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title: Archduke Franz Ferdinand Prior to His Assassination
author: Unknown Photographer
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20445/archduke-franz-ferdinand-prior-to-his-assassinatio/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2026-01-11
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# Archduke Franz Ferdinand Prior to His Assassination

_Authored by Unknown Photographer_

## Image File

[![Archduke Franz Ferdinand Prior to His Assassination](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20445.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20445.png)

## Image Caption

A photograph showing Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1863-1914), heir to the Habsburg throne of the Austro-Hungarian [Empire](https://www.worldhistory.org/empire/), and his wife Countess Sophie Chotek, both seated in the rear of the car during a tour of Sarajevo. The archduke and countess were shot and killed by a young Slav nationalist, Gavrilo Princip (1894-1918), on 28 June 1914, an incident which sparked off the First World [War](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/) (1914-18).

Imperial War Museums, London.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Photographer, U. (2025, May 13). Archduke Franz Ferdinand Prior to His Assassination. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20445/archduke-franz-ferdinand-prior-to-his-assassinatio/>
### Chicago
Photographer, Unknown. "Archduke Franz Ferdinand Prior to His Assassination." *World History Encyclopedia*, May 13, 2025. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20445/archduke-franz-ferdinand-prior-to-his-assassinatio/>.
### MLA
Photographer, Unknown. "Archduke Franz Ferdinand Prior to His Assassination." *World History Encyclopedia*, 13 May 2025, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20445/archduke-franz-ferdinand-prior-to-his-assassinatio/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205069517) by **Unknown Photographer**. Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 13 May 2025. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.