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Archduke Rudolf, crown prince of Austria
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Archduke Rudolf, crown prince of Austria

crown prince of Austria
Also known as: Rudolf, Erzherzog und Kronprinz von Österreich(Show More)
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Archduke Rudolf, crown prince of Austria (born August 21, 1858, Schloss Laxenburg, near Vienna, Austria—died January 30, 1889, Schloss Mayerling, near Vienna) was the crown prince of Austria and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. His reformist and liberal ideas were stifled by his conservative father. The only son of the emperor Franz Joseph and the empress Elizabeth, Rudolf received an extensive education and traveled widely. Politically, his anxiety to overcome the problem of the various...

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