He married Sophie, Duchess of Hohenburg in 1900; she was assassinated along with Franz Ferdinand. They had three children. Franz Ferdinand began his military career at the early age of 12 and was ...

In June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot dead - along with his wife - in Sarajevo, Bosnia. He was the heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire. He was assassinated by an 18 year-old Bosnian ...

When Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, on June 28, 1914, few could have known it would reverberate for four years of brutal war ...

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand led to events that meant even if people didn’t want to fight, they had made promises which had to be kept. 28th July 1914 – Austria-Hungary ...