The death of his father Karl Ludwig and suicide of Crown Prince Rudolph made him next in line for the crown.
The death of his father Karl Ludwig and suicide of Crown Prince Rudolph made him next in line for the crown. A patron of the Catholic Schools Association and proponent of peace during the 1908 Bosnian Crisis and the Balkan Wars Crises of 1912-1913, he angered Hungarian nationalists by advocating universal male suffrage. These policies may have led to intentional security lapses during his visit to Sarajevo. For ten points, name this Austrian royal whose assassination prompted the First World War.
The death of his father Karl Ludwig and suicide of Crown Prince Rudolph made him next in line for the crown.
Archduke Franz {Ferdinand}