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Jun 28, 2017 · Sophie Maria Josephine Albina Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin was born on 1 March 1868 as the daughter of Count Bohuslaw Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin and Countess Wilhelmine Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau. She and her siblings were raised very simply due to their limited finances. Her father was completely reliant on his salary as a diplomat.
Oct 27, 1990 · Princess Sophie of Hohenberg was the only daughter of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, both of whom were assassinated in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914.
Sophie – who had returned home without any news from her brothers – and her husband were interrogated by the Gestapo for hours. Her husband was eventually offered a post in the Wehrmacht Home Guard or the Gestapo – or they would all be imprisoned.
Sophie and Franz-Ferdinand marry on the first of July in Reichstadt (today Zakupy in Czechoslovakia) My great-grandmother, will later on receive the title of Princess of Hohenberg, and a few years later Duchess of Hohenberg. 1914. On June 28th Archduke Franz-Ferdinand and his wife are killed in Sarajevo.
Jul 28, 2009 · Sophie, Duchess von Hohenberg. (1868-1914) Born in Stuttgart on March 1st. Wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir-apparent to the Austro-Hungarian empire. Shot and killed along with her husband in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914. Countess (Gräfin) Sophie Chotek von Chotkova und Wognin was born into a Czech family of the lesser nobility.
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg was the wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. Their assassination in Sarajevo sparked a series of events that led, four weeks later, to World War I.
Princess Sophie of Hohenberg. Summary. Photograph shows Princess Sophie of Hohenberg (1901-1990), daughter of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1863-1914) of Austria and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (1868-1914. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
