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Rudolf (21 August 1858 – 30 January 1889), who was Archduke of Austria and Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, was the heir apparent to 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.〔As documented in several autograph letters by the two unfortunate lovers (ANSA newsbrief (in Italian) )〕 The ensuing scandal made international headlines. He was named after the first Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf I of Germany, who assumed the Imperial throne in 1273.〔Timothy Snyder (2008) 'The Red Prince'', p.9. ISBN 978-0-465-00237-5〕 ==Background== Rudolf was born at Schloss Laxenburg,〔 "Crown Prince Rudolf (1858-1889)" (museum notes), Natural History Museum of Vienna, 2006, (NHM-Wien-Rudolfe ). 〕 a castle near Vienna, as the son of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth. Influenced by his tutor Ferdinand von Hochstetter (who later became the first superintendent of the Imperial Natural History Museum), Rudolf became very interested in natural sciences, starting a mineral collection at an early age.〔 After his death, large portions of his mineral collection came into the possession of the University for Agriculture in Vienna.〔 Rudolf was raised together with his older sister Gisela and the two were very close. At the age of six, Rudolf was separated from his sister as he began his education to become a future emperor. This did not change their relationship and Gisela remained close to him until she left Vienna upon her marriage to Prince Leopold of Bavaria. In contrast with his deeply conservative father, Rudolf held liberal views, that were closer to those of his mother.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Young Wilhelm )〕 Nevertheless, his relationship with her was, at times, strained.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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