Ferdinand is known now as the man whose assassination touched off World War I. The nephew of the Hapsburg emperor Franz Josef, Ferdinand was first in line to the Austro-Hungarian throne when he visited Sarajevo in June of 1914. He and his wife Sophie were shot to death as they rode through the city in a motorcade on 28 June; the assassin was Gavrilo Princip, a member of the Serbian nationalist group known as the Black Hand. The shooting led to war between Austria and Serbia, which escalated into World War I.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914 by terrorist.
Not president, Archduke
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand was Assassinated in Serbia.
The killer of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was Gavrilo Princip.