tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post101128414403193509..comments2024-02-14T22:57:55.638-05:00Comments on The Cross of Laeken: Tragedy at Mayerling, 1889Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-50107869240636340512014-04-21T18:07:18.375-04:002014-04-21T18:07:18.375-04:00Clemenceau did not become prime minister of France...Clemenceau did not become prime minister of France until 1906. It requires a large stretch of the imagination for France to have arranged the murder of the Habsburg heir who was less supportive of the Dual Alliance with Germany.HenryFTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918237715021295212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-39313783285212928622010-02-03T20:02:32.842-05:002010-02-03T20:02:32.842-05:00You're very welcome!You're very welcome!Jorgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-35460859976372596172010-02-02T18:25:58.744-05:002010-02-02T18:25:58.744-05:00Many thanks!Many thanks!Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230268418171628594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-42050105532102882652010-02-02T17:25:53.685-05:002010-02-02T17:25:53.685-05:00No, I don't know them personal, but Alexandra ...No, I don't know them personal, but Alexandra lived in Chile with her family, and her children attended my same school. The article is online. Here's the link:<br /><br />http://humanitas.cl/html/biblioteca/articulos/d0403.html<br /><br />She signs at the beginning of the article as "Alexandra de Habsburgo".Jorgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-58284403680053455382010-02-01T20:25:21.057-05:002010-02-01T20:25:21.057-05:00Jorge, did you actually meet Alexandra and Cathari...Jorge, did you actually meet Alexandra and Catharina? <br /><br />Thank you so much for offering to send me the article on the holy Emperor. Is the article available online? If so, you can post the link here if you like. Sadly, I do not know Spanish (although I might be able to understand some of it, based on French and Italian). But perhaps, other readers who read Spanish well might appreciate it. Thanks again.Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230268418171628594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-40248294450070872642010-02-01T15:55:58.394-05:002010-02-01T15:55:58.394-05:00Rudolf's death is a very mysterious issue. I h...Rudolf's death is a very mysterious issue. I have heard the conspiracy theory from two granddaughters of Empress Zita, Alexandra and Catharina (both archduchesses). They have both referred that their grandmother always doubted about the suicide and said that Clemenceau was behind the deaths.<br />BTW, there is an article in Spanish about Blessed Emperor Karl. It was written in Spanish for a Catholic magazine by Archduchess Alexandra of Austria. If you are able to translate it, I can send it to you if you're interested. I would help, but translation is not one of my strenghts.Jorgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-12808640189078565312010-01-30T18:48:21.566-05:002010-01-30T18:48:21.566-05:00Yes, Stephanie even entitled her memoirs "I S...Yes, Stephanie even entitled her memoirs "I Should Have Been Empress." <br /><br />There was talk, at one point, of the future Albert I of Belgium marrying Elisabeth ("Erszi") the daughter of Rudolf and Stephanie. Albert's sister Henriette was horrified at the idea, understandably thinking the prospective bride had too crazy a background for this to be a success.Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230268418171628594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-19443530604809278242010-01-30T17:15:00.512-05:002010-01-30T17:15:00.512-05:00I had quite forgotten about this event. A number o...I had quite forgotten about this event. A number of things make me inclined to think this was possibly not a simple suicide, not the least of which was Empress Zita's word as I would think she would know better than most and would have no reason to fabricate such a tale.<br /><br />I also think, on this occasion, that the death of Kronprinz Rudolf would have made the Archduke Maximilian heir to the throne had he not signed away his rights and died in Mexico. With Stephanie and Carlota Belgium lost two opportunities to have one of their own as Empress of Austria.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.com