Mary Vetsera

Marie "Mary" Alexandrine Freiin von Vetsera, (Baroness Mary Vetsera), (March 19, 1871–January 30, 1889) was Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria's mistress, the daughter of Baron Alban Vetsera, a diplomat in foreign service at the Austrian court, and his wife Helene Baltazzi. The two lovers were found dead under mysterious circumstances at Emperor Franz Joseph's hunting lodge — the incident is known as Mayerling, after the name of the lodge.

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March 19 - 1871 - January 30 - 1889 - Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria - Baron Alban Vetsera - Helene Baltazzi - Franz Joseph - Mayerling

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It has been variously claimed that she was killed by Crown Prince Rudolf, who then killed himself; that they both killed themselves; that they killed one another; that the two of them were murdered; and that she either was or was not pregnant at the time of her death.

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Her body was spirited out of Mayerling and interred in the Cistercian monastery at Heiligenkreuz. Helmut Flatzelsteiner exhumed her body without permission; she was reinterred in her original grave in October 1993.

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Cistercian - Heiligenkreuz

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