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  1. The Mayerling incident is the series of events surrounding the apparent murdersuicide pact of Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, and his lover, baroness Mary Vetsera. They were found dead on 30 January 1889 in an imperial hunting lodge in Mayerling.

  2. Sep 23, 2022 · Mayerling tells a story which entwines the historical complexities of 19th-century geopolitics and court politics alike, against the backdrop of centuries of Habsburg history. But it is deeply, movingly effective as a ballet because it is mood-driven above all.

  3. Apr 12, 2022 · At 7.30am on January 30 1889, a servant tried to wake Crown Prince Rudolf, the 30-year-old heir to the Austro-Hungarian imperial throne, at the Mayerling hunting lodge in the Vienna Woods....

  4. Murder and suicide in the house of Habsburg: Crown Prince Rudolf shoots his young lover and then himself. The tragedy of Mayerling is still a puzzling one.

  5. Mayerling, village on the Schwechat River in eastern Lower Austria (Niederösterreich), 24 kilometres (15 miles) southwest of Vienna. It is the site of a hunting lodge (now a Carmelite convent) where the Habsburg crown prince, Archduke Rudolf, and his paramour Mary Vetsera committed suicide under.

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  6. Oct 6, 2022 · Powerfully played by a stellar cast, Kenneth MacMillans ballet opened the Royal Opera House’s season.

  7. A scandal ensued, and the imperial family sought to erase all memory of the baroness’ presence at Mayerling. Countless theories have circulated since: murder by foreign agents or on the command...

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