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  Frederick, archduke of Austria, duke of Teschen - LoveToKnow 1911
Frederick, archduke of Austria, duke of Teschen - LoveToKnow 1911
"FREDERICK, ARCHDUKE OF AUSTRIA, DUKE OF TESCHEN (1856-), Austro-Hungarian field-marshal, was born at Gross-Seelowitz, Moravia, June 4 1856.
Archduke Frederick was possessed of a considerable fortune, and was one of the greatest landowners in the monarchy; the Albertina Collection was among his inherited possessions.
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 Trenches on the Web - Bio: Archduke Franz Ferdinand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The second was the death of his father, Archduke Charles Louis, in 1896.
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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  List of rulers of Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Austria became one of the marches (in later times sometimes called the Ostmark) of the Holy Roman Empire after the Battle of Lechfeld in 955, and was given a margrave around 960.
In 976 Austria became independent from the duchy of Bavaria as the Margravate of Austria.
Francis I (1792-1835) (Emperor of Austria from 1804)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Archduke_of_Austria   (642 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Archduke
The title Archduke of Austria, the only one to become generally notable, was invented in the Privilegium Maius, a 14th century forgery initiated by Duke Rudolf IV of Austria.
Ladislaus the Posthumous, Duke of Austria, who died in 1457, was never in his lifetime authorized to use it, and accordingly, not he nor anyone in his branch of the dynasty, ever used the title.
From the 16th century onward, archduke or its female form, archduchess, came to be used by all the members of the House of Habsburg, similar to the title Prince in many other royal houses.
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 Austria
Austria is a small country in central Europe famous for its beautiful mountain scenery.
Austria is a federal republic made up of nine provinces: Burgenland; Carinthia; Lower Austria; Salzburg; Styria; Tyrol (or Tirol); Upper Austria; the city of Vienna; and Vorarlberg.
Austria ranks as one of the world's leading producers of magnesite, which is used to make such products as heat-resistant bricks, plaster, and artificial stone.
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 Austria
Austria has been called the 'Land of Music' as a result of the large number of musicians who have lived and studied there.
The Habsburg Archduke of Austria assumed the title of Holy Roman Emperor which the Habsburgs then held most of the time until 1806.
Archduke Francis Ferdinand was assassinated, starting World War I. Following defeat in World War I, Austria became a republic.
www.brentknoll.fslife.co.uk /AUSTRIA.HTM   (352 words)

  
 boys clothing: European royalty Austria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Austria was left with control of the German Confederation but suffered upheaval during the 1848 revolutions and eventual defeat in the 1866 Austro-Prussian War.
Prussia's defat of Austria led to the formation of the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary in 1867 under Emperor Franz Josef and exclusion from the new German Empire unified by Bismarck.
Austria's embrace of fascism meant that German troops met little opposition to the Anchluss in 1938 and incorporated Austria into the Third Reich.
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 Austria
Anne of Austria (1601-1666) Queen of France from 1615 and regent 1643-61.
He was the eldest son of Archduke Otto (1865-1906) and grandnephew of Emperor Francis Joseph I. Following the assassination of his uncle, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, and the death of Francis Joseph, Charles succeeded as emperor of Austria and king of Hungary.
Francis Ferdinand (German Franz Ferdinand), (1863-1914), archduke of Austria, born in Graz, son of Archduke Charles Louis and nephew of Emperor Francis Joseph.
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 Lorenz , Archduke of Austria-Este   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Maria Laura, Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Belgium
Luisa Maria, Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Belgium
Laetitia Maria, Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Belgium
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 Otto von Below   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
rchduke Albrecht was the son of the famous Austrian field marshal and victor at the battle of Aspern, Archduke Carl and Princess Henritte of Nassau-Weilburg.
After Austria's ultimate defeat to Prussia, Albrecht was appointed army commander-in-chief in 1868 and later inspector general.
Archduke Albrecht died in February 1895 in Vienna and is buried in Capucins.
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The assassination in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo (June 28, 1914) of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Habsburg throne, by pro-Serb Bosnian conspirators, provoked an ultimatum from Vienna requiring Serbia to allow Austro-Hungarian investigation of the plot on Serbian soil.
In the course of the 19th century this institution became the central military archives of the Habsburg Monarchy and a center for military historical research.
Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria was shot on June 28, 1914.
lycos.cs.cmu.edu /info/archduke-francis-ferdinand.html   (405 words)

  
 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
When the archduke was told they were badly injured in hospital, he insisted on being taken to see them.
A member of the archduke's staff, Baron Morsey, suggested this might be dangerous, but Oskar Potiorek, who was responsible for the safety of the royal party, replied, "Do you think Sarajevo is full of assassins?" However, Potiorek did accept it would be better if Duchess Sophie remained behind in the City Hall.
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.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWarchduke.htm   (1905 words)

  
 Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Franz Ferdinand (sometimes called Francis Ferdinand 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.
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).
The bullet fired by Gavrilo Princip in the Archduke's assassination, sometimes referred to as "the bullet that started World War I", is stored as a museum exhibit in the Konopiště Castle in the town of Konopiště, Czech Republic.
www.biography.ms /Franz_Ferdinand,_Archduke_of_Austria.html   (256 words)

  
 Austria-Hungary
Though Hungary's leaders were on the whole less willing than their German Austrian counterparts to share power with their subject minorities, they granted a large measure of autonomy to the kingdom of Croatia in 1868, parallelling to some extent their own accommodation within the Empire the previous year.
On June 28, 1914, Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, heir to his childless uncle the Emperor Franz Josef, visited the Bosnian capital Sarajevo where he was assassinated by Bosnian Serb militants of the nationalist group Black Hand.
The Empire had previously lost ethnically Italian areas to Piedmont due to nationalist movements sweeping through Italy, and the threat of losing the southern territories inhabited by Slavs to Serbia was rather imminent.
www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/a/au/austria_hungary.html   (971 words)

  
 Austria, Switzerland & Liechtenstein
Nestled between Austria and Switzerland, the Principality of Liechtenstein is one of the smallest countries in the world.
Beginning in the late 13th century, the rise of Austria was closely linked to the House of Hapsburg.
From 1483 to 1806, the archduke of Austria almost always held the title of Holy Roman Emperor.
www.piperry.net /travel/europa/alps   (691 words)

  
 Archduke Charles : Austrian : General : Napoleonic Wars : Austria : Army
The epileptic younger brother of Francis I, Archduke Charles was respected as both a commander, and reformer, of Austria's fragile army.
He began his career fighting the revolutionary armies of France and saw victory at Jemappes (1792) and Neerwinden (1793), before tasting defeat at Wattignies (1793) and Fleurus (1794).
After instigating reforms for Austria's armies he went into the 1809 campaign with confidence and inflicted Bonaparte's first major setback at Aspern-Essling, before suffering a massive defeat at Wagram.
www.napoleonguide.com /leaders_archchas.htm   (129 words)

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