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Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

1863 - 1914

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Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria (18 December 1863 – 28 June 1914) was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. His assassination in Sarajevo was the most immediate cause of World War I. Franz Ferdinand was the eldest son of Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria, the younger brother of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. Following the death of Crown Prince Rudolf in 1889 and the death of Karl Ludwig in 1896, Franz Ferdinand became the heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne. His courtship of Sophie Chotek, a lady-in-waiting, caused conflict within the imperial household, and their morganatic marriage in 1900 was only allowed after he renounced his descendants' rights to the throne. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is the 19th most popular nobleman (down from 10th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Austria (down from 14th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Austrian Nobleman.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist, on June 28, 1914. This event triggered the start of World War I.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria ranks 19 out of 1,415. Before him are Ragnar Lodbrok, Rollo, Akihito, Edward the Black Prince, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria. After him are Harold Harefoot, Empress Matilda, Lucrezia Borgia, Anne, Princess Royal, Marie de' Medici, and William the Conqueror.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria ranks 3. Before him are Edvard Munch, and Swami Vivekananda. After him are Pierre de Coubertin, Henry Ford, Arthur Henderson, Konstantin Stanislavski, Paul Signac, Pietro Mascagni, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Constantine P. Cavafy, and David Lloyd George. Among people deceased in 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria ranks 2. Before him is Pope Pius X. After him are Bertha von Suttner, Charles Albert Gobat, Frédéric Mistral, Paul Heyse, Charles Sanders Peirce, Carol I of Romania, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, Eugen Böhm von Bawerk, George Westinghouse, and Georg Trakl.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria ranks 18 out of 1,424. Before him are Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947), Stefan Zweig (1881), Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889), Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (1527), Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459), and Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (1858). After him are Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1741), Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (1791), Maximilian I of Mexico (1832), Karl Popper (1902), Charles I of Austria (1887), and Ferdinand I of Austria (1793).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Austria

Among noblemen born in Austria, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria ranks 3. Before him are Marie Antoinette (1755), and Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (1858). After him are Otto von Habsburg (1912), Mariana of Austria (1634), Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria (1842), Leopold III, Duke of Austria (1351), Elizabeth of Austria (1526), Maria Theresa of Austria (1801), Sigismund, Archduke of Austria (1427), Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein (1869), and Princess Alexandra of Hanover (1882).

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