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Definition of Franz ferdinand
1. Noun. Archduke of Austria and heir apparent to Francis Joseph I; his assassination at Sarajevo triggered the outbreak of World War I (1863-1914).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Franz Ferdinand
Literary usage of Franz ferdinand
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forty Years of Diplomacy by Roman Romanovich Rosen (1922)
"... "—My last interview with the Emperor Nicholas—Assassination of Archduke Franz
Ferdinand— Progress of events—A glimmer of hope—The die ia cast. ..."
2. The Story of the Great War by Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill, Leonard Wood, Francis Trevelyan Miller, Austin Melvin Knight, Frederick Palmer, Frank Herbert Simonds, Arthur Brown Ruhl (1916)
"PART III—DIRECT CAUSES OF THE WAR CHAPTER XX ASSASSINATION OF franz ferdinand-
AUSTRIA'S ULTIMATUM IT was the boast of the greater European powers, ..."
3. My Past: Reminiscences of the Courts of Austria and Bavaria; Together with by Marie Louise von Wallersee-Larisch (1913)
"... about the Empress—Katrina Schratt—The degenerate Habsburgs—The Archduke Ludwig
Victor—The Archduke franz ferdinand— His marriage with Sophie Chotek—Otto ..."
4. Meyers Grosses Konversations-Lexikon by Hermann Julius Meyer (1909)
"Reiter-R. Erzherzog franz ferdinand топ Österreich-Este— 1. U1.-R. Kaiser Wilhelm
II., Konig т. Preußen. — 2. Ul.-R. König. — 1. ..."