[RUDOLF (1858-1889, Crown Prince of Austria who shot himself at Meyerling)]

Fine unsigned cabinet photo by Wien, showing him head and shoulders in uniform, in an oval, 6½" x 4½", no place, circa

The young Prince's excesses with women were numerous and it was decided to marry him to a suitable Catholic Princess. He married the daughter of King Leopold II of Belgium and treated her appallingly. He soon slipped back into his bachelor habits and met the beautiful Baroness Marie Vetsera, whom he shot before killing himself on 30th January 1889. This enormous scandal rocked Imperial Vienna. Empress Zeita of Austria, who died in 1989 always claimed that Rudolf had in fact been murdered. This picture is unusual because the couple were seldom together.

Item Date:  1884

Stock No:  28107      £175

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