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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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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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. His cousin Francis V, Duke of Modena was the last male member of his line of the Habsburgs and named Franz Ferdinand his major heir on condition that he add the name Este to his own. Franz Ferdinand thus, at age 12, became one of the wealthiest men in Europe. The marriage of Franz Ferdinand and Sophie became known as one of the world's greatest love affairs. Countess Sophie Maria Josephine Al ...

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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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Franz Ferdinand alienated many sections of Austro-Hungarian political opinion: Hungarian nationalists opposed his advocacy of universal male suffrage which would undermine Magyar domination in the Hungarian kingdom; both supporters and opponents of the Empire's existing dualist structure were suspicious of his idea for a third Croat-dominated Slav kingdom including Bosnia and Herzegovina as a bulwark against what was perceived in Vienna's Ballhausplatz (Foreign Ministry) as Serbian irredentism; and non-Catholics and anticlericalists were angered by his ...

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