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Archduke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Eye witness account of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. ... The victims, Archduke Franz Ferdinand - heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and his wife Sophie, were in the Bosnian city in conjunction with Austrian troop exercises nearby. The couple was returning from an official visit...
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The first was of the Emperor's son, Crown Prince Rudolph, who killed himself (and his sixteen year old mistress) in 1889. The second was the death of his father, Archduke Charles Louis, in 1896. Now it was Franz Ferdinand that would be next in line for the Crown.
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First World War.com - A multimedia history of world war one ... Although only third in line to the throne, Franz Ferdinand became the heir-apparent following the death of the Emperor's son, Crown Prince Rudolf in 1889, and his own father Archduke Charles Louis in 1896, Franz Josef's brother.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand's car leaves the town hall at Sarajevo, ... Click here to view film footage of Archduke Franz Ferdinand arriving at Sarajevo's Town ...
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The little clipping declared that the Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand would visit Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, June 28, to direct army maneuvers in the neighboring mountains.
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Whatever else he may have done in life, Archduke Franz Ferdinand is known now as the man whose assassination touched ... Whatever else he may have done in life, Archduke Franz Ferdinand is known now as the man whose assassination touched off World War I. The nephew of the Hapsburg emperor Franz Josef, Ferdinand was first...
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For the butterflies called Archdukes, see Archduke (butterfly) .The title of Archduke (, a 14th Century forgery initiated by Duke Rudolf IV Of Austria . Originally, it was meant to denote the ruler of the Archduchy of Austria , in an effort to put that ruler on par with the Electorship s, as Austria had been passed over in ...
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Archduke Charlemagne Bolivar. The fop. How I wish I could hate him. He with his wife and his child and his huge fleet. But I can’t hate him. I can hate that harpy he married; I can hate the pride that spawned him. ... Why does he intrigue me so?
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