Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria information

Names
	Franz Ferdinand Karl Ludwig Joseph Maria

Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke of Austria-Este
	Franz Ferdinand c. 1914
Born	Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria; 18 December 1863; Graz, Duchy of Styria, Austrian Empire
Died	28 June 1914 (aged 50); Sarajevo, Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary
Burial	4 July 1914; Artstetten Castle
Spouse	Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (m. 1900; died 1914)
Issue	Princess Sophie of Hohenberg; Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg; Prince Ernst of Hohenberg;
Names
Names
	Franz Ferdinand Karl Ludwig Joseph Maria
House	Habsburg-Lorraine
Father	Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria
Mother	Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Occupation	Archduke of Austria
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria^[a] (18 December 1863 – 28 June 1914) was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary.^[2] His assassination in Sarajevo was the most immediate cause of World War I.

Franz Ferdinand was the eldest son of Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria, the younger brother of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. Following the death of Crown Prince Rudolf in 1889 and the death of Karl Ludwig in 1896, Franz Ferdinand became the heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne. His courtship of Sophie Chotek, a lady-in-waiting, caused conflict within the imperial household, and their morganatic marriage in 1900 was only allowed after he renounced his descendants' rights to the throne. Franz Ferdinand held significant influence over the military, and in 1913 he was appointed inspector general of the Austro-Hungarian armed forces.

On 28 June 1914, Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo by the 19-year-old Gavrilo Princip, a member of Young Bosnia. Franz Ferdinand's assassination led to the July Crisis and precipitated Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia, which in turn triggered a series of events that eventually led – four weeks after his death – to Austria-Hungary's allies and Serbia's allies declaring war on each other, starting World War I.^[3]^[4]^[5]

^ Albertini, Luigi (1953). Origins of the War of 1914. Vol. II. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 38. OCLC 168712.
^ Brook-Shepherd, Gordon (1987). Royal Sunset: The European Dynasties and the Great War. Doubleday. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-385-19849-3.
^ Marshall, S. L. A. (2001). World War I. Mariner Books. p. 1. ISBN 0-618-05686-6.
^ Keegan, John (2000). The First World War. Vintage. p. 48. ISBN 0-375-70045-5.
^ Johnson, Lonnie (1989). Introducing Austria: A Short History. Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture, and Thought. Ariadne Press. pp. 52–54. ISBN 0-929497-03-1.

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[1] Albertini, Luigi (1953). Origins of the War of 1914. Vol. II. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 38. OCLC 168712.

[3] Brook-Shepherd, Gordon (1987). Royal Sunset: The European Dynasties and the Great War. Doubleday. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-385-19849-3.

[4] Marshall, S. L. A. (2001). World War I. Mariner Books. p. 1. ISBN 0-618-05686-6.

[5] Keegan, John (2000). The First World War. Vintage. p. 48. ISBN 0-375-70045-5.

[johnson-6] Johnson, Lonnie (1989). Introducing Austria: A Short History. Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture, and Thought. Ariadne Press. pp. 52–54. ISBN 0-929497-03-1.

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