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 | | The prince manifested at first some unwillingness to forego the glory of the attack, from which he confidently expected a crowning victory, but yielding to the representations of his chief generals that it was better to have his town without further bloodshed, he consented to treat. | | | Just as Lewis made his charge in the pastures, the infantry of the archduke and the advance guard of the republicans met in deadly shock. | | | It was one of those supreme moments in battle and in history which are sometimes permitted to influence the course of events during a long future. |
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| | John Baptist Joseph Fabian Sebastian von Habsburg |
| | Following the Wagram calamity, Archduke John retired to Styria, where in 1823 he enhanced his liberal credentials through a morganatic marriage to the daughter of a Styrian postmaster. | | | In sporadic involvement in court affairs, Archduke John supported Count Anton Kolowrat in his rivalry with the more reactionary Metternich. | | | The promulgation of Count Franz Stadion's octroyed constitution of March 4, 1849, which declared all Habsburg lands part of an indivisible monarchy, put an effective end to the question of Austria joining a German national state. |
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| | Trenches on the Web - Timeline: 28-Jun-1914 - Assassination in Sarajevo |
| | The Archduke calmed down during the mayor's speech and gave the diplomatic closing words: | | | Oskar Potiorek, Military Governor of the province, assured the angry Archduke: | | | In Vienna, Serbian ambassador Jovan Jovanovic (acting on orders from Prime Minister Pasic) visited Austrian finance Minister Bilinski to warn that if the Archduke should visit then: |
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| | Habsburg Dynasty |
| | Daughter of Archduke Leopold V and Claudia of Medici | | | Duchess of Wurtemburg, daughter of Archduke Peter Ferdinand of the house of Tuscany and Princess Marie Christine of Bourbon and the Two Sicilies | | | His scandalous personal life precluded public service, and he finally was confined to his castle on orders of the Emperor. |
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| | Worldroots.com |
| | Francesco V, Archduke of Austria+Duke of Modena 1819-1875 | | | (son of Leopold V, Archduke of Austria+Ct of Tyrol and Claudia of Medici) | | | son of Archduke Leopold II of Austria, GD of Tuscany and Maria Antonietta, |
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http://worldroots.com/brigitte/royal/habs-f.htm
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| | First World War.com - Who's Who - Gavrilo Princip |
| | Princip was one of three men sent by Dragutin Dimitrijevic, the chief of the Intelligence Department in the Serbian Army and head of the Black Hand, to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, during his visit to Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. | | | Archduke Franz Ferdinand interrupting the Mayor's welcome speech at Sarajevo's city hall, 28 June 1914. | | | Urban drove the car to the governor's residence at Konak; the couple died soon afterwards. |
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| | Trenches on the Web - Bio: Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
| | The second was the death of his father, Archduke Charles Louis, in 1896. | | | The Archduke interrupting the Mayor's speech at City Hall in Sarajevo | | | The Archduke's role of Inspector General of the Austrian army had brought him to Sarajevo for the summer maneuvers. |
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| | Heir to Austria's Throne Is Slain |
| | This new invention enabled the Archduke to brave attempts on his life, but his head naturally was uncovered. | | | The Minister said if the Archduke went himself he certainly ought to leave his wife at home, because Bosnia was no place for a woman in its present disturbed state. | | | This was the first time the Archduke had paid an official visit to Bosnia. |
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| | Archduke Eugen |
| | There appeared temporarily to be great confusion in the issuing of orders. | | | But as Kaiser Karl himself took up the supreme command Eugen had to go. | | | Archduke Eugen, the younger brother of Archduke Friedrich was born on the 23rd May 1863 at Groß-Seelowitz in Moravia as the son of Archduke Karl Ferdinand and the Archduchess Elisabeth. |
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| | Assassination at Sarajevo |
| | To make his death certain twenty-two members of the organization were selected to carry out the sentence. | | | Princip's bullet had pierced the archduke's jugular vein but before losing consciousness, he pleaded "Sophie dear! | | | Three days later Austro-Hungarian declared war on Serbia. |
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| | Royal News 2005, Section I |
| | In 1959 he married Archduchess Maria-Immaculata of Austria (daughter of Archduke Theodor Salvator of Austria and of his wife, née Maria Theresa Gräfin von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg). | | | In 1988 he married, as her second husband, Archduchess Maria Kynga of Austria (b.1938, daughter of Archduke Joseph of Austria and of his wife, Princess Anna of Saxony.)] | | | Archduke Nicolaus of Austria (b.1973, son of Archduke Joseph of Austria and of his wife, née Princess Marie zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg) and his wife, née Eugenia de Calonje Gurrea, had their second child, Sofia, at Portland Hospital, London, on 2 January. |
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| | Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | When he was only 12 years old, his cousin Duke Francis V of Modena died, naming Franz Ferdinand his heir on condition that he add the name Este to his own. | | | Sophie wrote to Franz Ferdinand during his convalescence from tuberculosis when he went to the island of Lošinj in the Adriatic. | | | From 1876 to 1885 his tutor was the historian Onno Klopp. |
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| | Habsburg Dynasty |
| | Queen of Spain and Portugal, wife of Philipp III (II), daughter of Archduke Karl II of Inner Austria and Maria of Bavaria | | | Queen of Bavaria, daughter of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este and Archduchess Elisabeth | | | Electress of Bavaria, daughter of Archduke Ferinand and Marie Beatrix of Modena-Este |
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| | The Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand |
| | Archduke Francis Ferdinand was next in line to be the leader of his country, Austria-Hungary, but not everyone in his country was happy about that. | | | Sophie died immediately, and it was reported that Archduke Ferdinand only had time to say his wife's name, "Sophie-" before he died too. | | | The Archduke and his wife rode in an open car, the second one in line. |
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| | Archduke articles on Encyclopedia.com |
| | He was an adviser to Archduke Francis Ferdinand. | | | The death (1914) of his uncle, Francis Ferdinand, made Charles heir to the throne. | | | The daughter of Duke Robert of Parma, she was married (1911) to Archduke Charles Francis, who in 1916 became emperor as Charles I. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/SearchResults.aspx?Q=Archduke
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| | Teniers: Cabinet of Archduke Leopold William (map) |
| | David Teniers and the Cabinet of Archduke Leopold William | | | David Teniers the Younger was the court painter in Archduke Leopold William's court in Brussels. | | | The Archduke had been adding to his predecessor Rudolph II's substantial collection of paintings. |
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| | The Formative Influences, Theories, and Campaigns of the Archduke Carl of Austria — www.greenwood.com |
| | Description: Archduke Carl of Austria lived during a time fractured by the collision of revolution and reaction, and he drew upon the French Revolution as the source for most of his experiences as a field commander and theoretician. | | | This first English-language study of his theoretical writings offers a new perspective on understanding the mind of this military theorist through study of his intellectual background. | | | The archduke's military career lasted from 1792 to 1809, and his serious work as a military theoretician and historian ranged from the 1790s to the 1830s. |
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| | Austrian (Tuscany Line) Royal Family |
| | She was divorced on 11 February 1903 and created Countess of Montignoso on 13 July 1903. | | | See 26.654 - Luise didn't follow the etiquette at the Saxony court which resulted in arguments with her father in law King Georg of Saxony. | | | See 26.65 - Leopoldo abdicated his throne on 21 July 1859 in favour of his son Archduke Ferdinando. |
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| | First World War.com - Primary Documents - Archduke Franz Ferdinand's Assassination, 28 June 1914 |
| | At that, I seized the Archduke by the collar of his uniform, to stop his head dropping forward and asked him if he was in great pain. | | | The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, on 28 June 1914, set in train a series of diplomatic events that led inexorably to the outbreak of war in Europe at the end of July 1914. | | | Ferdinand - and his wife Sophie - were killed by Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip while on a formal visit to Sarajevo. |
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| | Maximilian of Mexico History |
| | With the approach of war in 1859 against France and the north Italian kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia, Francis Joseph relieved his brother of his office and gave full power to the military. | | | It was his fate to be deceived by the political realities, and then to be prevented by his essentially noble character from cutting his losses to save his own life. | | | The U.S. government protested at what was seen as an infringement of the Monroe Doctrine, but the civil war between the states prevented their taking action. |
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| | Franz Ferdinand - Wikiquote |
| | The Archduke interrupting the Mayor's speech at City Hall in Sarajevo | | | The Archduke's last words, as reported by Count Harrach, in response to his asking if the Archduke was in pain | | | The archdukes words after a serious case of violent diarreeah |
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| | Search Results for "Archduke" |
| | ...The device adopted by Frederick V., Archduke of Austria (the Emperor Frederick III.-1440-1493). | | | ...Charles, archduke of Austria, 1771-1847, archduke of Austria; brother of Holy Roman Emperor Francis II. | | | ...Rudolf, 1858-89, Austrian archduke, crown prince of Austria and Hungary; only son of Emperor Francis Joseph and Empress Elizabeth. |
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| | As for the conduct of the mother of my nephew, it is easily to be inferred from the fact of her having been declared by the Court wholly incapable of undertaking the guardianship of her son. | | | This Sonata is dedicated to the Archduke Rudolph, and is also published by Schlesinger.] 326. | | | 106) composed in 1818, dedicated to the Archduke Rudolph, and published in September, 1819.] [Footnote 2: The "recent occurrence" to which Beethoven alludes is no doubt his being appointed Archbishop.] 276. |
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| | Austrian Royal Family |
| | Archduke Johannes Carl died of a fractured skull resulting from an accident during a bicycle ride | | | Archduke Franz Ferdinand became the Heir Presumptive of the Austrian Empire on the death of his cousin Crown Prince Rudolph. | | | The children of Princess Astrid and Archduke Lorenz are also Prince or Princess of Belgium from 1991 following a change to the Belgium Constitutional Laws which repealed the laws of succession by male primogeniture. |
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| | Archduke Ferdinand of Austria: Encyclopedia topic |
| | Archduke Ferdinand Karl Ludwig Joseph Johann Maria (1868-1915), brother of Franz Ferdinand, abandoned his dynastic rights to marry Bertha Czuber in 1909. | | | Archduke Ferdinand Karl Leopold Joseph Franz Marcelin (Archduke Ferdinand Karl Leopold Joseph Franz Marcelin: more facts about this subject) (1793-1875), eldest son of Franz II (Franz II: francis ii, holy roman emperor, who is also referred to as francis von habsburg or... | | | Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este (1821-1849), was the younger son of Duke Francis IV of Modena (Francis IV of Modena: more facts about this subject). |
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| | Francis Ferdinand is Assassinated: 1914 |
| | As Francis Ferdinand and his party proceeded through Sarajevo, the first of the Black Hand operatives tossed a bomb at the Archduke's automobile. | | | On the morning of June 28, 1914, while traveling in a motorcade through Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were assassinated by a Serbian nationalist. | | | The Archduke was chosen as a target because Serbians feared that after his ascension to the throne, he would continue and even heighten the persecution of Serbs living within the Austro-Hungarian empire. |
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| | Royal Family of Europe - Name Index - Generated by Personal Ancestral File |
| | AUSTRIA, Leopold V Archduke Of b.1586 - Graz, Steiermark, Austria | | | AUSTRIA, Philipp August, Archduke Of b.1637 - Of Wien, Wien, Austria | | | AUSTRIA, Ferdinand Josef Alois, Archduke Of b.1657 - Of Wien, Wien, Austria |
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| | www.madaboutbeethoven.com - Beethoven's patrons - Rudolph |
| | Archduke Rudolph asked Beethoven in March 1819 to compose a piece to be played at his enthronement as Archbishop of Olmütz a year later. | | | He died at the early age of 43, only four years after his great idol, Beethoven. | | | Then, after the Austrian currency was devalued fivefold in 1811, Kinsky was thrown from his horse and died in 1812, and Lobkowitz went bankrupt and was forced to flee from Vienna in 1813.....Archduke Rudolph increased his payment at each stage to ensure Beethoven did not suffer financially. |
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| | Franz Ferdinand - Uncyclopedia |
| | Archduke Franz Ferdinand was born in Taiwan in 1933 to parents of Slavic origin. | | | The Archduke himself was given the name Tetryanu Perisonphthalien by his biological parents but quickly renamed by Milburn. | | | The mustache alludes to a cheery disposition, but in fact he is grimacing in contempt for humanity |
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| | A Powder Keg in Europe |
| | Princip shot three times, killing the Archduke and his wife. | | | On June 28, 1914, Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife visited the city. | | | The Archduke gave a speech, and then changed his plans to visit the city. |
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| | Mallorca: Archduke LUIS SALVADOR |
| | Although from the outside he was almost grotesque looking -- he gave up his uniform for rags and tatters -- he was very witty and had an irresistible sense of humour. | | | After all, the Archduke sailed across the world in his two sailing boats, the Nixe I and Nixe II. | | | The Archduke's favourite summer quarters were a little further north along the coast: Miramar, his private paradise, "an oasis of peace for his tormented and intense life" (as described by biographer Schwendinger). |
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| | Worldroots.com |
| | (dghtr of Friedrich, Archduke of Austria and Isabella, Pss of Croy - | | | (dghtr of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria and Maria Beatrice d'Este) | | | (dghtr of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria and Maria Beatrice d'Este - |
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| | Urban Legends Reference Pages: Horrors (Jinxed Limo) |
| | Sarajevo then was in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a state recently annexed by the imperial court of Vienna. | | | He rode in it in July 1914 on a state visit to Sarajevo. | | | The limousine Archduke Franz Ferdinand rode to his death in brought a curse upon all those who owned it. |
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| | Archduke - Search Results - MSN Encarta |
| | Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in his Gallery at Brussels | | | Francis Ferdinand (German, Franz Ferdinand), (1863-1914), Archduke of Austria, born in Graz, son of Archduke Charles Louis and nephew of Emperor... | | | The Archduke was considered between 1563 and 1567. |
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| | History House: Balkan Blunders |
| | Perhaps the Archduke should not carry out his planned visit to Sarajevo, Jovan suggested, "as some young Serb might put a live rather than a blank cartridge in his gun and fire it." Finance ministers are not, in general, masters of diplomatic doublespeak. | | | The rowdy chaps ranged in age from 17 to 27, and as many boys are, were members of a secret club -- in this case, The Black Hand. | | | Gavrilo Princip, a young revolutionary once turned down by the Serbian Army for being too "small and weak" raised his pistol, shot twice and killed the Archduke and his wife. |
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| | Today in History: June 28 |
| | Archduke Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sofia were assassinated in Sarajevo by a Bosnian Serb on June 28, 1914 setting off a chain of events that would culminate in a world war by August. | | | 1914: The First World War began when Archduke Ferdinand of Sarajevo, Serbia and his wife Sofia of Austria were assassinated. | | | Five years later, on June 28, 1919, Germany and the Allies signed the Treaty of Versailles, formally ending the war and providing for the creation of the League of Nations. |
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| | The Archduke Joseph Diamond |
| | It is thought that at some point he gave the diamond to his son, Joseph Francis (1895-1957). | | | In August of 1919 he succeeded in becoming the Regent of Hungary but was compelled to resign within two months because the Allied Forces would not allow a Hapsburg to hold a commanding position in Hungary. | | | Three years later the diamond was sold to a European banker who kept it in a safe deposit box in France during World War II, where it forunately escaped the attention of the Nazis. |
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| | ipedia.com: Franz Joseph of Austria Article |
| | Because his father renounced his claim to the throne, Franz became emperor as Franz Joseph I when Ferdinand abdicated near the end of the Revolution of 1848. | | | The younger brother to Emperor Franz Joseph, the Archduke Viktor Ludwig, spent most of his life exiled on the island of Capri, following a series of scandals involving dressing up in women's clothes and molesting his military aides. | | | Archduke Franz was the eldest son of Archduke... |
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| | Archduke Charles : Austrian : General : Napoleonic Wars : Austria : Army |
| | The epileptic younger brother of Francis I, Archduke Charles was respected as both a commander, and reformer, of Austria's fragile army. | | | He began his career fighting the revolutionary armies of France and saw victory at Jemappes (1792) and Neerwinden (1793), before tasting defeat at Wattignies (1793) and Fleurus (1794). | | | Archduke Charles : Austrian : General : Napoleonic Wars : Austria : Army |
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| | archduke - Wiktionary |
| | This page was last modified 09:39, 14 March 2006. | | | "World War I traditionally started with the assasination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand." |
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| | Trio No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 97 ("Archduke") |
| | The Archduke Rudolph of Austria was one of Beethoven's truest friends, for a time his pupil, and one of the three men who subscribed an allowance for the composer in March 1809 (the others being Prince Lobkowitz and Prince Kinsky). | | | Beethoven dedicated to him not only this Trio, but nine other major works in various forms; it was Rudolph's appointment as cardinal and Archbishop of Olmütz, in 1819, that moved Beethoven to compose his Missa solemnis. | | | Beethoven sketched the work during the summer of 1810 and wrote out the final score the following March. |
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| | Marie, Countess Larisch |
| | This event is considered to have triggered the Great War. | | | On the day before his death Rudolph did not go hunting with the others and excused himself early from dinner and had a private supper with Mary. | | | Even by her own accounts the Countess had been serving as a go-between for Rudolph and Mary, although, in her books, she wrote that she was at times duped and at other times her good-nature was taken advantage of. |
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| | Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria |
| | Franz Ferdinand (sometimes called Francis Ferdinand in English) (July 18, 1863 - June 28, 1914) was born in Graz, Styria and was the Habsburg Archduke of Austria and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. | | | His assassination by Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo, Bosnia, precipitated the Austrian action against Serbia which triggered World War I. | | | terms defined : Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria |
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| | Napoleon And The Archduke Charles |
| | Failing to follow upon his success, the Archduke hesitated too long and when Napoleon again attempted the crossing, he was ultimately successful. | | | But he underestimated his enemy and was thrown back by the Archduke Charles's forces as he crossed the river. | | | In a four-day dash from Paris Napoleon arrived to take charge, and with his usual energy and decisiveness concentrated his forces and began five days of marching and fighting to repulse the Austrians at Abensburg and Eckmühl. |
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