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Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria

1858 - 1889

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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 and Empress Elisabeth of Austria. 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. The ensuing scandal made international headlines. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria is the 18th most popular nobleman (up from 20th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Austria (up from 25th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Austrian Nobleman.

Rudolf, crown prince of austria, was most famous for his suicide in 1889.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria ranks 18 out of 1,415. Before him are Albert, Prince Consort, Ragnar Lodbrok, Rollo, Akihito, Edward the Black Prince, and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. After him are Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Harold Harefoot, Empress Matilda, Lucrezia Borgia, Anne, Princess Royal, and Marie de' Medici.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria ranks 5. Before him are Giacomo Puccini, Max Planck, Émile Durkheim, and Selma Lagerlöf. After him are Theodore Roosevelt, Rudolf Diesel, Gustaf V of Sweden, Georg Simmel, Christiaan Eijkman, Jagadish Chandra Bose, and Omar Mukhtar. Among people deceased in 1889, Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria ranks 2. Before him is James Prescott Joule. After him are Antonio Meucci, Jefferson Davis, Baroness Mary Vetsera, 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, Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria ranks 17 out of 1,424. Before him are Erwin Schrödinger (1887), Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947), Stefan Zweig (1881), Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889), Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (1527), and Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459). After him are Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863), Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1741), Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (1791), Maximilian I of Mexico (1832), Karl Popper (1902), and Charles I of Austria (1887).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Austria

Among noblemen born in Austria, Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria ranks 2. Before him are Marie Antoinette (1755). After him are Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863), Otto von Habsburg (1912), Mariana of Austria (1634), Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria (1842), Leopold III, Duke of Austria (1351), Elizabeth of Austria (1526), Maria Theresa of Austria (1801), Sigismund, Archduke of Austria (1427), Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein (1869), and Princess Alexandra of Hanover (1882).

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