Francis Ferdinand

The assassination of Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife, Czech Countess Sophie Chotek, precipitated World War I. They were killed by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo, Bosnia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

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Balkan Wars; Yugoslavia; Francis Ferdinand

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