archdukefranzferdinandofaustria

Franz Ferdinand (18 December 1863 – 28 June 1914) was an Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro-Hungarian and Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia, and from 1889 until his death, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne. His assassination in Sarajevo precipitated Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia. This caused Germany and Austria-Hungary, and countries allied with Serbia (the Triple Entente Powers) to declare war on each other, starting World War I.

Two versions of another Bain photo of Archduke Franz Ferdinand: Another Bain photo of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his family: Other Bain/LOC photos in this series:

Richard Arthur Norton, Thanks for the comment. We will expand the caption to more clearly identify Franz Ferdinand when we update.

Another Bain Agency photo of Franz Ferdinand and his family, posted to Flickr in August, 2011:

Date of copying 5/13 in upper left.

I guess that it wasn't taken past the summer of 1914.

Indeed, because he was dead at the time and his wife too. Sadly begining the First World War. His morganatic wife was the Princess then after 1909 Duchess (and not Countess) Hohenberg, former Countess Sophie Chotek. In the right on the picture

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According to Wikipedia, he would later go on to form a rock band in Scotland.

You are joking, of course. On June 28, 1914, Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated in Sarajevo, while on a visit to Serbia, which then was a province of Austria-Hungary. The assassination was a precipitating event in the clash of alliances that produced World War I. The assassin was a Serbian nationalist, Gavrilo Princip.

The three people are: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand_of_Austria en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie,_Duchess_of_Hohenberg Countess Baillet de Latour

Wystan and Richard Arthur Norton, Thanks for the additional details on this photograph and its subjects. We will add to the record when we update.

Another version of this Bain/LOC photo of Franz Ferdinand: Other Bain photos of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand: [