Francis Ferdinand

American  

noun

1. 1863–1914, archduke of Austria: heir apparent to the thrones of Austria and Hungary whose assassination precipitated the outbreak of World War I (nephew of Francis Joseph I).

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Francis Ferdinand

But the day before it was due to take place Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in Sarajevo.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2014

First to genuflect came Duke Maximilian of Hohenberg, the assassination of whose father, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, set off a war in July 1914.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. Francis Ferdinand Lucas, Bell Telephone Co. researcher, told of a new microscope of his invention, so powerful that it will divide a cell 1/3,000 inch in diameter into a 30-story apartment-house-like structure.

From Time Magazine Archive

Meanwhile, at Sarajevo, the minaret-studded Bosnian town where in 1914 Austria's Archduke Francis Ferdinand was assassinated, Tito was having his own show.

From Time Magazine Archive

Archduke Francis Ferdinand, described by an escort as being “half-boor, half-tightwad,” roamed the grounds incognito—but much preferred the vice districts of Chicago.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson