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Baroness Mary Vetsera

1871 - 1889

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Baroness Mary Vetsera is the 74th most popular musician (down from 59th in 2019), the 111th most popular biography from Austria (down from 87th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Austrian Musician.

Baroness Mary Vetsera is most famous for being the last person to see the Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary alive before his suicide.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Baroness Mary Vetsera ranks 74 out of 3,175Before her are Chuck Berry, Cliff Burton, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Miles Davis, Vladimir Horowitz, and Dean Martin. After her are Pablo de Sarasate, Pablo Casals, Goran Bregović, Sviatoslav Richter, Alexander Glazunov, and John Deacon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Baroness Mary Vetsera ranks 13Before her are Victor Grignard, Karl Liebknecht, Guangxu Emperor, Pietro Badoglio, Paul Valéry, and Albert Lebrun. After her are Lesya Ukrainka, Heinrich Mann, Ioannis Metaxas, Elena of Montenegro, Theodore Dreiser, and Émile Borel. Among people deceased in 1889, Baroness Mary Vetsera ranks 5Before her are James Prescott Joule, Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, Antonio Meucci, and Jefferson Davis. After her are Lucy Webb Hayes, Yohannes IV, Luís I of Portugal, Michel Eugène Chevreul, Father Damien, Alexandre Cabanel, and Mihai Eminescu.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Baroness Mary Vetsera ranks 111 out of 1,424Before her are Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (1339), Maximilian Schell (1930), Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (1743), Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain (1584), Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria (1558), and Paula Hitler (1896). After her are Maria Amalia of Austria (1701), Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria (1746), Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria (1756), Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France (1554), Josef Strauss (1827), and Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este (1754).

Among MUSICIANS In Austria

Among musicians born in Austria, Baroness Mary Vetsera ranks 3Before her are Franz Liszt (1811), and Maria Anna Mozart (1751). After her are Fritz Kreisler (1875), Karl Thomas Mozart (1784), Joseph Joachim (1831), Anton Diabelli (1781), Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759), Joe Zawinul (1932), Friedrich Gulda (1930), Paul Wittgenstein (1887), and Paul Badura-Skoda (1927).