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
Portrait by Károly Koller, 1887
Wedding medal 1881 by Tautenhayn, obverse
The reverse of this wedding medal showing Hymen the god of marriage
Portrait by Eugen Felix
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
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
…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. Rudolf was born at Schloss Laxenburg, a castle near Vienna, as 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