Archduke Franz Ferdinand: Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Self: Pathé's Weekly, No. 29. Born on December 18, 1863, the eldest son of Archduke Karl-Ludwig von Habsburg and his wife, Princess Annunziata di Borbone, Franz Ferdinand was third in line to the thrown of the Austro-Hungarian Empire upon his birth. After his cousin Crown Prince Rudolf committed suicide in 1889 and his father died in 1896, Franz Ferdinand became the heir of his aging uncle Emperor...
Known For: Pathé's Weekly, No. 29 (Self(as Archdule Francis Ferdinand)), Review of the Austrian Army (Self)