Archduke Franz Joseph I: The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

On June Twenty Eighth Archduke was traveling with his wife, when the driver got lost and went down the wrong road. Gavrilo Princip was a Serbian assassin who shot and killed Archduke and his wife. The assassination was used to start a rebellion that would create a much larger Serbian nation. Austrian ambassador was very unsettled by that, so he decides to get a friendship with Germany. They become allies on July fifth. Austrian wanted an apology from Serbia. But did not receive one. Austria-Hungary then declared war on Serbia. Therefore caused a giant war to break out (DBQ Project Essay Background).

Suspect Serbian Gavrilo Princip, was a Black Hand member, a group who used terrorist methods to promote the liberation of Serbian people. Austria-Hungary made three tasks that needed to be completed by Serbia’s leaders in order for peace to remain, although, Serbia denied to complete 1 of the 3, and since Austria-Hungary required full cooperation, they declared war on Serbia, starting the discourse that we know now as World War

A young generation was emerging within Serbia and Bosnia whose experience of national and social struggles had taught them the effectiveness of violence as a means to achieve goals (as seen in the Balkan Wars 1912-13). It was a generation that demanded action and sacrifice instead of words and political wisdom (Cirkovic 246). Russia repeatedly assured their Slav brethren that they only had to wait (MacKenzie 58). Serbian agitation against Austria-Hungary was increased and the more the Austro-Hungarians attempted to subvert it, the more violent and fanatical it became. The fearlessness that was born from the support of Russia led those seeking Slavic unity to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the Heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, thereby triggering the cascade that began WWI.

On June Twenty Eighth Archduke was traveling with his wife, when the driver got lost and went down the wrong road. Gavrilo Princip was a Serbian assassin who shot and killed Archduke and his wife. The assassination was used to start a rebellion that would create a much larger Serbian nation. Austrian ambassador was very unsettled by that, so he decides to establish an alliance with Germany. They become allies on July fifth.

On June 28th, 1914, Austria-Hungary’s Archduke “Francis Ferdinand, Austrian heir, and [his] wife [were] murdered (Doc 10)” in Sarajevo, Bosnia. His assassin was Gavrilo Princip, who was a Bosnian Serb and was in an organization that seeked to end Austro-Hungarian rule in his home of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Princip was said to have “fired the shot that started World War 1”, and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was considered one of the, if not THE, main cause(s) of The First World

On June 28 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, while riding in an open car, had a grenade thrown at them by . The grenade missed and injured a guard who was behind their car. The guard worked for the archduke, and to pay his respects he visited the hospital the officer was in. They took a wrong turn and the associate of the man who threw the grenade happened to be on the street where they turned. 19 year old Gavrilo Princip, who was dying of tuberculosis, spotted the car and shot the archduke and his wife killing them both. The assassination was completed and a point had been made.

The assassination of Franz Ferdinand on the 28th June, 1914, precipitated WW1. He was shot by Gavrilo Princip, a member of the Black Hand, a Serbian group set up to fight for the unification of all South Slav territories that had been annexed by Austria-Hungary. Two months after the shooting Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, setting off the next chain of events that brought

Amanda Ferry Mr. Feddersen Modern Civ. February 5, 2015 Nationalism: the cause of World War One There were many things leading up to the start of World War One, but what exactly was the cause of World War One? Germany was jealous of all of the accomplishments other countries had and those countries weren’t exactly humble about their power.

With the power Franz Ferdinand had he tried to keep Austria-Hungary a living empire. He held the empire from getting destroyed and he held to two countries together.He became worked hard in his military career and became a general at 31 years old(Archduke Franz Ferdinand Biography). He job was to make sure every military base that was in a different country was doing what it was supposed to do. This shows that even when you are royalty, you can still work hard to keep your empire strong and

He was the eldest born son of Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria and his second wife, Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Ferdinand’s father, Karl Ludwig was the younger brother of Franz Joseph, the emperor of the Habsburg Empire at the time. In 1889, Franz Ferdinand’s cousin, and heir to the Austria-Hungary thrown, Crown Prince Rudolf, committed suicide at his hunting lodge leaving Ferdinand’s’ father, Karl Ludwig, the heir to the throne. However, shortly there after in 1896, Karl Ludwig died of typhoid fever making Ferdinand the heir to the Habsburg Empire. From that point forward, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was groomed to succeed Franz Joseph as the ruling emperor of the Habsburg

     Under the rule at the time of the assassination, the old Austrio-Hungarian Empire was built by conquest

Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the heir of the throne of Austria-Hungary; he hoped that his sympathy for the Slavs would ease the tension between Austria-Hungary and the Balkans.

Franz Ferdinand was an Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro-Hungarian and Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia. He was born in Graz, Austria, and was the eldest son of Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria and was the younger brother of Franz Joseph and Maximilian. In 1889 Ferdinand’s cousin committed suicide at his hunting lodge. This changed his life drastically because this meant his father was in line for the throne. Shortly after gaining the throne Ferdinand’s father passed away from typhoid fever. With the death of his father Franz was now in charge of the throne.1

ABC-CLIO writes, “Other ethnic groups dreamed of forming their own homelands” (Unraveling the Causes of World War I). The German unification caused Germany became one of the strongest European countries in Europe. German’s were proud of their military power and industrial leadership. Other ethnic groups, like the French, longed to regain its place of Europe’s leading power. The French were bitter of their loss in the Franco-Prussian war and the German occupation of Alsace and Lorraine. They were eager for revenge against Germany and win back their lost provinces. The Slavs were another ethnic group that dreamed of forming their own homelands. The Balkans had a dream of unifying all of the Slavic states. In 1878, Serbia gained independence from the Ottoman Empire. At that time, Serbia decided to claim to several regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina which were inhabited primarily by Serbs. However, the Congress of Berlin granted permission to Austria-Hungary to occupy Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the other disputed Serbian areas. In 1908, Austria-Hungary officially annexed all of Bosnia and Herzegovina, adding more fuel to the fires of Serbian nationalism. So when the Archduke was assassinated in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria reacted quickly, as it was seen as the Empire's last chance to proclaim its superiority in the Balkans. Count Leopold von Berchtold, the Austrian foreign minister was determined to make use of the

One of the reasons led to World War One was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary by a Serbian (Fromkin 121). Although multiple reasons have been affiliated to his assassination, most of those reasons revolve around upholding Serbia’s power. On the one hand, Austria-Hungary had planned to attack Serbia since it was at its weakest point due to the adverse effects of the Balkan War they had just undergone (Fromkin 122). On the other hand, Serbia was making an effort to regain control over Bosnia-Herzegovina, which was under the control of Austria-Hungary (Fromkin 122). Before the assassination of Franz, the Bosnia-Herzegovina crisis had heightened to a point where Austria intended to invade Serbia (Fromkin 74). It was evident that Serbia, through the assassination of Franz, was seeking to retain its independence and protect its regions from Austria-Hungary’s influence by intimidating