Join us in War Thunder for free using this link and get a premium tank or aircraft and three days of premium time as a bonus: http://v2.xyz/BiographicsWarThunder → Subscribe for new videos four times per week. https://www.youtube.com/c/biographicssub_confirmation=1 This video is #sponsored by War Thunder. TopTenz Properties Our companion website for more: http://biographics.org Our sister channel TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ-hpFPF4nOKoKPEAZM_THw/ Our Newest Channel about Interesting Places: https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw Credits: Host - Simon Whistler Author - Morris M Producer - Jennifer Da Silva Executive Producer - Shell Harris Business inquiries to biographics.email@gmail.com Other Biographics Videos: Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor https://youtu.be/jTOLCWtnKbA Robert Hanssen: The FBI Mole who Spied for the KGB https://youtu.be/v40HN6dNaAk Source/Further reading: Habsburg biography: https://www.habsburger.net/en/chapter/archduke-franz-ferdinand-heir-throne Sleepwalkers, Christopher Clark: https://www.amazon.com/Sleepwalkers-How-Europe-Went-1914/dp/0061146668 Britannica Biography: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Franz-Ferdinand-Archduke-of-Austria-Este Profile of FF: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-one/10930835/What-sort-of-a-man-was-Archduke-Franz-Ferdinand.html Weird facts about FF: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/8-things-didnt-know-franz-ferdinand Brief overview: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/birth-archduke-franz-ferdinand Crown Prince Rudolf: https://www.habsburger.net/en/chapter/rudolf-apprenticed-crown Rudolf: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rudolf-Archduke-and-Crown-Prince-of-Austria Mayerling Incident: http://www.historynaked.com/the-mayerling-incident/ 1908 Bosnian Crisis: https://ww1.habsburger.net/en/chapters/1908-annexation-crisis Excellent, in-depth account of the assassination in 1914: https://www.ft.com/content/293938b2-afcd-11e3-9cd1-00144feab7de WWI timeline: https://www.historyp