Vetsera, Mary Freiin von#
b. Vienna, March 19, 1871, d. Mayerling (Lower Austria), Jan. 30, 1889, mistress of Crown Prince Rudolf. Was shot by Rudolf in Mayerling before he committed suicide. Her remains were stolen from the crypt in Heiligenkreuz in 1991; reburied in 1993.
Literature#
C. Schaefer, Mayerling. Die Tragoedie und ihre Deutungen, 1987; C. M. Gruber, Die Schicksalstage von Mayerling, 1989; V. Wallner, Rendezvous in Mayerling, 1990; H. Swistun, M. V., 1999.