Franz Ferdinand was the Archduke of Austria-Hungary
and he was also the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. He was born December
18, 1863, in Graz, Austria and the oldest son of Archduke Karl Ludwig. On the
day of his assassination he was visiting the capital of Bosnia, Sarajevo, even
though he was warned of the terrorist activity by the nationalist group, "Black
Hand,” he still decided to go. His wife, Sophie, went with him on the visit and
on the way back from their visit the driver took a wrong turn and that’s when
Gavrillo Princip a member of the group “Black Hand”, a Serbian nationalist
group, shot the couple to death. His assassination led to the beginning of
World War 1.
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