Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
“irredentism in our country ... will cease immediately if our Slavs are given a comfortable, fair and good life”
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. His assassination in Sarajevo was the most immediate cause of World War I.
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politics · Heir to the Austrian throne (1863–1914) · politician · also Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Franz Ferdinand von Österreich-Este, Austria
Born 18 December 1863 · Died 28 June 1914 · Q43063
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2026· 12 entries
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Muzikalia: Mira a Franz Ferdinand versionando 'Golden Brown' de The Stranglers
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1914· 3 entries
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Died 1914-06-28.
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The Navy honoured Franz Ferdinand and his wife with a lying in state aboard SMS Viribus Unitis
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Marie Valerie, the daughter of Emperor Franz Joseph, observed that her father had placed more trust in the newly designated heir, his grandnephew Archduke Charles
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1913· 2 entries
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
As heir-presumptive to the elderly emperor, had been appointed inspector general of all the armed forces of Austria-Hungary (Generalinspektor der gesamten bewaffneten Macht), a position superior to that previously held b
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Was appointed inspector general of the Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces
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1909· 1 entry
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Was given the more senior title "Duchess of Hohenberg" (Herzogin von Hohenberg) with the style "Her Highness" (Ihre Hoheit)
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1908· 1 entry
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Awarded Knight of the Order of the Elephant (1908).
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1907· 1 entry
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When he secured the retirement of the Emperor's confidant Friedrich von Beck-Rzikowsky as Chief of the General Staff
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1904· 1 entry
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Wrote that "The Hungarians are all rabble, regardless of whether they are minister or duke, cardinal or burgher, peasant, hussar, domestic servant, or revolutionary", and he regarded even István Tisza as a revolutiona
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1900· 1 entry
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Was only allowed after he renounced his descendants' rights to the throne
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1899· 1 entry
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Emperor Franz Joseph agreed to permit Franz Ferdinand to marry Sophie, provided that the marriage would be morganatic and that their descendants would not have succession rights to the throne
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1898· 1 entry
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Was given a commission "at the special disposition of His Majesty" to make inquiries into all aspects of the military services and military agencies were commanded to share their papers with him
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1896· 1 entry
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Franz Ferdinand became the heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne
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1895· 1 entry
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And – with a remarkable consistency in view of the changes that took place in the intervening years – again in 1913, that the introduction of the dual system in 1867 had been disastrous and that, when he ascended the thr
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1894· 1 entry
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Franz Ferdinand met Countess Sophie Chotek, a lady-in-waiting to Archduchess Isabella, wife of Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen
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1893· 2 entries
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
On the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad on a private Pullman car named Mascotte, and staying at the Lexington Hotel, before continuing through to New York and returning to Europe
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Then travelled on to Nouméa, New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, New Guinea, Sarawak, Hong Kong and Japan
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1889· 2 entries
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Ferdinand's cousin Crown Prince Rudolf committed suicide at his hunting lodge in Mayerling
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And the death of Karl Ludwig in 1896, Franz Ferdinand became the heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne
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1884· 1 entry
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Career landmark: Member of the House of Lords (Austria) (1884).
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1875· 1 entry
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When he was eleven years old, his cousin Francis V, Duke of Modena, died, naming Franz Ferdinand his heir on condition that he add the name "Este" to his own
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1863· 1 entry
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Born 1863-12-18.
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