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because he was controling Serbia and the Serbians didnt like it so a group called the black hand formed and when the driver of Ferdinands car went the wrong way one of the members who was going to get a sandwich got a chance to shoot him, took it and killed him and his pregnant wife.
He was assassinated by a Serbian Agent in Sarajevo. This gave Austria cause to declare war on Serbia. Thus starting WWI

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