His Imperial and Royal Highness Archduke Franz Ferdinand Karl Ludwig Joseph of Austria-Este (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. His assassination by Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo, Austrian-annexed Bosnia-Herzegovina, precipitated t ...

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On June 28, 1914, at 10:15 am Franz Ferdinand, and his wife Countess Sophie were killed in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, a member of Young Bosnia. The event, known as the Assassination in Sarajevo, was one of the triggers of World War I. Franz Ferdinand is interred in Schloß Artstetten, Austria. ...

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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). His elder brothers were the Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, Archduke Maximilian, who became Emperor o ...

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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. He was born at Graz. In 1875, when he was only 12 years old a distant cousin, Francis V, Duke of Modena died. Francis was the last male member of his line of the Habsburgs; in his will he made Franz Ferdinand his major heir on condition that he add the name Este t ...

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The walrus style of moustache is bushy, thick, and droops down over the upper lip, typically curling up towards the ends, and its name is an allusion to the whiskers on the upper lip of a walrus. Walrus moustache - Famous men with walrus moustaches. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Friedrich Nietzsche Suematsu Kencho Matsukata Masayoshi Mark Twain Emiliano Zapata ...

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1880s 1890s 1900s - 1910s - 1920s 1930s 1940s 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1910s - Events and trends. The 1910s represent the culmination of European militarism which had its beginings during the second half of the 19th Century. The conservative lifestyles during the first half of the decade, as well as the legacy of military alliances, would forever be changed by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne, on 28 June 1914. The ...

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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 Bosnian nationalist group Young Bosnia. The event, known as the Assassination in Sarajevo, was one of the triggers of World War I. Assassination in Sarajevo - Background. Bosnia and Herzegovina had been occupied by Austria-Hungary in 1878 and annexed in 1908. Many Bosnians, particularly Bosnian Serbs, resented the occupation and ...

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Main article: World War I On June 28, 1914, Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo in a conspiracy involving Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb student. Gavrilo Princip was part of a group of fifteen assailants, acting with some support from parts of the Serbian government. Though World War I was triggered by the chain of events this assassination unleashed, the war's origins lie deeper, involving national politics, cultures, economics, and a complex web of ...

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Black Hand, or Crna ruka (Црна рука), officially Ujedinjenje ili Smrt (Уједињење или смрт) ("Unification or Death") was a secret association founded in Serbia in May 1911 as part of the pan-Serbian nationalist movement, with the intention of uniting all of the territories containing Serb populations (notably Bosnia and Herzegovina, annexed by Austria-Hungary in October 1908). The society's implication in the June 1914 assassination in Sarajevo of Franz Ferdina ...

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Graz [graːts] (Slovenian: Gradec IPA: /gra.deʦ/), with a population of 300,000 (in 2005) is the second-largest city in Austria and the capital of the federal state of Styria (Steiermark in German). It has a long tradition as a student city, with six Universities with over 55,000 students. Graz's "Old Town" is one of the best-preserved city centers in Central Europe, and was recently included in the UNESCO list of World Cultural Heritage Sites. In 2003 Graz was named Cultural Capital of Europe. Graz - Geog ...

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Habsburg (sometimes spelled Hapsburg, but never so in official use) was one of the major ruling houses of Europe. Their principal roles were as: Kings of Germany, (several centuries to 1806), mostly also crowned as Holy Roman Emperors, and Rulers of Austria (as dukes 1282–1453, archdukes 1453–1804, and emperors 1804–1918), Kings of Croatia (1527–1918), Kings of Hungary (1437–1918), Kings of Spain (1516–1700), Kings of Portugal (1580–1640),Including:

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Sophie was born in Stuttgart to a prominent Bohemian aristocratic family. She was the fourth daughter of Count Bohuslaw Chotek von Chotkova und Wognin and of his wife, Countess Wilhelmine Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau. As a young woman, Sophie became lady-in-waiting to the Archduchess Elizabeth, wife of Archduke Friedrich of Austria. Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, first met Sophie at a dance in Prague in 1888. Sophie and Franz Ferdinand kept their relationship a secret for more than two years. When Fra ...

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Karl was the son of Archduke Otto Franz of Austria (1865-1906) and Princess Josepha of Saxony (1867-1944); he was also a nephew of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination triggered World War I. In 1911, he was married to Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma. They had eight children (six boys and two girls): Otto (1912-) Adelhaid (1914-1971) Robert (1915-1996) Felix (1916-). Married Anna-Eugénie, Princess of Arenberg and has issue. Carl Ludwig (1918-). Married Yolande, Princess of Ligne ...

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The 1910s represent the culmination of European militarism which had its beginings during the second half of the 19th Century. The conservative lifestyles during the first half of the decade, as well as the legacy of military alliances, would forever be changed by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne, on 28 June 1914. The murder would trigger a chain of events in which, within 30 days, war would break out in Europe, as well as other regions of the world. The long, wide, and protracted conflict ...

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1914 in rail transport - July events. July 11 - The Karkamış to Ceylanpınar line of the Baghdad Railway opens. July 28 - Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits announces that due to the June 28, 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria at Sarajevo, the Orient Express will terminate in Bucharest and not go on to Constantinople. 1914 in rail transport - August events. August 19 - Passenger trains of the Canadian Northern Ontario Railway begin using the Grand T ...

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On June 28, 1914, Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, heir presumptive to his uncle the Emperor Franz Josef (Franz Josef's only son had died under still-mysterious circumstances, and Mexican republicans had executed the Emperor's brother), visited the Bosnian capital Sarajevo where Bosnian Serb militants of the nationalist group Mlada Bosna, supplied by the violent Serbian militant group Black Hand, ambushed his convoy and assassin ...

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Maximilian was born in Schönbrunn, Vienna, Austria, the second son of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria and his wife Sophie Friederike Dorothee Wilhelmine Prinzessin von Bayern. His brother was Emperor Franz Josef of Austria (sometimes identified by the English spelling Francis Joseph). Maximilian was born as His Imperial Highness Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph, Archduke of Austria, Prince of Hungary and Bohemia. He was a particularly clever boy, showing considerable taste for the arts and displaying an early interest in science, es ...

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Maximilian was born in Schönbrunn, Vienna, Austria, the second son of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria and his wife Sophie Friederike Dorothee Wilhelmine, Princess of Bavaria. His brother was Emperor Franz Josef of Austria (sometimes identified by the English spelling Francis Joseph). Maximilian was born as His Imperial and Royal Highness Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph, Prince Imperial and Archduke ...

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Following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by Gavrilo Princip, a member of the Serb nationalist association known as the Black Hand, in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, Nicholas vacillated as to Russia's course. The rising ideas of the Pan-Slav movement had led Russia to issue treaties of protection to Serbia. Nicholas wanted neither to abandon Serbia to the ultimatum of Austria-Hungary, nor to provoke a general war. In a series of letters exchanged with the German Kaiser (the so-called "Willy and Nicky correspondence") the ...

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