![]() ![]() In 1913 Francesco Ferdinando, as heir of the elderly emperor, was appointed inspector general of all the armed forces of Austria-Hungary (Generalinspektor der gesamten bewaffneten Macht), a position even higher than that of his predecessor Archduke Albert of Hapsburg-Teschen since it also included the command of military operations in wartime.įrancesco Ferdinando was nephew (son of the brother) of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and first in the line of succession to the crown after the suicide of his cousin Rodolfo in the context of the so-called Mayerling events (January 30, 1889) and after the death of his father Carlo Ludovico (May 19, 1896). He thus had a strong influence on the army, creating his own military stationery (kleine Militärkanzlei), led by Alexander Brosch Edler von Aarenau, as opposed to that of the emperor (Militärkanzlei des Kaisers). In 1898 he received a commission "for His Majesty's special disposition" to carry out an investigation into all aspects of military service in some departments. Although he never attended a higher course of the General Staff, was considered suitable for the command and was given the command of the 9th regiment of Hungarian Hussars. Only for his membership of the high aristocracy was promoted very quickly, and, at the age of 14 years, he reached the rank of lieutenant, captain at 22, Colonel at 27 and major general at 31. Like most of the sons of the Habsburg dynasty, he entered the Austrian army at a young age. The Duke had inherited a large part of his private property to Francesco Ferdinando, under certain conditions, including the adoption of the Este's name. With the death of Francesco V d'Este, the last duke of Modena, in 1875, the male branch of the family that descended from his grandfather died out. In his veins the blood of 112 aristocratic families flowed and among his ancestors there are 2047 illustrious ancestors, among them Maria Teresa of Austria, Charles V, Philip II of Spain, Louis XIV of France, Ugo Capeto, Charlemagne, Henry I l'Uccellatore, Eleonora d'Aquitania, Federico II of Swabia, Maria Stuart and many others. His assassination by Gavrilo Princip (member of the political-revolutionary organization of the black hand) on Jin Sarajevo, a city of Bosnia and Herzegovina annexed to Austria, is considered the triggering cause of the Austrian declaration of war to Serbia and therefore as the main cause of the outbreak of the First World War.įrancesco Ferdinando was the son of Carlo Ludovico d'Asburgo-Lorena and of Maria Annunziata di Borbone-Due Sicilie. Francesco Ferdinando Carlo Luigi Giuseppe d'Asburgo Este (Graz, 18 December 1863 - Sarajevo, 28 June 1914), was archduke of the Habsburg dynasty in Austria and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. ![]()
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