Depending who you ask, the meeting on June 12-13, 1914 between Kaiser Wilhelm II and Archduke Franz Ferdinand ... Austria-Hungary, and Italy, but now drifting to the Triple Entente of Russia ...

By Simon Winder In 1883, while still only the callow crown prince, the future Kaiser Wilhelm II ... that younger royalty (through such figures as Rudolf’s teenage cousin Franz Ferdinand) could cement ...

When Franz Ferdinand ... and paved the way for the Kaiser Chiefs, The Zutons, The Futureheads and a whole host of other guitar groups. Watch the video for Franz Ferdinand's hit single 'Take ...

Otto von Bismarck, 1888 On July 4, 1914, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the ... was presented to Kaiser Wilhelm on July 5. In his letter, the Austrian emperor declared that the ...

Franz's uncle, Emperor Ferdinand (I) was childless ... After Austria was defeated by Italy in 1859 and Prussia in 1866, Franz faced some backlash and his position within the Monarchy weakened.