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Francis Ferdinand

noun

  1. 1863–1914, archduke of Austria: heir apparent to the thrones of Austria and Hungary whose assassination precipitated the outbreak of World War I (nephew of Francis Joseph I).


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The younger man, Francis Ferdinand, was not so easy to handle as his aged uncle.

The Archduke Francis Ferdinand will go down to posterity without having yielded up his secret.

Archduke Francis Ferdinand was not at all an advocate of a policy leading to war, although he was often reckoned as such.

A third person read about the affair with, perhaps, more interest than anybody else, and he was the real Francis Ferdinand.

The Archduke Francis Ferdinand was so natural and such a delightful companion!

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