Love can be very selfish - this is evidenced by the history of relations between the aristocrat Maria Vechera and the Austrian crown prince Rudolph. Young people, educated and beautiful, committed suicide for the sake of love - it is written in almost all sources.
However, love does not imply suffering, much less death. This is a gift from above that must be kept and rejoice that you have it. Even if there is no reciprocity and the possibility of being together. Because love is giving, not possession. Apparently, Prince Rudolph thought differently, and therefore persuaded Mary to die with him, breaking off a very young life. At least there is such a version.
Biography
Maria Alexandrina von Evenings was born in 1871 in Vienna. Her family was rich, but by that time standards did not belong to the upper strata of society. The girl’s mother was very vain and dreamed of a high society. Therefore, she attended all social events and often hosted receptions in her home.
Maria had a sister, and as soon as the girls grew up, her mother began to take them to balls and parties, hoping that they would attract the attention of men from aristocratic families and get married favorably. Talk about this did not cease in their home, and Mary was worried that she was treated as a commodity from which she could benefit.
By the age of seventeen, the Evenings had turned into a real beauty with dark eyes, long thick hair and a beautiful chest voice. In addition to this, she had a light character, complete indifference to study and a love of entertainment. She did not plan to get education.
In her memoirs, the Austrian countess Marie Larisch wrote that at the age of fifteen Maria Vechery had an affair with an English officer, that is, the girl was very amorous. This happened in Cairo when his father went there with his family on diplomatic affairs.
Fatal meeting
However, when they left, the lovers had to leave. After that, the girl dreamed of true love and found her at seventeen in the person of Prince Rudolph. She saw him at the racetrack and was amazed at his beauty and manners. Indeed, the outwardly prince was very attractive. At that time he was twenty-nine years old, and he was known as a universal idol. There was probably not a single girl in Vienna who was in love with him. Beautiful, famous, charismatic - what else could a girl dream about?
However, no one knew about his "dark side" - the tendency to depression and suicide. It would seem that the son of the Austrian emperor, who received a brilliant education and has everything that your heart desires
His character let him down - an emotional and sensitive young man seemed to his father incapable of state activity and was removed from important political affairs.
By the time Mary met the prince, he was married and had several mistresses. These were notable ladies and women from brothels. For the prostitute Mizzi Caspar, he even bought a house to go to her unhindered.
Once he invited Mizzi to die together, but she refused. And when the prince met Mary, he chose her as a companion to the afterlife. It was Marie Larish who introduced Rudolph and the Evening in November 1988.
