Francis Ferdinand
Americannoun
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But the day before it was due to take place Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in Sarajevo.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2014
Dr. Maximilian Hohenberg, 24, eldest son of the assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary by his morganatic wife; to Elizabeth, Countess von Waldburg.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Into the Vienna gallery strode the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the crowns of Austria and Hungary.
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
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