FRANZ FERDINAND Karl Ludwig Joseph d'Este, he became heir presumptive to the Imperial Throne on the death of his cousin, the Crown Prince Rudolf in 1889, *Graz 18.12.1863, +assassinated at Sarajevo 28.6.1914; m.(morganatically) zámek Zákupy (Schloss Reichstadt), Bohemia 1.7.1900 Gfn Sophie Chotek, cr Hzg von Hohenberg 1905 (*1.3.1868, +28.6.1914); their issue bear the titles Fürst/Fürstin von Hohenberg (Durchlaucht), except the head of the house, who is Herzog von Hohenberg:
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