World War One Started..
Because they were assassinated before.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand's wife was named Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg. She was born Sophie Chotek and married Franz Ferdinand in 1900. Their marriage was morganatic, meaning that Sophie and her descendants would not inherit the archducal titles or privileges. Both were assassinated in 1914, an event that sparked World War I.
That was Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hugarian throne, together with his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg. 28th June 1914 in Sarajevo. Assassinated by Gavrilo Princip.
Sophie, duchess of Hohenberg.
The Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife Sophie Ferdinand
Because they were assassinated before.
FerdinandGarvrilo Princip assassinated the archduke. He also murdered the archduke's wife, Sophie. Which is pretty sad if you ask me. Not that the murder of the archduke isn't sad either.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated, along with his wife Sophie, on June 28, 1914, while visiting Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina (which was then under administration by Austria-Hungary).
Archduke Frerinand and his wife of Austria-Hungary.
Sophie Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand's wife was named Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg. She was born Sophie Chotek and married Franz Ferdinand in 1900. Their marriage was morganatic, meaning that Sophie and her descendants would not inherit the archducal titles or privileges. Both were assassinated in 1914, an event that sparked World War I.
The assassination of archduke Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
sophie
Sophie.
Franz Ferdinand died on June 28, 1914 at the age of 50.
A 19 year old Serbian man named Gavrilo Princip assassinated the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Ferdinand's wife Sophie, otherwise known as Sopherl
Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his pregnant wife, Sophie, were assassinated in Sarajevo (then Hungary, part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire) on June 28, 1914, leading to the start of WWI.Gavrilo Princip, a member of a politicized group of Bosnian Serbs, The Black Hand, shot the Archduke with the intention of breaking Austria-Hungary's control over southern provinces so they could be merged with a portion of Yugoslavia and become a self-governing entity.