Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

Franz Ferdinand was heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne whose assassination in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914 precipitated the July Crisis and helped trigger World War I.

House of Habsburg-Lorraine: The dynasty that ruled the Habsburg monarchy and, later, the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Franz Ferdinand belonged to this ruling dynasty and stood in line to inherit its empire.
Gavrilo Princip: A Bosnian Serb student who assassinated Franz Ferdinand and Sophie in Sarajevo. Princip fired the fatal shots during the couple’s visit.
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand: The 28 June 1914 killing of Franz Ferdinand and Sophie Chotek in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip. The assassination was the immediate event that set the July Crisis in motion.
Charles I of Austria: The last Habsburg emperor of Austria, who ruled from 1916 until the monarchy’s collapse in 1918. Charles succeeded Franz Joseph after Franz Ferdinand’s death left him next in the succession.
Archduchess Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg: Franz Ferdinand’s wife, born Sophie Chotek, whose marriage to him was morganatic. Their marriage barred Sophie and their children from inheriting the Habsburg throne.
Nedeljko Čabrinović: A member of the Young Bosnia movement who attempted to kill Franz Ferdinand with a bomb. His failed bombing earlier that day preceded Princip’s successful attack.
July Crisis: The diplomatic confrontation following the Sarajevo assassination that escalated into war in July and August 1914. Austria-Hungary’s response to Franz Ferdinand’s killing turned the assassination into a European crisis.
Austria-Hungary: A dual monarchy in Central Europe that existed from 1867 until its dissolution in 1918. Franz Ferdinand’s assassination intensified the crisis that led this empire into war.
Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria: The Habsburg emperor who ruled Austria and Austria-Hungary from 1848 to 1916. Franz Ferdinand was Franz Joseph’s nephew and heir presumptive.
Dragutin Dimitrijević: A Serbian military officer and leader of the secret nationalist group known as the Black Hand. Serbian military networks supplied weapons and assistance to some members of the assassination conspiracy.

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