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Francis Ferdinand

noun

  1. 1863–1914, archduke of Austria: heir apparent to the thrones of Austria and Hungary whose assassination precipitated the outbreak of World War I (nephew of Francis Joseph I).


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Francis Ferdinand, a 25-year-old woman in Dallas, was watching “Holidate†last week when it struck her that she would be alone for the holidays.

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Archduke Francis Ferdinand, described by an escort as being “half-boor, half-tightwad,†roamed the grounds incognito—but much preferred the vice districts of Chicago.

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But the day before it was due to take place Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in Sarajevo.

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Archduke Francis Ferdinand was not at all an advocate of a policy leading to war, although he was often reckoned as such.

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The heir to the Austrian throne in June 1914 was the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, the aged Emperor's nephew.

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