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Jun 29, 2014 · The funeral will take place on Friday, the interment being in the mausoleum on the Archduke’s estate at Artstetten. Emperor Francis Joseph will not be present at this ceremony, but will...
- The Plotters
- The Second Assassination Attempt
- The Aftermath
Opposition to the Austro-Hungarian annexation had given rise to the formation of Young Bosnia, a predominantly student revolutionary movement made up mostly of Bosnian Serbs, but also Bosniaks and Bosnian Croats. It was a cohort within this group who plotted the assassination of the archduke. As Franz and his wife drove through Sarajevo in an open-...
The outraged archduke proceeded to a town hall meeting before setting off to visit the hospitalised victims of Čabrinović’s attack. En route to the hospital, his driver took a wrong turn into Franz Josef Street where another of the plotters, Gavrilo Princip, happened to be sitting in a café. Princip, a 19-year-old Croat previously rejected from joi...
Too young to face the death penalty, Princip was tried for the murders and sentenced to 20 years in prison. He died in 1918 from a combination of malnutrition and tuberculosis. Meanwhile, although the 19-year-old and his fellow conspirators attempted to deflect blame for the killings away from Serbia, the assassination of the archduke was viewed as...
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Nov 11, 2015 · THE CATHEDRAL—At a Requiem Mass for the souls of the late Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria and the Duchess of Hohenberg, celebrated in the Cathedral on Friday last week (3 rd July), the King was represented by Prince Arthur of Connaught, and Queen Alexandra by Lord Howe. The distinguished visitors were met at the Cathedral door by Mgri.
Photos and Videos. See All Videos and Images →. Franz Ferdinand, archduke of Austria-Este, Austrian archduke whose assassination was the immediate cause of World War I. He and his wife, Sophie, were murdered by the Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, and a month later Austria declared war on Serbia.
Signature. 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 ...
Sep 15, 2011 · Archduke Ferdinand and his wife Sophie one hour before they would be shot a killed by Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip as they drove through the streets of Sarajevo. Bettmann/CORBIS Gavrilo ...
