FRANZ FERDINAND

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FRANZ FERDINAND
Archduke of Austria
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Early Life of Franz

• Franz Ferdinand, eldest son of Carl Ludwig, the
  brother of Emperor Franz Josef, was born in 1863.
  Franz Ferdindand was born in Graz, Austria.
• As a young man, Franz Ferdinand developed two
  great passions hunting and travel.
• In 1889, Franz Ferdinands life changed
  dramatically. His cousin Crown Prince Rudolf
  committed suicide at his hunting lodge, leaving
  Franz Ferdinands father as first in line to the
  Austro-Hungarian throne.
• That meant Franz Ferdinand was going to follow
  his father as king.

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Accomplishments

• Educated by private tutors, he joined the
  Austro-Hungarian Army in 1883.
• His military career included service with an
  infantry regiment in Prague and with the Hussars
  in Hungary.
• While in the army Ferdinand received several
  promotions captain (1885), major (1888), colonel
  (1890) and general (1896).
• In 1913 Franz Ferdinand was appointed Inspector
  General of the Austro-Hungarian Army.
• A promoter of naval expansion and military
  modernization, Franz Ferdinand was popular with
  the armed forces.

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Ferdinands Fate
When it was announced that Franz Ferdinand was
going to visit Bosnia in June of 1914, a group
known as the Black Hand began to make plans to
assassinate the heir of the Austro-Hungarian
throne. Three members of the Black Hand group
based in Belgrade, Gavrilo Princip, Nedielko
Cabrinovic, and Trifko Grabez, went to Sarajevo
to carry out the deed.
Just before 10 o'clock on Sunday, 28th June,
1914, Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie von
Chotkovato, arrived in Sarajevo by train. General
Oskar Potiorek, Governor of the Austrian
provinces of Bosnia-Herzegovina, was waiting to
take the royal party to the City Hall for an
official reception.
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Assassination of Franz

• On June 28, 1914, at approximately 1100 am,
  Franz Ferdinand and his wife were killed in
  Sarajevo, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian
  province of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The assassin
  was Gavrilo Princip, a member of Young Bosnia and
  one of several (seven) assassins organized by The
  Black Hand.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his family!
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The Beginning of World War I

• The event, known as the Assassination in
  Sarajevo, was the trigger of World War I. Franz
  and Sophie had previously been attacked when a
  bomb was thrown at their car. It missed them, but
  many civilians were injured. Franz Ferdinand and
  Sophie both insisted on going to see all those
  injured at the hospital. As a result of this,
  Princip saw them and shot Sophie, who died
  instantly. Franz Ferdinand was shot in the
  jugular and took a few minutes to die.

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World War I

• The assassinations, along with the arms race,
  nationalism and the alliance system all
  contributed to the beginning of World War I.
• The war to end all wars began less than two
  months after Franz Ferdinand's death, with
  Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against
  Serbia.

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Sources.

• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archduke_Franz_Ferdin
  and_of_Austria
• http//www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWarchduke.h
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