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  1. Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria (18 December 1863 – 28 June 1914) was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. His assassination in Sarajevo was the most immediate cause of World War I .

  2. 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.

  3. Apr 2, 2014 · Learn about the life and death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, who was killed by a Serbian nationalist in 1914. Find out how his assassination sparked World War I and changed the course of history.

  4. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand 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.

    • 28 June 1914; 109 years ago
  5. Learn how a teenage Serbian nationalist sparked World War I by killing the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne and his wife in 1914. Explore the background, the events and the aftermath of the Sarajevo plot.

  6. Feb 9, 2010 · Learn how the murder of Austria's heir apparent in Sarajevo in 1914 sparked a chain of events that led to the outbreak of World War I. Find out how the treaty that ended the war in 1919 failed to prevent another global conflict.

  7. 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.

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