Was their ever a suicide on record that...

Question

involved a royal family member, or even someone linked to a royal family member that jumped off of a castle or building wall into a lake or river or some body of water? Not something recent, but from a long time ago. I'm trying to do some research but I am coming up with nothing.

Answer 1

Most famous of all Cleopatra

Answer 2

King Ludwig II of Bavaria was deposed in June 1886.  A few days later he was found dead floating in a lake.  Officially his death was declared a death from suicide, although there is speculation that he may have been murdered.  

Answer 3

In Wallachia 1462, Vlad the impaler's first wife jumped out of the tower into the river below.

Vlad "Dracula" was at war with the Ottoman Empire. The Turkish army surrounded Poienari Castle, led by his half-brother Radu the Handsome ( They were competing for the throne of Wallachia, his half brother sided with the Turks.) An archer shot an arrow through a window into Vlad's main quarters, with a message warning him that Radu's army was approaching.  Upon reading the message, Vlad's wife flung herself off the tower into a tributary of the Arges River flowing below the castle. According to legend, she remarked that she "would rather have her body rot and be eaten by the fish of the Arges than be led into captivity by the Turks." Today, the tributary is called the Lady's River.

In Bram Stoker's Dracula, the scene is depicted that she jumped thinking her husband had been killed in battle.

Look up Vlad III, ruler of Wallachia and you will find more info on this.

Answer 4

Casimir2121 is correct, Vlad the Impaler's wife did jump to her death from Castle Dracula.