| Rudolf | |||||
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| Crown Prince of Austria Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia | |||||
 Rudolf in 1887 | |||||
| Born | 21 August 1858 Schloss Laxenburg, Laxenburg, Lower Austria, Austrian Empire | ||||
| Died | 30 January 1889 (aged 30) Mayerling, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary | ||||
| Burial | Imperial Crypt, Vienna | ||||
| Spouse | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| Signature |  | ||||
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 Baroness Mary Vetsera at the Mayerling hunting lodge.[1] The ensuing scandal made international headlines.
- ^ As documented in several autograph letters by the two unfortunate lovers ANSA newsbrief (in Italian)