 Ramba uchiverenga - Pane imwe nguva, amai vake vakadzokera kuVienna. Iye akabudisa kunzwa kwake, uye akatsvaka kumubetsera netariro yokuisa shoko rakanaka nokuda kwake kuna baba vake. Zvisinei, nemhaka yokuti akanga agura ukama hwose nedare roumambo, akaramba nomwoyo wose chikumbiro chomwanakomana wake. Nemhaka yokuti Rudolf akanga apererwa netariro pamusoro pomufambiro wake, akagamuchira kutsvoda kweGrim Reaper Rufu paMayerling kumucheto kweVienna muna January 1889 uye akazviuraya kaviri nepistol. Ichi chinonzi chiitiko cheMayerlingRufu rwake rwakavanzika kunyange zvino. Paakanzwa kuti mwanakomana wake mumwe bedzi akanga azviuraya kaviri, Elisabeth akashamiswa zvikuru. Nokukurumidza paakaona chimiro chorufu rwake, akaziva kuti akanga ari mufananidzo mupenyu wake amene. Nemhaka yokuti iye akanga achitsvaka bedzi rusununguko rwake amene, akazvidemba kusiya mwanakomana wake, uyo akanga achitsvaka rusununguko rwake amene nenzira yakafanana, kumugumo wake, uye iye akavamba kuchema pamberi pebhokisi. Kusuruvara kwake kwakanga kwakadzika kwazvo zvokuti akakumbira ngoni kunyange kumuvengi anotyisa, uyo akagumisa upenyu hwake. Asi Mucheki Rufu haana kuedza kupindura kuchema kwake. 