The notorious Austrian village of Mayerling is infamous for a tragic romance. In 1889, Crown Prince Rudolf, desperate over his father's order to end his affair with Baroness Marie Vetsera, shot her and then took his own life at a royal hunting lodge. The circumstances remain unclear, with theories including murder-suicide, political assassination, and family vendetta.
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The tragic love story of Crown Prince Rudolf and Baroness Marie unfolded at a royal hunting lodge in Mayerling, Austria in 1889, where Rudolf's desperate love was ultimately doomed by his father's demand to end their affair.
