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Title: 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.

4
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!
6
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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