Mayerling incident
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The Mayerling incident is the series of events surrounding the apparent joint suicide pact of Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, and his mistress, Baroness Mary Vetsera. They were found dead on 30 Janua
Crown Prince Rudolf and Mary Freiin von Vetsera
Imperial hunting lodge at Mayerling
Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elisabeth grieve over their son
Mary von Vetsera, c. 1887
Baroness Mary Vetsera
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Baroness Marie Alexandrine "Mary" von Vetsera was an Austrian noblewoman and the mistress of Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria. Vetsera and the crown prince were found dead at his hunting lodge in Mayer
Mayerling incident
…The Mayerling incident is the series of events surrounding the apparent joint suicide pact of Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, and his mistress, Baroness Mary Vetsera. They were found dead on 30 January 1889 in an imperial hunting lodge in Mayerling. Rudolf, who was married to Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, was the…
Mary Vetsera in 1888
The last photograph of Mary (on the right), wearing the dress in which she was buried. On the left is Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich, a cousin of the crown prince who delivered some letters and messages between her and the crown prince.
Mary Vetsera's grave in Heiligenkreuz
Vetsera's farewell letter to her mother