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3 days ago · Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, duchess of Hohenberg, in an open carriage at Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, shortly before their assassination, June 28, 1914. (more) At 11:15 am on June 28, 1914, in the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo , Franz Ferdinand and his morganatic wife, Sophie, duchess of Hohenberg, were shot dead by ...
4 days ago · Following the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and Sophie in 1914, Franz Joseph's daughter, Marie Valerie, noted that her father expressed his greater confidence in the new heir presumptive, his grandnephew Archduke Charles. The emperor admitted to his daughter, regarding the assassination: "For me, it is a relief from a great worry."
- 2 December 1848 – 21 November 1916
- Princess Sophie of Bavaria
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5 days ago · On June 28, 1914, a significant event unfolded on the iconic Latin Bridge in Sarajevo. A young Serb’s assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie took place during their visit to the city. The act was driven by the hope of freeing Bosnia and Herzegovina from Austrian-Hungarian rule, setting in motion a chain of ...
1 day ago · Background First World War and Austro-Hungarian Armistice Main articles: World War I, American entry into World War I, and Fourteen Points On 28 June 1914, the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist. This caused a rapidly escalating July Crisis resulting in Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia, followed ...
4 days ago · World War I began on the 28th July, 1914 after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his pregnant wife Sophie were assassinated. The two sides were Thee Allies which included Great Britain, France, Belgium, Russia and the USA, and the Central Powers, which included Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey.
