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The assassination of the Archduke was the spark that started World War I. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand_of_Austria Seen here posing with his children, Sophie, Maximillian, & Ernst.

Sophie was born in 1901, and Ernst in 1904. My guess is that the photo was taken between 1911 and 1913. www.btinternet.com/~J.Pasteur/Family.html has some pictures that could have been taken at the same time. The children are in the same outfits as far as I can see. Unfortunately the pictures are not dated. I found the same picture at news.webshots.com/photo/2045053910100532270PzIgGf -- also not dated. The other version has a printed caption and looks to be a page from a book.

See flickr.com/photos/mrsfujita/2763234472/ and flickr.com/photos/mrsfujita/sets/72157603564644040/ for more pictures of the Austrian royal family. flickr.com/photos/mrsfujita/2302560846/ has a date of 1913 and Ernst looks older than in this picture.

Two versions of another Bain photo of Archduke Franz Ferdinand: Other Bain photos of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his family:

this picture was taken in 1911, Archduke Franz Ferdinand in the uniform of an admiral with his children Sophie (1901-1990) , Max (1902-1962) and Ernst von Hohenberg (1904-1954) www.bildarchivaustria.at/Pages/ImageDetail.aspx?p_iBildID...

While there are at least two people called "Archduke Eugen", I believe this one is Archduke Eugen Ferdinand Pius Bernhard Felix Maria of Austria-Teschen, a member of the Habsburg dynasty who was "Archduke of Austria and a Prince of Hungary and Bohemia."

Blor, www.genealogyimagesofhistory.com/images/patchwork.JPG seems to confirm your identification. I can just read Commander in Chief of the Austrian Army And www.gutenberg-e.org/steuer/archive/detail/C05.p21B.Archdu... is another picture of him. And here's one in the same uniform, probably as Hoch- und Deutschmeister des Deutschen Ritterordens or grandmaster of the Teutonic Order": www.austro-hungarian-army.co.uk/biog/erzeugen.htm

Thanks bior and swanq for his full name and titles. We'll add the info to our records.

Archduke Eugene of Austria (1863-1954) Austrian or Austro-Hungarian commander on the Balkan and Italian Fronts during World War I.

Bain quite often rephotographed older photos when they needed a portrait and didn't have anything current. I think there is a thumbtack visible at top right, which indicates that this is a photo of an earlier print. ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arhiducele_Eugen_de_Austria has a picture dated 1888 that has him looking younger than this. He became Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights in 1894. I wonder whether this might have been an official photo taken when he became Grand Master, when he would have been about 31.

Franz Josef I of Austria: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Josef_I_of_Austria

Captainslack: Thanks for the information. We will add it to the source data and reload the description.

This picture was taken Sept. 1899 by Josef Jahudka and shows the Emperor Franz Joseph at manoeuvres near Klagenfurt (Carinthia). www.bildarchivaustria.at/Pages/ImageDetail.aspx?p_iBildID...