Biography of archduke ferdinand of austria

Franz Ferdinand Karl Ludwig Josef of Austria, or Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este (Franz Ferdinand Karl Ludwig Josef; German: Erzherzog von Österreich-Este) (18 December 1863 – 28 June 1914), was an archduke (like a prince) of Austria and from 1896 to his death was the heir presumptive of Austria-Hungary.

Before he would have become the emperor, he was killed in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip. That made Austria decide on war against Serbia, which started World War I.^[1][2]

Assassination

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On 28 June 1914, Franz Ferdinand went to Sarajevo in Bosnia for a trip.

What did franz ferdinand do

He traveled to the Town Hall at 10pm with his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, in the third car of a motorcade in a roofless limousine. Franz Ferdinand had jokingly mentioned that he would not be surprised if there was a few bombs waiting for him on his trip.

On his way to the Town Hall, a man from the Black Hand tried to assas