Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and the Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg Size:M: 50 x 50cm At the top is a

At the top is a group of hafted weapons and shields and on both sides several plate chanfrons for the protection of horses faces and heads

Lady of the Tournament wearing rich veiling with her headdress

he hacked off the duke's head in four or five strokes

View of two street trams in front of Marble Arch

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and the Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg Size:M: 50 x 50cm At the top is aArchduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, 1914. The Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1863 1914), heir to the Austrian throne, and the Archduchess Sophie were assassinated in Sarajevo on 1914 by a Serbian nationalist, Gavrilo Princip. The assassination set Europe firmly on the road to the First World War.