Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria

Names
	German: Rudolf Franz Karl Josef; English: Rudolph Francis Charles Joseph

Rudolf
Rudolf
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	Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (m. 1881)
Issue	Elisabeth Marie, Princess Otto of Windisch-Graetz
Names
Names
	German: Rudolf Franz Karl Josef; English: Rudolph Francis Charles Joseph
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.

^ As documented in several autograph letters by the two unfortunate lovers ANSA newsbrief (in Italian)