Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich
Countess Marie Larisch Countess Georg Larisch of Moennich | |
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Portrait by Josef Löwy | |
| Born | Marie Louise Elizabeth Mendel 24 February 1858 |
| Died | 4 July 1940 (aged 82) Augsburg, Bavaria |
| Spouses | Count Georg Larisch of Moennich
(m. 1877; div. 1896)Otto Brucks
(m. 1897; died 1914)William H. Meyers
(m. 1924; died 1930) |
| Parent(s) | Ludwig Wilhelm, Duke in Bavaria Henriette Mendel, Baroness von Wallersee |
Countess Marie Louise Larisch von Moennich (also known as Countess Marie Louise Larisch-Wallersee and Countess Marie Larisch) (24 February 1858 – 4 July 1940) was a niece of, and lady-in-waiting to, her aunt Empress Elisabeth of Austria, and a morganatic descendant of the Dukes in Bavaria, a collateral branch of the House of Wittelsbach. She was implicated in the Mayerling Incident which resulted in the death of her married cousin Crown Prince Rudolf and his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera, who was also her friend. She published several books with a ghostwriter about the Imperial household.