From the Emperor’s Desk: I was going to post this yesterday but I needed a day off. Today, tomorrow and Saturday I will post on the life of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este and the outbreak of World War I.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este (December 18, 1863 – June 28, 1914) was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary.
Early life
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este was born in Graz, Austria, the eldest son of Archduke Charles Ludwig of Austria (the younger brother of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary and Emperor Maximilian of Mexico) and of his second wife, Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, a daughter of King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and his wife, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, eldest daughter of Archduke Charles of Austria-Hungary, Duke of Teschen (the third son of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II) and Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg.
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