Whispers of the past 📚🖼️ on Instagram: "The Mayerling tragedy didn’t end with Crown Prince Rudolf’s death — it created a lifelong divide between Princess Stéphanie and her daughter, Archduchess Elisabeth Marie (“Erzsi”). Raised by Emperor Franz Joseph and shaped by a cult of mourning, Erzsi turned against her mother after her remarriage and later shocked the world by embracing socialism as the “Red Archduchess.” Discover one of the Habsburg family’s most dramatic and heartbreaking rifts. #hist