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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 ...
The House of Hohenzollern (/ ˌ h oʊ ə n ˈ z ɒ l ər n /, US also /-n ˈ z ɔː l-,-n t ˈ s ɔː l-/; German: Haus Hohenzollern, pronounced [ˌhaʊs hoːənˈtsɔlɐn] ⓘ; Romanian: Casa de Hohenzollern) is a formerly royal (and from 1871 to 1918, imperial) German dynasty whose members were variously princes, electors, kings and emperors ...
- Before 1061
Apr 22, 2020 · The Hohenzollern-Hechingen line also became extinct – in 1869. One of the last descendants of this branch was the well-known Countess Sophie Chotek, Duchess of Hohenberg, wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, both of whom were assassinated in 1914, by the Serbian freedom fighter Gavrilo Princip (Гаврило Принцип).
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Among them was Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia, the head of the House of Hohenzollern. They had two daughters: Duchess Donata of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b. 11 March 1956) married on 19 September 1987 Alexander von Solodkoff and had issue: Thyra von Solodkoff (b. 12 October 1989) Alix von Solodkoff (b. 17 March 1992)
Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (German: Louis Ferdinand Victor Eduard Adalbert Michael Hubertus Prinz von Preußen; 9 November 1907 – 26 September 1994) was a member of the princely House of Hohenzollern, which occupied the Prussian and German thrones until the abolition of those monarchies in 1918. He was also noteworthy as a businessman ...
- 20 July 1951 – 26 September 1994
- Georg Friedrich
Ferdinand Leopold von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1692–1750) Anna (1694–1731/32) Maria Franziska (1697–1767) Franz Christoph Anton von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1699–1767) Marie; Euphrosyne; Sibille (I) Karl (1579–1585) (I) Euphrosyne (1580–1582) (I) Eitel Friedrich von Hohenzollern (1582–1625), Bischof von Osnabrück
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of Prince-electors, kings, and emperors of Prussia, Germany, and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the eleventh century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle.
