born 1858-08-21.
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