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Family tree of the ancestors of the Habsburg family, largely before becoming Holy Roman Emperors and (Arch)Dukes of Austria. This family tree only includes male scions of the House of Habsburg from 920 to 1308. [4] Otto II was probably the first to take the Habsburg Castle name as his own, adding "von Habsburg" to his title and creating the ...
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este with his family, postcard, 1913 Franz Joseph in old age, photograph, after 1900 Relations between Franz Joseph and his nephew Franz Ferdinand, who had become heir to the throne following the death of Crown Prince Rudolf, were far from harmonious and trustful.
Jun 28, 2018 · The Habsburg family originated in modern-day Switzerland. The earliest known ancestor of the Habsburgs is Guntram the Rich, who lived during the 10th century. At the time of Franz Ferdinand, the Habsburgs were rulers of Austria-Hungary, the Holy Roman Empire, Spain and Mexico. And Franz was not the only one of his contemporaries to be ...
Events leading to World War I. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand [a] was one of the key events that led to World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated on 28 June 1914 by Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip.
Habsburg. Father. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor. Mother. Anna of Hungary. Ferdinand II, Archduke of Further Austria ( Linz, 14 June 1529 – 24 January 1595, Innsbruck) was ruler of Further Austria and since 1564 Imperial count of Tyrol. The son of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, he was married to Philippine Welser in his first marriage. In ...
The archduke’s first stroke of fortune thus came via his Portuguese stepmother, Maria Theresia, Archduchess of Austria (1855-1944). “Mama” showered him with love and lifted his self-esteem. Franz Ferdinand’s next stroke of fortune was material in nature: he inherited the Este estate at age twelve from Francis V, Duke of Modena (1819-1875).
Individual Note. Franz Josef was crowned Emperor of Austria in 1848 at age 18. By the summer of 1914 he would be in the 66th year of his reign. He was also crowned King of Hungary in 1867 in an attempt to calm the situation with the problematic Magyars (Hungarians). This worked and the Dual Monarchy would last until his death in 1916.
