Talk:Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

Other Attempted Assassinations

Not as commonly mentioned as his actual assassination was the other attempted assassinations. While Archduke Franz Ferdinand was in Bohemia another attempt of taking his life was made. This happened when he was approaching the Royal Palace. Someone fired a bazooka at the car from on top of a hill where the car was driving under. Franz saw the missile coming and ordered his driver to speed up. The driver did so and the rocket landed fifteen meters behind them. The culprit was never found although Historians believe it was a Serbian nationalist, perhaps even a member of the Black Hand. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jtes (talk • contribs) 10:44, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Removal of Triple Alliance bit

Since the edit summary didn't allow for elaboration, I'll recap here. I edited a sentence about how his death, and the resulting Austro-Hungarian ultimatum and subsequent declaration of war on Serbia led to the allies of Austria-Hungary (the Triple Alliance) and the allies of Serbia (the Triple Entente) declaring war on each other, because it isn't really true. I removed the Triple Alliance bit is because the Triple Alliance was a purely defensive alliance, and as such, when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, which led several days later to a German declaration of war against Russia, Italy officially declared itself neutral, and later joined the Allies. As such, I removed the Triple Alliance bit and edited it to read Germany and Austria-Hungary. SpudHawg948 (talk) 02:43, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

You are correct, however, Austria-Hungary was part of the Central Powers, which is different thing from the Triple Alliance. --Michaelzeng7 (talk) 21:15, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Actually you are incorrect, because at the time it was known as the triple alliance along with Italy. --Michaelzeng7 (talk) 21:24, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Citation for shooting emus and kangaroos

A citation for "hunting kangaroos and emus in Australia in 1893" is "The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday 22 May 1893 p 6. THE ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND d'ESTE. SHOOTING EXCURSIONS IN THE WEST." Accessed via http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ on 16/4/2010. (Malie 387 (talk) 12:16, 16 April 2010 (UTC))

Removal of 2nd paragraph under "Character"

The second paragraph in under the Character section is completely unsourced, I will remove that part if no one objects. Here it is as followed:

Franz Ferdinand had a fondness for trophy hunting that was excessive even by the standards of European nobility of this time. In his diaries he kept track of an estimated 300,000 game kills, 5,000 of which were deer. A small fraction of the trophies were on exhibit at his Bohemian castle at Konopiště which he also stuffed with various antiquities, his other great collection passion.{{citation needed|date=January 2010}}

--Michaelzeng7 (talk) 21:21, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Reign ?

The infobox says he "reigned" from 1899 to 1914. This guy never reigned anywhere. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.106.205.74 (talk) 20:36, 9 December 2011 (UTC)