Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Brigitte Hamann, in her book Rudolf, Crown Prince and Rebel, states Rudolf had first proposed a double suicide to a prominent courtesan, Mizzi Kaspar. [16] [17] [18] It was after she refused that Rudolf proposed the death pact with the more susceptible Vetsera. Hamann, in an interview, argued Rudolf "was a poetic young man and brooded a lot.
Baroness Marie Alexandrine "Mary" von Vetsera (19 March 1871 – 30 January 1889) 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 Mayerling on 30 January 1889, following an apparent murder-suicide, which is known as the Mayerling incident.
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.
According to some historians, Kaspar was Prince Rudolf's first choice to join his suicide pact. When she refused he turned to his other mistress, Baroness Mary Vetsera. [2] [5] According to Serge Schmemann: [6] Prince Rudolf had in fact contemplated suicide for at least a half year before his death.
Marie received financial support from her cousin Crown Prince Rudolf. On 30 January 1889, Rudolf shot his 17-year-old mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera and committed suicide - a scandal known as the Mayerling Incident. It was subsequently revealed that Marie Larisch had acted as go-between for Rudolf and Mary Vetsera. [4]
In The Crown, shortly after Princess Diana's death, Prince William goes missing at Balmoral.
Prince stayed awake for 154 hours straight before his death, this according to his brother-in-law. Maurice Phillips, who is married to Prince's sister Tyka Nelson, made the shocking claim during a ...
Prince William and Princess Kate Middleton have distanced themselves from former friend Rose Hanbury since affair rumors surfaced in 2019, according to royal expert Omid Scobie’s new tell-all ...