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Crown Prince of Austria Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia | |||||
![]() Rudolf in 1887 | |||||
Born | Schloss Laxenburg, Laxenburg, Lower Austria, Austrian Empire | 21 August 1858||||
Died | 30 January 1889 Mayerling, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary | (aged 30)||||
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Issue | Elisabeth Marie, Princess Otto of Windisch-Graetz | ||||
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House | Habsburg-Lorraine | ||||
Father | Franz Joseph I of Austria | ||||
Mother | Elisabeth in Bavaria | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (Rudolf Franz Karl Josef; 21 August 1858 – 30 January 1889) was the only son and third child of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and Duchess Elisabeth of Bavaria (Sisi). 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 Mary Vetsera at the Mayerling hunting lodge.[1] The ensuing scandal made international headlines.