And I will pay tribute to beloved Crown Prince Rudolf and his mistress Marty Vetsera who died tragically and under all those mysterious circumstances on that January morning in 1889.
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Mayerling accident has always been linked with Sarajevo episode in 1914. I sometimes really wonder, would the World War 1st have happened, if Rudolf had been the new Emperor of the Empire. If he hadn't died, most likely he would give more freedom to other nationalities in Empire (Slovaks, Serbs, Croats, and so on....). Most likely he would, since he was known as 'liberal Prince'. And I don't know would annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1908 would have happened? Maybe Revolts would never happen, and maybe that maybe already doomed Empire would have lived longer...?
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Mayelring is a haunting story, tragic and short Romance, deaths resulted love colored in dozens and dozens books and movies. IMO, he didn't kill Mary. He simply couldn't. Just IMO. I know that he was a suicidal person, I saw his drawings he did while he was boy, and they are filled with blood and violence scenes. I was shocked. I somehow like that story. I read about it a bit, and I dislike all stories about Mary's remains, they were digged up and moved several times...I just think that he killed himself (strange , some source label that he was murdered).I think he killed himself and Mary was either murdered or died accidentally. From what I have heard, she died first. I feel sorry for them. I also like the way they look. Btw, I was shocked by large number of photos taken of them.
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R.I.P. Crown Prince Rudolf and Baroness Mary Vetsera (who died tragically on January 30th 1889).
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The Funeral of young prince and Alter Sloss Mayerling :


Allegedly his last photo taken on January 27th 1889:

From magazine 'Royal Romances', Princess Stephanie of Belgium describes Mary:


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Rudolph and Stephanie:

From a movie and a card dedicated to young Prince:


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