Archduke Ferdinand of Austria
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There have been several men titled Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, including:
  • Archduke Franz Ferdinand Karl Ludwig Joseph
    Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
    Franz Ferdinand 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...

     (1863-1914), better known as Franz Ferdinand, was Heir to the Austrian throne from 1896 until he was assassinated in 1914, sparking World War I


Others who have held the title:
  • Archduke Ferdinand Karl Anton Joseph Johann Stanislaus of Austria-Este
    Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este
    Archduke Ferdinand Karl Anton Joseph Johann Stanislaus of Austria-Este was a son of Holy Roman Emperor Franz I and Maria Theresa of Austria. He was the founder of the House of Austria-Este and Governor of the Duchy of Milan between 1765 and 1796...

     (1754-1806), fourth son and fourteenth child of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and Maria Theresa, commander of an Austrian army in the War of the Third Coalition
  • Archduke Ferdinand Joseph Johann Baptist (1769-1824), second son of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II, became Grand Duke Ferdinand III of Tuscany
  • Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este
    Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este
    Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este was the third son of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este and of his wife Princess Maria Beatrice Ricciarda d'Este, last member and heiress of the house of Este. For much of the Napoleonic Wars he was in command of the Austrian army.Ferdinand was born...

     (1781-1850), younger son of Archduke Ferdinand Karl Anton Joseph Johann Stanislaus.
  • Archduke Ferdinand Karl Leopold Joseph Franz Marcelin
    Ferdinand I of Austria
    Ferdinand I was Emperor of Austria, President of the German Confederation, King of Hungary and Bohemia , as well as associated dominions from the death of his father, Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, until his abdication after the Revolutions of 1848.He married Maria Anna of Savoy, the sixth child...

     (1793-1875), eldest son of Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, became Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria upon his father's death in 1835
  • Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este
    Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este
    Ferdinand Karl Viktor was Archduke of Austria-Este and Duke of Modena.-Biography:Born in Modena, he was the second son of Francis IV of Modena and his wife Maria Beatrice of Savoy...

     (1821-1849), younger son of Duke Francis IV of Modena
  • Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph (1832-1867), second son of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria and brother of Emperor Franz Josef of Austria; became Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico in 1864
  • Archduke Ferdinand Karl Ludwig Joseph Johann Maria
    Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria
    Ferdinand Karl of Austria He was the third son of Archduke Archduke Charles Louis of Austria and Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies...

     (1868-1915), younger brother of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, abandoned his dynastic rights to marry Bertha Czuber in 1909
  • Archduke Ferdinand of Austria (HI & RH, 1918-2004), married to Countess Helene (1937- ), only daughter of HIllH Carl Theodor, Count zu Toerring-Jettenbach and HRH Princess Elisabeth of Greece and Denmark (a sister of Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent)

  • Archduke Ferdinand Zvonimir of Austria
    Archduke Ferdinand Zvonimir of Austria
    -Notes:...

    (born 1997), son of Archduke Karl of Austria, grandson of Crown Prince Otto of Austria, second-in-line to the headship of the House of Habsburg
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