His brother Maximilian I of Mexico was executed in 1867. Franz's younger brother, Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph of Austria, took over the Mexican crown in 1863, per Britannica. His ...

The first was the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, a centuries-old empire that included most of central Europe. When his aging uncle Emperor Franz Joseph died ...

Archduke Otto's older brother is the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. Archduke Otto was born at Gratz in 1865, and when he was 21 years old married ...

The archduke had never been particularly popular in Austria-Hungary. His uncle, the Emperor Franz Joseph, had chosen him only reluctantly as his heir after the suicide of his only son, the Crown ...

In the most literal sense, playwright Rajiv Joseph’s latest dark comedy “Archduke” is about the Serbian radicals who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife ...

7 The cavalry general's uniform worn by Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria at the time of his assassination. It is shown on display at the Museum of Military History in Vienna. 8 The blood ...

From the various portraits of the dour-faced, seemingly haughty archduke sprinkled ... in which Franz Joseph I called "My Peoples" to war against Serbia. (Because Austria-Hungary was a multiethnic ...

They are proud of their attack. Sarajevo, Bosnia Austria—June 28—Archduke Franz Ferdinand Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary and his wife Duchess Hohenberg were murdered today by a young Bosnian ...