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  Reference for Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria - Search.com
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Este (December 18, 1863 – June 28, 1914) was an Archduke of Austria, Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, and from 1896 until his death, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne.
Franz Ferdinand (Full Name: Franz Ferdinand Karl Belschwitz Ludwig Josef von Habsburg-Lothringen), was born in Graz, Austria, the eldest son of Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria (younger brother of Emperor Franz Joseph and Maximilian I of Mexico) and of his second wife, Princess Maria Annunciata of the Two Sicilies.
Pope Leo XIII, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, and the German Emperor Wilhelm II all made representations on Franz Ferdinand's behalf to the Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, arguing that the disagreement between Franz Joseph and Franz Ferdinand was undermining the stability of the monarchy.
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  Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Francis Ferdinand (Franz Ferdinand) was born in Graz, Austria, the eldest son of Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria (younger brother of Emperor Franz Josef) and of his second wife, Princess Maria Annunciata of the Two Sicilies.
Pope Leo XIII, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, and the German Emperor Wilhelm II all made representations on Franz Ferdinand's behalf to the Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, arguing that the disagreement between Franz Joseph and Franz Ferdinand was undermining the stability of the monarchy.
Franz Ferdinand is interred in Artstetten Castle, Austria.
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 Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand Karl Ludwig Joseph Maria von Habsburg-Lothringen d'Este
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Karl Ludwig Joseph Maria von Habsburg-Lothringen was born at Graz on 18 July 1863, son of Karl Ludwig, Kaiser Franz Josef's second brother.
While the ascension of his son, Archduke Maximilian, to the throne of Austria was prevented, Franz Ferdinand's heir was not prevented from ascending the throne of Hungary, whose royal laws did not hinge on Habsburg family law.
Franz Josef may have disliked Franz Ferdinand's marriage, his associates, and his political ideas, but he also realised that the Archduke was a survivor, made strong by his childhood illness, and needed some experience before ascending the thrones of the Dual Monarchy.
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 Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand, eldest son of Carl Ludwig, the brother of Emperor Franz Josef, was born in 1863.
Franz Ferdinand's driver, Franz Urban, drove on extremely fast and other members of the Black Hand group on the route, Cvijetko Popovic, Gavrilo Princip, Danilo Ilic and Trifko Grabez, were unable to fire their guns or hurl their bombs at the Archduke's car.
The Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria, nephew of the aged Emperor and heir to the throne, was assassinated in the streets of Sarajevo, the Bosnian capital, yesterday afternoon.
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 World War I - Simple English Wikipedia
The war started after Archduke Ferdinand of Austria was killed by Gavrilo Princip, a member of a Serbian terrorist group.
Then, Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, came to Sarajevo, the most important city of Bosnia.
Ferdinand was in his car when Gavrilo Princip went up to them.
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 On June 28   (Site not responding. Last check: )
On June 28, 1914, Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Countess Sophie were killed in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, a member of the revolutionary youth organization Young Bosnia.
Franz Ferdinand took the visit as an opportunity to appear in public ceremonially with his beloved wife.
Princip's weapon itself, along with car the Archduke was riding in, his bloodstained uniform, and the chaise lounge on which he was placed while being attended to by physicians, are kept as a permanent exhibit in the Museum of Military History, Vienna, Austria.
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 Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Biography Summary
On June 28, 1914, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir apparent to the Hapsburg throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was assassinated in Sarajevo, along with his wife, Sophie, and the declaration of World War I became imminent.
Francis Ferdinand (1863-1914) was archduke of Austria and heir apparent to the Austro-Hungarian throne.
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Este (December 18, 1863 – June 28, 1914) was an Archduke of Austria, Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, and from 1896 until his death, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian...
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 Archduke Ferdinand And Car History   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Franz Ferdinand, eldest son of Carl Ludwig, the brother of Emperor Franz Josef, was born in 1863.
June 28, 1914, Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, heir to the...
The victims, Archduke Franz Ferdinand - heir to the...
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 Assassination at Sarajevo
She was raised by Franz Josef to Princess of Hohenberg when she married Franz Ferdinand in 1900, and to Duchess of Hohenberg in 1907.
Franz Ferdinand was hurt by the ban on public appearances, until he found a loophole: as Field Marshall of the army he could appear with his wife (for a Field Marshall could be seen with a commoner as his consort).
Franz Ferdinand later claimed that he had knocked away the bomb with his hand; witnesses at the trial, however, all agreed that the bomb had bounced off the folded-back hood of the Archduke's car.
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 First World War.com - Who's Who - Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Ferdinand was also considering the idea of a federalism made up of 16 states; the aim being to avoid disintegration of the fading Austro-Hungarian empire.
As Inspector General of the army Franz Ferdinand accepted an invitation from General Oskar Potiorek to visit the capital of Bosnia, Sarajevo, to inspect army manoeuvres.
Franz Ferdinand was buried in a crypt beneath the chapel of his castle, Artstetten, instead of the customary burial place of the Hapsburgs, Capuchin Crypt, in Vienna.
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 His Imperial and Royal Highness Archduke Franz Ferdinand Karl Ludwig Joseph of Austria   (Site not responding. Last check: )
in English) (December 18, 1863 –; June 28, 1914) was born in Graz, Austria and was a Habsburg Archduke of Austria and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne.
Franz Ferdinand was nephew of the Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria and next in line to the crown following the suicide of his cousin Crown Prince Rudolph at Mayerling (January 30, 1889) and the death of his father Karl Ludwig (May 19, 1896).
Although Franz Ferdinand was seen outside Germany as a leader of the "war party" within Austria-Hungary, this was in fact entirely untrue.
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 Descendants of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
1.4.5.4.1.Archduke Matthias of Austria (*1971), m.1st 1996 (1998) Sabine Binder (*1973), m.2nd 1999 Eva Anderle (*1968)
3.Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria (1833-1896), m.1st 1856 Princess Margarethe of Saxony (1840-1858), m.2nd 1862 Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Sicily (1843-1871), m.3rd 1873 Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal (1855-1944)
3.2.1.4.2.Archduke Carl Philipp of Austria (*1954), m.1st 1994 (div 1997) Martina Donath (*1955), m.2nd 1998 Annie-Claire Lacrambe (*1959)
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 Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Franz Ferdinand was the oldest son of the Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria and of his second wife, Princess Maria Annunciata of the Two Sicilies.
Franz Ferdinand was the eldest son of the Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria and of his second wife, Princess Maria Annunciata of the Two Sicilies.
Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria (30 July 1833 - 19 May 1896) was the father of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, whose shooting occasioned the start of World War I. He was born at Schönbrunn in Vienna, the son of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria (1802-1878) and his wife Sophie of Bavaria (1805-1872).
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 Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand, aged 51, was heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire.
Austria had annexed Bosnia in 1908, a move that was not popular with the Bosnian people.
It was planned that Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie would be met at the station and taken by car to the City Hall where they would have lunch before going to inspect the troops.
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 Heritage   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The order which led to the successful murder of Austria’s Archduke Ferdinand was actually not the first such assassination order Apis gave to end the life of one of Austria’s rulers.
Austria’s royal court, and the Archduke in particular was, in his mind, a great and very real threat to Serbia - and therefore to his own ambitions.
Shortly after the motorcade began the next leg of Franz’ itinerary, however, the driver of the lead car mistakenly made a turn onto the original route, and the archduke’s chauffeur followed.
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 Newspaper Pictorials - Events and Statistics (American Memory from the Library of Congress)
On June 28, 1914, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the throne, and his wife, the Duchess of Hohenburg, were assassinated in Serajevo, the capital of Bosnia.
Although he was a Bosnian, feeling in Austria ran high against Serbia, which, it was claimed, was responsible for the deed, if not positively, at least negatively, by permitting her soil to be made the basis for anti-Austrian intrigue.
Austria- Hungary considers itself, therefore, from this moment in a state of war with Serbia.
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 Francis Ferdinand is Assassinated: 1914
The Archduke had ignored warnings of a possible assassination plot and decided to tour the capital on the anniversary of the 1389 battle of Kosovo.
The Archduke was chosen as a target because Serbians feared that after his ascension to the throne, he would continue and even heighten the persecution of Serbs living within the Austro-Hungarian empire.
Sophie ducked, and Francis Ferdinand deflected the bomb with his arm, causing it to bounce off the back of the car and explode behind them, demolishing the next car and seriously injuring several aides.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was on an official visit to the town of Sarajevo in the South-East of his country.
Franz Ferdinand was heir to the Austrian-Hungarian throne, which meant that if Emperor Franz Joseph died, then he would be the new Emperor.
On the way to the station the Archduke’s car stopped when another nationalist was walking by.
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 In Memory: Black Day at Sarajevo
Archduke Franz Ferdinand makes the city off limits to his military and police, giving them no security.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, saving his wife and himself, deflects the bomb which then bounces into the street and explodes, injuring onlookers.
Whilst the cars are turning around Princip draws his pistol and shots twice hitting Archduke Franz Ferdinand in the neck and his wife in the stomach.
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 Franz Ferdinand - Wikiquote
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (December 18, 1863 – June 28, 1914).
The Archduke's reply to Prince Auersperg's private warning on the dangers of the trip to Sarajevo shortly before his departure
Archduke of Sarajevo: The Romance and Tragedy of Franz Ferdinand, by Gordon Brook-Shepherd (1984; ISBN 0-316-10951-7)
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 The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria
The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria
World War I was triggered by the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, on June 28, 1914.
Ferdinand was the nephew of Emperor Franz Joseph I and heir to the Austrian throne.
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 Archduke Franz Ferdinand : Blogs, Photos, Videos and more on
Ludwig, in 1896, the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Karl Ludwig Joseph Maria von was born at Graz on 18 July 1863, son of Karl Ludwig, Kaiser Franz Josef's second.
FRANZ FERDINAND Franz Ferdinand was heir to 1863-1914 the thrones Austria of and Hungary, and it was his in assassination 1914 that.
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 Trenches on the Web - Bio: Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Considered more flexible in matters of military and domestic affairs than his uncle Emperor Franz Josef, he was a reformist with new ideas to be put into practice when he ascended to the Hapsburg throne.
Fate: The Archduke and his wife Sophie were assassinated in Sarajevo on 28-Jun-1914 (their fourteenth wedding anniversary) by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip.
The Archduke's role of Inspector General of the Austrian army had brought him to Sarajevo for the summer maneuvers.
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 The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand - World War I Document Archive
When Francis Ferdinand and his retinue drove from the station they were allowed to pass the first two conspirators.
After the reception in the Town Hall General Potiorek, the Austrian Commander, pleaded with Francis Ferdinand to leave the city, as it was seething with rebellion.
Francis Ferdinand's car could go fast enough until it reached this spot but here it was forced to slow down for the turn.
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 Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, 1914
The victims, Archduke Franz Ferdinand - heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and his wife Sophie, were in the Bosnian city in conjunction with Austrian troop exercises nearby.
At that, I seized the Archduke by the collar of his uniform, to stop his head dropping forward and asked him if he was in great pain.
Brook-Shepard, Gordon, Archduke of Sarajevo (1984); Dedijer, Vladimir, The Road To Sarajevo (1966); Morton, Frederick, Thunder At Twilight (1989).
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