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Rudolf

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Ru·dolf  (rdlf) 1858-1889.
Austrian crown prince. The controversially liberal heir to Francis Joseph I, he was found dead with his mistress in Mayerling, his hunting lodge near Vienna. Officially deemed a double suicide, the suspicious event was never fully investigated.
Rudolf, Lake
See Lake Turkana.
Rudolf [ˈruːdɒlf]
n
(Placename) Lake. the former name (until 1979) of (Lake) Turkana
Rudolf2, Rudolph [ˈruːdɒlf]
n
(Biographies / Rudolf (1858-1889) M, Austrian, POLITICS: royal family member) 1858-89, archduke of Austria, son of emperor Franz Joseph: he and his mistress committed suicide at the royal hunting lodge in Mayerling


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