by Greg King
Moravians
morphine
Morton, Frederic
Muslims
Naples
Napoleon III
nationalism
nationalities, autonomy to
Nazis
Neue Freie Presse
Neues Wiener Tagblatt
Neuhammer, Karl
New York Times
newspapers
confiscation of
reporting the Mayerling tragedy
special printings to eliminate unpleasant news
Nicholas, Tsarevich (future Nicholas II)
Nicholas I, Tsar
Nigra, Count Constantine
Nopcsa, Baron Ferenc
Nugent, Baron Albert
Nugent, Lady Elizabeth
Orsini und Rosenberg, Count Maximilian
Orth, Johann (pseudonym)
Otto, Archduke (b. 1912)
Otto, Archduke (Rudolf’s cousin)
Otto, Prince of Bavaria
Otto-Kreckwitz, Friedrich Karl von
Otto-Kreckwitz, Karl Ernst von
Paar, Count Eduard
Paget, Sir Augustus
Paget, Lady Walburga
Palmer, Eduard
Paris
Parma
Paul I of Russia
Petznek, Leopold
Philipp, Prince of Coburg
coarse-natured, and Rudolf’s good friend
in duel
finds the two corpses
later life
at Mayerling
testimony of
Philippe, Count of Flanders
Pick, Anna
Pius, Duke
Pius X, Pope
Planker-Klaps, Sophie von
Poles
Poliakowitz, Nikolaus
Polzer-Hoditz, Count Artur
Portugal
Potocki, Count Artur
Pötschner, Dr. Peter
Prague
Prussia
Püchel, Rudolf
radicalism
Radziwill, Princess Catherine
Raffé, Rolf
Rampolla, Mariano
Rathaus (Vienna City Hall)
reactionaries
Reiter, Dr. Christian
Ressegtier, Count Roger de
Reuss, Prince Heinrich VII
Revolutions of 1848
Riefenstahl, Leni
Ringtheater fire
Robert, Duke of Parma
Roll Commando sharpshooters
Rónay, Jácinth János von
Roosevelt, Theodore
Rothschild, Baron Albert
Rothschild, Nathaniel
royal families of Europe
fall of, after World War I
heirs of, lack of meaningful work for
Rudolf, Count (founder of Habsburg dynasty)
Rudolf, Crown Prince
ancestry
birth and upbringing
character as child
education and tutoring
parents’ failure to nurture
religious upbringing and doubts
the body
autopsy report
body returned to Vienna
casket for
path of bullet
skull and brain
view of corpse
family relations
conversations with Franz Josef
fear of, among family
pain of memory of
farewell letters
no final letter for Franz Josef
Franz Josef quoted
“died like a Schneider” (coward)
“you are not worthy to be my successor”
funeral and burial
Catholic funeral
lying in state
tomb of
German press campaign against
habits of abuse
Champagne, Cognac, and morphine regime
drug use
drunkenness
health
erectile dysfunction (impotence) due to drugs and drinking
medical records
physical decline
sleeping 4 to 5 hours a night
venereal disease contracted
“honor” important to
intelligent mind of
interests
horses
indifference to music and art
lust for killing
obsession with death
life style
bachelor apartment in Hofburg
contents of his rooms
introduced to women and alcohol
lack of meaningful work
nervous and careless life of
pleasure-seeking life
reaches majority, annual stipend awarded
reckless behavior
self-destructive way of life
shooting accident, terrifies Franz Josef
thirtieth birthday reflections
visiting seedy nightspots
“a wasted life, a needless death” (the late Archduke Otto)
and Mayerling tragedy
goes to Mayerling
at Mayerling
pursued by Mary Vetsera
suicide of, after killing Mary
mental state
anxiety and depression of
Bipolar I disorder, possible
change noticed in
emotional breakdown at 1889 Christmas
mental derangement supposed
moody appearance
not insane, but manic
psychological damage in childhood
military positions
colonel
inspector general of infantry
stationed in Prague
murder-suicide by, shame of
at the opera
personal traits
appearance
speaking voice
political role
belief he could have transformed Habsburg empire
and Bismark (mutual dislike)
conspiracy against Franz Josef
“enlightened prince”
excluded from political influence by Franz Josef
Hungarian plot
memoranda on military matters, given to Franz Josef
political impotence, empty life
political views (liberal)
shadowing of and spying on, by government
prayers for his unhappy soul
at Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee
at the races
sex life
consorting with prostitutes
illegitimate children produced
“nothing I could teach him” (Prince of Wales)
seduced by Helene von Vetsera
sexual behavior
sexual partners of, frequent changes of
suicidal thoughts and talk
wills
the first
the second, of 1887
writings by
anonymous articles for liberal newspapers
memoranda to Franz Josef
on nonpolitical topics (e.g., on his travels)
See also Mayerling tragedy; next entries
Rudolf-Mary affair
blackmail potential
facilitators of
Franz Josef learns of
Franz Josef orders it ended
Helen Vetsera’s attempts to end
Krauss investigates
length of, publicly admitted and actual
Mary reveals she’s pregnant (January 13)
romantic myth of
Rudolf promises Franz Josef to end
Rudolf’s attempts to end
scandal of
Rudolf-Stephanie marriage
marriage proposal
marriage strains
Rudolf’s annulment request
Rumanians
Russians
Rustimo (African boy kept as pet)
Salisbury, Lord
Salm family
Sarajevo
assassination at
travels to
Sáromberke estate
Sarrell, Eliza
Sarto, Cardinal Giuseppe
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha dynasty
Saxony
Schloss Ellischau
Schloss Laxenburg
Schloss Oroszvár
Schloss Orth
Schloss Schwarzau
Schönborn-Buchheim, Archbishop Count
Schönbrunn palace
Schönerer, Georg von
Schratt, Katharina von
Schuldes, Julius
Schuselka, Franz
Schwarz-Gelb
Semitic influences
Serbia
Serbs
Seven Weeks’ War
Sicily
silver boxes presented to Rudolf’s ex-lovers
Sixtus, Prince of Bourbon-Parma
Skedl, Artur
Slatin, Dr. Heinrich
Slavs
Slovenians
smart set
Social Democratic Party
society
newspaper accounts of
social season in Vienna
tiers of
Sophie, Archduchess (died young)
Sophie, Archduchess (Princess of Bavaria, and grandmother of Rudolf)
and Rudolf’s upbringing
Sophie of Bavaria (sister of Empress Elizabeth)
South Slavs
Soviet troops
Mary’s grave desecrated by
Spain
Spindler, Heinrich Ritter von
Stephanie, Crown Princess (Princess of Belgium)
appearance
blamed for Rudolf’s death
confrontations with Mary Vetsera
critics of
health
infected by Rudolf’s venereal disease
infertility from gonorrhea infection
later life
married life
early contentment
marriage proposal
marriage strains
quarrels with Rudolf
ring of iron given to
Rudolf’s last letter to
memoirs
and Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee (did not go)
remarries, stripped of titles
rivalry with Mary
after Rudolf’s death
takes a lover (Artur Potocki)
worries about Rudolf
See also Rudolf-Stephanie marriage
Stockau, Count Georg von
Stockau, Marie von
Stockau, Count Otto von
Stockhausen, Countess Juliana von
Stubel, Ludmilla “Milli”
Stubel, Marie
suicide
Catholic burial refused in case of
insanity excuses
suicide pacts
using a hand-held mirror to adjust aim
Vienna’s fascination with
syphilis
Szeps, Bertha
Szeps, Moritz
Szilvássy, Dr. Johann
Szögyény-Marich, Count Ladislaus von
Rudolf’s letter to
Taaffe, Count Eduard von
confiscates newspapers
disliked Rudolf
Mary’s disapearance reported to
prime minister, crushes liberalism
supposedly welcomed Rudolf’s death
takes control of the Mayerling tragedy investigation
Taaffe, Heinrich
Taaffe, Rudolf
telegrams to Rudolf, from Károly
Teleki von Szék, Count Samuel
Tisza, Kálmán von
Tobias, Gabriele
Tobias, Hermine
Toselli, Enrico
Turks
Tuscany
Vanderbilt, Alva
Venice
Vetsera, Baron Albin von
Vetsera, Franz von (“Feri”)
Vetsera, Georg
Vetsera, Helene von (born Baltazzi)
attempts to end the Rudolf-Mary affair
blackmailing propensity of
designs grave for Mary and reburies her
facilitated Rudolf-Mary affair
at German embassy soiree
later life
learns Mary is dead
learns of Mary’s possible pregnancy
letters from Mary to
outraged at government’s burial of Mary
pamphlet on the affair
poor reputation of
prostitutes her daughter Mary for social climbing
reports Mary missing
searches Mary’s room
told by government to leave Vienna
Vetsera, Ilona
Vetsera, Johanna von (“Hanna”)
letter from Mary to
Vetsera, Ladislaus von
Vetsera, Marie Alexandrine von (“Mary”)
affair with Rudolf
delivered to Hofburg then to Mayerling
pursuit of Rudolf
secret visits to Rudolf
appearance
burial
bones of, removed and reburied
coffin for
corpse secretly removed from Mayerling and obscurely buried
genetic testing of bones, not done
grave at Heiligenkreuz
obituary, falsified in newspapers
facts of the case
the corpse
ice-skating ensemble worn at Mayerling
nakedness of the corpse
path of the bullet through the head
father uncertain (possibly Franz Josef)
final letters from
foreign press stories
fortune-teller prediction of death
gifts to Rudolf
cigarette case purchased for Rudolf
hopes and thoughts
collapse of her world
decides to join Rudolf in death
devastated by Rudolf’s rejection
not an intellectual
suicidal thoughts, not likely
was exaltedly looking to the future
made a will (January 18)
and Mayerling tragedy
delivered to Hofburg then to Mayerling
disappearance of, officially commanded, after death
“disappearance” of, while going to Mayerling
at Mayerling
presence at Mayerling, concealed
personality
histrionic declarations, not taken seriously
moral character lacking
naive wishful thinking
photographs of
pregnancy, possible
at Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee
sex life
love affairs
marriage plans of Helene
marriageability
upbringing
venereal disease of
what actually happened
murdered by Rudolf (“I have killed”)
murdered by Rudolf while awake (not while sleeping)
suicide not likely
See also Mayerling tragedy; Rudolf-Mary affair
Vetsera family
Vetsera Palace
Victoria, Queen
family life of
Golden Jubilee
informed of the Rudolf case
opinion of Rudolf
Rudolf visits
Vienna
aristocratic
Ringstrasse
Vienna Woods
Wagemut, Karl
Wagner, Otto
Wagner, Richard
Wassilko-Serecki, Countess Zoë von
Weber, Franz (driver)
Welden, Baroness Karolina von
Werlmann, Karl von
Werner (fictitious gamekeeper)
Widerhofer, Dr. Hermann
Wiener Tagblatt
Wiener Zeitung
Wilhelm I, Kaiser
Wilhelm II, Kaiser
> Windisch-Grätz, Prince Ernst von
Windisch-Grätz, Prince Franz Josef von
Windisch-Grätz, Prince Otto Weriand von
Windisch-Grätz, Prince Rudolf von
Windisch-Grätz, Princess Stephanie von
Winterhalter, Franz Xaver
Wittelsbach dynasty
mental flaws in
Wodicka, Franz
Wolf, Frau Johanna
Wolf, Friedrich
Wölfing, Leopold (pseudonym)
Wolfson, Victor
World War I
World War II
Zita, Empress (Princess of Bourbon-Parma)
Zwerger, Alois
ALSO BY GREG KING AND PENNY WILSON
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
GREG KING is the author of a dozen internationally published works of history, most recently Lusitania. He serves as editor in chief of the European Royal History Journal, and his work has appeared in Majesty Magazine, Royalty Magazine, Royalty Digest Quarterly, and Atlantis Magazine. You can sign up for email updates here.
PENNY WILSON is the author of several internationally published works of history on late Imperial Russia. Her historical work has appeared in Majesty Magazine, Atlantis Magazine Quarterly, and Royalty Digest. You can sign up for email updates here.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Dramatis Personae
Part I
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Part II
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Part III
Chapter Thirteen