Airchduke Franz Ferdinand o Austrick
| Archduke Franz Ferdinand | |
|---|---|
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| Airchduke o Austrick-Este | |
| Pretence | 1875–1914 |
| Predecessor | Francis II |
| Successor | Charles |
| Born |
18 December 1863 Graz, Austrick Empire |
| Dee'd |
28 Juin 1914 (aged 50) Sarajevo, Austrick-Hungary |
| Spouse | Sophie, Duchess o Hohenberg |
| Issue |
Princess Sophie o Hohenberg Maximilian, Duke o Hohenberg Prince Ernst o Hohenberg |
| Hoose | Hoose o Habsburg-Lorraine |
| Faither | Airchduke Karl Ludwig o Austrick |
| Mither | Princess Maria Annunciata o the Twa Sicilies |
| Releegion | Roman Catholic |
| Seegnatur |
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Franz Ferdinand von Habsburg (18t December, 1863 - 28t Juin, 1914) wis the airchduke o Austrick an a heir o the Austrian Empire. He wis assassinatit in 1914 in Sarajevo bi Gavrilo Princip that wis a member o Black Haund, a group o Serbie naitionalists. This wis ane o the things that triggert Warld War I; houaniver, thare wis monie ither reasons for the stairt o the weir. Austrick declared weir on Serbie acause o the assassination.
Franz Ferdinand wis a nephew o the Emperor Franz Josef o Austrick. He becam the heir o the empire aifter his cousin Croun Prince Ludwig kilt hissel, an his faither Karl Ludwig dee'd. He mairiet the coontess Sophie Cothek. Some fowk wis agin thair mairiage acause Sophie wis relatively laich-rankit. Thair mairiage wis alloued unner the condeetion that thair bairns wadna acome the emperor or empress in the futur. His uncle, the Emperor Franz Joseph, didna come tae thair waddin ceremony. His wife wis murthert at the same time as he wis.
The bullet fired bi Gavrilo Princip in the Airchduke's assassination, whiles cawed "the bullet that stairtit Warld Weir I", is stored as a museum exhibit in the Konopiště Castle in the toun o Konopiště,
Titles an styles[eedit | eedit soorce]
- 18 December 1863 – 20 November 1875 His Imperial an Ryal Highness Airchduke an Prince Francis Ferdinand o Austrick, Prince o Hungary, Bohemie an Croatie.
- 20 November 1875 – 28 June 1914 His Imperial an Ryal Highness The Airchduke o Austrick-Este.
External links[eedit | eedit soorce]
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- 1863 births
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- Austrick Roman Catholics
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- Airchdukes o Austrick
- Assassinatit ryalty
- Austro-Hungarian Airmy afficers
- Austro-Hungarian fowk o Warld War I
- Bohemian princes
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