Tragic Love Story of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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In this new illustrated historical documentary we will talk about Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who will forever go down in history as the man whose assassination helped lead to the First World War. However, what is less well known is the Franz Ferdinand’s painful story of undying romantic love and a great tragedy that was to forever be overshadowed by the global conflict it helped to spark.
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[@ahmedehab121]

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[@cakapcakep241]

Next : Joseph Stalin's love story please

[@igorjajic7443]

@@cakapcakep241 with same touching music and hounting pseudo drammaticall voices

[@sakshampandey7342]

The true irony perhaps lies in the fact that Franz was among the few if not the only man in Austro-Hungarian nobility who could have aided the Black Hand in doing to a certain extent what they wanted. Despite having reservations towards the Serbs he wanted them to be a part of the empire. He was their only hope to achieve a modicum of autonomy as he was in a position to do something, anything.

[@siechamontillado]

"....and that made love inevitable."

[@irongeneral7861]

Ironic

[@podemosurss8316]

This was modern love.

[@yoelv.o.krisstiawan5838]

@@podemosurss8316 Nice The Great War reference

[@podemosurss8316]

@@yoelv.o.krisstiawan5838 That had to be done.

[@Finnatese]

So awesome that you’ve made a video about this story. So overshadowed by his death. I read books based off his journals and really describe an amazing, kindhearted and generous man. When he went to banquets and his wife sat at the back, he spent the whole time trying to see her and make sure she looked happy, but reporters noted his behaviour up the front, to them it looked like he just wasn’t interested in what was going on and saw him as a buffoon who had no interest in courtly life. Franz wrote in his diary too that the happiest moments of his life was when they went to their country estate and would walk around the gardens for hours just holding hands. When they were shot the first bullet actually hit his wife in the neck, and he immediately threw himself over her and took the next few bullets in his back and side. The other men in the car didn’t actually realise he had been shot, they said he kept saying, „I’m fine, just get my wife to the hospital, she must live, for our children!“ then he slowly slumped down still muttering, „I’m fine, I’m fine“. The weird thing was the lack of urgency the others in the car seemed to feel, based on what they wrote about the event later haha

[@tsar_zo8007]

Could it be that the "others" were into the plot itself???

[@thomasweir2213]

The person driving was franz's personal driver who was austrian so i doubt he would be in any way connected to young serbia or the black hand.

[@biggiec8224]

@@tsar_zo8007 they probably just didn't like him. Franz Ferdinand was not a very popular man.

[@Orthos4]

You might also want to mention that he was incredibly racist, and also killed about 270.000 animals in his „hunts“

[@hasnan7]

That is very tragic. Fuck the Hapsburgs. I am glad history remembers him in a good way mostly.

[@WowlxX]

I never knew any of this aside from the man's assassination. Thank you for another great video

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@ironheart5830]

Yeah me 2 I consider that love story as modern day Romeo and Juliet with followed by millions of tragedies.

[@chevysuarez7306]

Well atleast we now know who the worst cab driver in history is, Leopold Lojka, the guy who drove us to the trenches.

[@MrPancake777]

Shane Santos its foolish to blame him, it was just coincidences and bad circumstances mixed together.

[@marwapranata5698]

@Wayne Hitchcock well, fate and destiny always works in some mysterious way

[@Isildun9]

A lost driver, a wrong turn, angry college students, John Moses Browning, and an extremely fateful sandwich. On such things, the fates of nations and empires turn.

[@ElSayyidCampeador]

Man, imagine you made a small mistake at your job and a hundred years later people blamed you for tens of millions of deaths, what a trip

[@herusolares5320]

I blame the sandwich Gavrillo was eating.

[@kingbeauregard]

Franz Ferdinand probably would have been a pretty good ruler too. He was aware of how oppressed the various peoples under the Austro-Hungarian Empire were, and had plans to create a United States of Austria-Hungary that would allow much greater autonomy for those peoples. And, get this: after that first assassination attempt, FF stopped the car to help the injured people, rather than drive off at high speed. Pretty decent guy.

[@the1grove]

kingbeauregard Yeah it’s sad that he was assassinated. He could have reformed the Empire and saved Europe from a devastating war which saw Millions die.

[@kingbeauregard]

@@the1grove Yeah. While I think it would be unrealistic to expect that Europe would have been free of war forever, without the same sort of Balkan involvement and entangling alliances, there may not have been such an all-consuming war. There still might have been an Ottoman-Russian war or a British-German war here or there, but not necessarily a war that roped everybody in.

[@terler1272]

@@kingbeauregard Personally, he actually didn't like the other races of the Austria-Hungary empire, in particular the Slavs, but he recognized that their cooperation was necessary to keep the empire alive. He was also animal's worst nightmare. He killed like 200k animals on his various hunting trips. That's about all the bad that can be said about him though. Most people agree he would of been a pretty progressive ruler.

[@sectorgovernor]

I don't know this would have been better for Hungary or not. Hungarians had more rights than the other nationalities but they were still Austria's puppet. Although there was a significant industrial and cultural development in Hungary in the era of Austro-Hungarian empire. Many famous buildings in Budapest built in that time.

[@sectorgovernor]

​@@user-vt8oq6cw1q I'm not pro-Monarchy ('Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy' is the hungarian name of the Austro-Hungarian Empire), and most of Hungarians didn't like Habsburgs. Don't think that Austria never oppressed hungarians, they always wanted to conquer Hungary. From 1686 to 1918 they ruled Hungary. Hungarians revolted against them in 1703-1711 (Rákóczi) and in 1848-49. They defeated us all twice, and then oppressed the hungarians. In 1867, finally the hungarian nobility and the Habsburg ruler compromised. Hungary got a semi-independent parliament - they were independent in domestic affairs, but weren't in foreign affairs and finance. The Habsburg Emperor ruled, but Hungary would had an own Prime Minister and government. Hungarians accepted these and Austria-Hungary was established. These achievements were great after a fallen freedom fight....

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

Wow, even in death the Habsburg's couldn't stop being dicks to Sophie and Franz. Looks like Franz Ferdinand got the last laugh though, the empire that ridiculed him, his wife, and children, the empire that he tried so hard to keep peaceful and prosperous, collapsed the moment he was gone. Almost Karmic justice.

[@iordanvassilev8091]

I know I am late with the comment, but I wont consider it justice, more of... an addition to an already tragic event. Franz Ferdinand, in death, lost everything he loved, his wife, his empire, the peace between peoples he was advocating.

[@Recartloaded]

@@iordanvassilev8091 franz Ferdinand was a tyrant and a terrible person

[@Recartloaded]

It wasn’t the empire, it was the royals

[@OfficiallyDevin]

Ridiculous art and animation quality, very good work!

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Thanks a lot! 👍

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Amazing narrations as always

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[@unleashingpotential-psycho9433]

Staying alive for children is a common motivation for many people torn by a war.

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UNLEASHING POTENTIAL - PSYCHOLOGY VIDEOS It make sense, children need a parent.

[@hasnan7]

Say that to right wing nationalists according to which immigrants should die in their war torn countries and it's not their problem. Imagine surviving through horrible conditions just to go to another country only for your children future. Many are drowned in boats or just killed so the traffickers could not be caught. It just show how horrible a war can be. Also the irony is most of the weapons are sold by us and european countries to further fuel the war.

[@hasnan7]

@Führer des Benutzers if any sane person would have replied to me I would have given some reasonable explanation but I am not going to waste my time on a Nazi troll.

[@alexs5744]

@@hasnan7 There’s plenty of left winged war mongers dude.

[@miccyd7392]

"Those who do not learn from the past, are doomed to repeat it." That quote is why I'm a history nerd and love this channel!

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@@BennekeClaes93 "History never repeats itself but it rhymes." -attributed to Mark Twain but probably by John Robert Colombo.

[@FlyingDoctorC]

yup...and the world has yet to learn the lessons of 100% socialism....over 100 million deaths..and people still think government can fix their problems. Capitalism at it worst; you pay $1 cheaper because some poor third world boy risk his health for toxic chemicals in a factory. You pay $1 more for the same product, a family sells their daugther for a marriage because the factory has strict laws against child labor. Yet these fully voluntary family decisions ARE best system we have so far for humanity. If you are shock...well When USSR. East Germany, Mao's China, Ho Chi Minh implemented real socialism it was 10x more suffering then the example i have just mentioned. Mao's great leap forward, parents literally tell their children to eat their dead bodies when they pass away...because of the lack of food. The world oceans are not big enough for the tears of humanity.

[@francismigs2224]

But humanity always has an urge to repeat it despite having knowledge of the past

[@SeleucusNicator]

This was a particularly excellent and enlightening video. I haven't studied World War One in detail, so I had no idea Franz Ferdinand and his wife had such a passionate but frowned upon romance until I watched this.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you :-) A bit nervous about this video, hopefully, it does well :-)

[@siechamontillado]

@@KingsandGenerals You knocked it out-of-the-park. Shoot, we need more of these stories that aren't told or well-known, just little reminders that there's a reason we work hard to make things more decent, little by little.

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Epic History TV channel has the best WW1 documentary since WW1.

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'The Great War' is a really good channel dedicated to the ww1, with enormous detail

[@ClutchPwnageTv]

As a historian, there are a few things that need clarification. Gavrilo Princip was a Bosnian Serb (not just a Serb) and he was a member of Young Bosnia, a literary organization that became revolutionary after the Balkan Wars of 1912-13. Gavrilo Princip was never a member of the Black Hand, and to suggest that the Black Hand committed the assassination is to steal agency away from the Young Bosnians. Certain members of the Black Hand, such as Vojislav Tankosić, provided material support for the assassins by way of pistols and grenades as well as marksmanship training, and helped smuggled some of them into Bosnia. However the attack was carried out by the Young Bosnians, on their own initiative. Also, Austria did not simply declare war on Serbia. They sent what is known as the July ultimatum, which demanded Serbia make impossible political concessions by the standards of the time. These concessions would involve Serbia surrendering her sovereignty to Austria, and allowing Austria to send a large group of government officials and police officers into Serbia for the purpose of forcing Serbia to suppress and dismantle anything remotely anti-Austrian. It also demanded the Serbian government fire any government official or military officer the Austrians asked for. Serbia, despite difficulty and humiliation, agreed to a majority of the points. The only one they had problems with was allowing Austrian police to operate freely within Serbia. There was some diplomatic back-channeling going on between Serbia and the other great powers, but eventually those broken down as Austria was unwilling to let this chance to deal with Serbia go (Serbia had been a significant thorn in the side of Austria since at least 1903). No side truly appreciated how bad the war would be. Some military observers present in the 1912-13 Balkan Wars reported on how devastating machine guns, trench warfare, and large scale artillery shelling could be, but many of these reports were ignored because of the relative size of the conflict. The Great Powers had more resources, more men, better access to rail lines and motorized vehicles. A pan European front would be larger, with ample room to flank and maneuver so that the front did not become bogged down in trenches. Of course they were horribly wrong. They didn't count on the sheer strength of each nation to be able to take such insane attrition and mobilize such a large percentage of their population / economy towards the war. The front stretched all the way to the sea and left zero room for flanking. It is important to remember that modern warfare in 1914 was theoretically untested for the major European powers. Russia was backwards and unorganized, so their loss in the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-1905 wasn't considered as useful of an example to learn from. The Balkan Wars (1912-13) were short lived and against a weak Ottoman Empire. Hubris certainly played a role for European observers who thought a pan-European war could be finished as quickly as the Balkan Wars. So it is important to realize that European commanders in the first world war didn't really have anything to compare their experiences to, as this was the largest war in human history, with astronomical amounts of resources, men, and casualties. These are mostly 19th century men who came through the ranks during a time when warfare was considered honourable and noble, and when cavalry still had a decisive role in combat. The debate should be on how quickly these generals should be expected to learn from their experiences WITHIN and DURING the first world war. But to argue simplistically that they failed to learn from previous wars is to ignore the context I just listed above (as well as other arguments I won't go into). They did learn, slowly. The use of gas masks, and the development of tanks are only two examples of deliberate efforts taken to reduce the casualty numbers. I'm not writing this to attack the channel or the fine historical work you guys do. I just want to add to the information you have already provided and to clarify a few things that I often see misrepresented.

[@KingsandGenerals]

I don't feel particularly attacked by this comment. It is just, the scope and scale of the video were completely different. :-)

[@ClutchPwnageTv]

@@KingsandGenerals Indeed and I love all of your videos. I'm fully aware the video was focused on the Archduke and his wife, with which you did a fantastic job. I just wanted to leave that bit of extra information in the comments to supplement some of the background information for history nerds that may appreciate it. By the way, if you guys ever want to make more videos about the Balkans in the 19th / early 20th century I would love to help. :)

[@venziet]

I very much appreciate your insight. Thank you stranger. You must be a fountain of knowledge and joy to know.

[@replecon1408]

Thank you Lord some people know the truth! And I love this channel!!! I expected better from them

[@mare1x2]

Gavrilo Princip was a Serb! Theres no such thing as Bosnian Serb, Bosnian Croat or Bosnian Bosniak, thats retarded. If you look at Bosnian demographics today, you will see that people from Bosnia identify themselves as either Serbs, Croats or Bosniaks. Simple as that!

[@Nyctasia]

A couple of errors, it was a morganatic marriage, not monastic, and Sophie was actually of royal blood, but when the Congress of Vienna drew up the list of who was 'royal' and who was not, IE who was eligible to marry into the high nobility and inherit thrones, her family was too poor to be able to afford the money it cost to be included on the list despite being descended from the first Hapsburg Emperor themselves. This meant Sophie was a distant relative of Franz-Ferdinand but ineligible to marry him due to the lack of money her family had in the 19thC.

[@AlohaKavebear]

Nyctasia No it was not an issue of money. Many German noble families were extremely impoverished and still considered dynastic. It was a matter of who ruled. Only sovereign families or former sovereign families (mediatized after the Congress of Vienna) were included as dynastic marriageable companions. Archduchess Isabella was from one of these mediatized families, the Croys. Sophie’s family had no sovereign claims before or after the Congress of Vienna and were mere counts in Bohemia hence why she was considered lower ranking.

[@fredaaron762]

The "monastic" not "morganatic" comment jumped out at me as well. A minor error.

[@redadmiralofvalyria867]

Technically though the more a bloodline thins itself out the less & less & less said members of the line are/can be considered "related" I for example have a few individuals who are indeed cousins, but others are only related to me because we simply share "common ancestors" so to me I believe this is/was the case for sophie chotek

[@Recartloaded]

Sophie was countess and didn’t count as royal blood

[@lelouche25]

Dang, this was such a footnote in my history class. This was so dam n sad, even his children weren't allowed to attend their funeral? That was beyond uncalled for. Their own kin died for god sakes! A tragedy before a greater one at that.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for watching!

[@Dragons_Armory]

I felt really bad for Franz, from his correspondences he really stuck up for Sofie and loved her despite an entire court's unjust derision and mockery. Franz also really tried to be concilliatory towards the many ethnic groups in the Balkans. Yes, in private he was racist towards them, but among many upper echelons of Austro Hungarian administration he wanted representation and even a form of federated nationalism for the many people united under loyalty to the Habsburgs. The fact that out of all people he was killed kind of made the war inevitable in the suspicion filled- powder keg environment of the 1910s. The fact that he avoided assassination earlier that day and wants to go to a hospital to see the wounded also showed that he cared to both maintain royal decorum and also help out. From the Austrian perspective it was a tragedy and an outrage, the fact that their empire was drawn and quartered by law was even more of a mockery for what they already suffered.

[@KaiserFranzJosefI]

He abandoned the idea of a Federation in 1913 because he knew the Hungarians, who he thought of as less than Human even more so than South Slavs, would never agree to it.

[@Dragons_Armory]

@@KaiserFranzJosefI Yeah, Hungarians are very aware of their prestige within the established order, and would not want to be circumvented to have their influences stripped out.

[@Benji-jj2bg]

@@KaiserFranzJosefI he didn't "abandon" the idea. He gave up. When or if he became emperor he would have brought it back up I have no doubt. Him and Sophie could have done a lot of good for a lot of people. He became a laughing stock in the court because of Franz Joseph. If his uncle finally died and let him rule it would have been a much different story

[@KaiserFranzJosefI]

@@Benji-jj2bg I'm afraid he did abandon the idea because it was completely unworkable and utterly unrealistic with the situation of the Dual Monarchy. Franz Ferdinand instead focused his attention in Trialism and establishing a Triple Monarchy with the South Slavs. Franz Ferdinand and especially Sophie likely wouldn't have accomplished anything regardless. Franz Ferdinand was great at alienating powerful people and Sophie was a massive liability

[@abdulbasheer354]

Right in the feels.

[@InspectHistory]

Wow, It's really wonderful artwork, also really sad story .. This is by far my most favorite history content in YT, amazing work K&G, We're your fans from Indonesia :) Hopefully more of my countryman watching this :D

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[@kevbas213]

Hadir gan

[@yoelv.o.krisstiawan5838]

Hadir gan

[@owenb8636]

The soldiers were forbidden to salute his coffin but ordered to fight a war to avenge his death? What cynical, messed up priorities

[@quintus6081]

Did you ever hear the tradegy of Archduke Franz Ferdinand the wise?

[@rnrailproductions5049]

If the Habsburg family had such a grievance with Franz Ferdinand then why start a war over his death?

[@harry556b]

This deserves a movie

[@andreasmuller5185]

I feel so sad for Franz Ferdinand 😔

[@andreasmuller5185]

@@Alusnovalotus good 😉

[@igorjajic7443]

why he was war criminall ocupiing our land.....?check first what he was doing in sarajevo this days prepering armmy for war and insulting serbians by shuting on saint vids day our holly day,...thats why he was shot like a dog,.....ans soon we will liberate our cities wiena,berlin and drezdeen alsaw,.....we r enough of you trash and your nazi nato isis talmudic criminall gang we will slotered you all

[@milosmradprdik4577]

Igor jajic you are a serb, bosnia is not your land, Bosniaks would prefer austria and hungary over you

[@sahararaptor7600]

@@igorjajic7443 Raging little kid. You are so cringey.

[@goktugozturan6238]

Igor Jajić you guys are the reason why balkans are so shit and everyone hates each other

[@sumedhraosurendramalandkar4056]

Thank you for making this video. The only thing people knew was that Franz Ferdinand's assassination led to the outbreak of the First World War but almost no one knows his tragic love story. Thank you once again for bringing it to our knowledge.

[@skylermaves7272]

Never thought I'd feel bad for a historic couple but I do.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Well, mission accomplished. :-)

[@Recartloaded]

I never felt bad for him because franz Ferdinand was a tyrant

[@markuhler2664]

A wonderful Personal Touch on a tragedy that still Echoes today. Thank you K&G.

[@TH-zq5dn]

I have to note that it's "Neuer Erbe", rather than "Neu Erbe", as the former incorporates the correct Nominative case, whereas the latter doesn't.

[@Dimblenick]

I am german. i didn't spot this and now i feel bad lol

[@lilsultan9206]

Amazing quality as always. One of my top 3 KZbinrs without a doubt!

[@p03saucez]

One of the absolute best videos you guys have done. Excellent, excellent work K&G.

[@schizoidboy]

There's a lot of irony here if you think about it. The Hapsburgs practically destroyed their biological lines through marrying within their bloodlines, so Franz Ferdinand was probably being smarter than the rest of the monarchy marrying outside the lines. Moreover, they were starting a war over the death of a noble no one showed any respect for. To add more to the tragedy of the Ferdinand line his kids ended up during WWII being imprisoned in a concentration camp for the duration of the war.

[@vlad34791]

And it's not only Habsburgs. Basically, all monarchs of Europe were relatives to each other. As a result, a lot of children with chronologic disease were born, for example, the only son of Nicolas II. In retrospect, you might think the downfall of European empires was inevitable. If only it wasn't so violent, like through World War...

[@captinkidd1]

That was really touching , may their beautiful souls Rest In Peace , thanks for the great video 😍😍😍

[@RMagha]

Thank you for the great work!

[@brendancarlton7326]

I am loving this new spin on your series, K&G, these intimate portraits of individuals in positions of power are arguably much more important than the movements of troops on critical battlefields. Thanks for your work! I like it.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Appreciate the feedback :-) The main series are not going anywhere, but we want to cover more stuff, than just the wars.

[@steevenhyde3505]

Loved the video, your voice and the pace of it all. Thank you so much.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@mohamadazamikhairulanuar8524]

Learning about this love story made me even more angry considering that they end up becoming some kind of pariahs of the royal family, and yet at the same time had the gall to use their tragic death for their casus belli against the Serbia for some action of a lone gunman. Perhaps in the end the Habsburg does deserve their fate later on. They lost their kingdom, their standing, all because for some undeserved 'honor'

[@DarkHandsomeStranger]

I like the music choice for the events leading to The Great War. Great video!

[@whatisdis]

"Thus as the death tears them apart, the world shall follow suit." -me If only someone made a movie of this story...

[@umaransari9765]

One of the best animated video ever

[@otgunz3833]

thanks a lot for my part 👍

[@umaransari9765]

@@otgunz3833 have you edited this video?

[@otgunz3833]

@@umaransari9765 Drawn the scenes and animated them. The intro, sounds, music and narration made by the other exellent members of K&G team.

[@umaransari9765]

OTGUNZ amazing work man

[@viraloracle5151]

by far the best vid yet of this channel in terms of Artwork and narration, somehow was very emotional.

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thanks a lot for your critiq on artwork and animations (which are on my part), the teams works hard and they are good professionals. And we all love history 👍

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Informative video!

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Thank you!

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Well, that was fast another great video!!!

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Great video and a touching story. Just subscribed to this channel, I'm really pleased with the content!

[@brokenbridge6316]

What a tragic life Franz Ferdinand had after marrying his wife. Never knew I could feel even more sympathy for the man than I already have. My compliments to those who made this video a reality.

[@quintiax]

Amazing commentary and animation! I love it!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much! :-)

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quality production as always

[@justpettet3506]

best accent on the youtubes. I have always wondered about this poor pawn. thank you again!

[@tayro480]

Wow. That was more than just history and war but love, dram and realty. Greatjob

[@StefanMilo]

Wow that's a genuinely sad story. The animation on this one was fantastic too! Can't even attend your own parents funeral, royal families are harsh.

[@HypnosisASMR]

great story telling

[@STFUismyname]

I've said it once before and I will say it again, you are by far my favorite history KZbin channel, keep up the good work and please cover more WWI topics

[@KingsandGenerals]

Really happy to hear that! There will be something!

[@bvthebalkananarchistmapper5642]

Fun fact: Gavrilo never intended to kill Sophie. He wanted to kill the Austrian governor of Bosnia, Potiorek, but he moved his head and the bullet hit Sophie instead.

[@alexandertombs5197]

Great work! I'm loving these videos about politics and society outside of battle.

[@otgunz3833]

yeah me too 😁

[@pascalkane3272]

WOW this video is amazing !

[@f3wbs]

"Sophie! Sophie! Don't die for our children!" I remember reading those words when I was 14 and I never thought much of them because I thought they were both from nobility. After watching this video, however, I wonder if I were in his shoes if I'd make the same choice. I'd rather have my wife by my side everywhere. I'd feel empty otherwise. Still, I think he made the right choice; go for who you love.

[@maresgoez]

Franz Ferdinand, a man whose death was bigger than his life.

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lol

[@husseinalsharaa202]

Another Great video

[@Miamcoline]

Well done as usual! Sad stuff. But good to know he actually got to be with her. What a perfect storm of tragedy from reformist to love stories leading up to WW1.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks!

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Love the vids, keep up the work! interesting new look on history i like the idea of going in depth of "high impactfull" characters from history. Maybe Bismarck next?

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The artwork is excellent, educational, and nice narration. Ver high quality video overall.

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thanks a lot, so happy to be able to use my mere art for the promotion of education and history. All are drawn not copied, filtered etc. by me. And I am not really talented, just a wanna be self learning semi artist. Anyways, thank you sincerely. 👋

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Work-work :-)

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Srbi uništili srboslaviju... pardon, jugoslaviju.

[@LukaPavlovic1]

@@chomohanashiro7594 Srboslavija koju je napravio Hrvatski kriminalac Josip Broz koji je ceo svoj život ubijao i uništavao Srbe i Pravoslavlje.

[@dirensare]

Bijelo Dugme

[@mujekovasjetolikojbodagovo45]

Dino Šakanović Neki su otisli,a vecina nije. Najvaznije od svega je da je tamnica naroda (Austrougarska) razmontirana.

[@Porkeater2610957]

You made a few mistakes in the video: 1)The organization the assassin Princip was a member of was called "Young Bosnia", not "Black Hand", that's another organization involved in another royal murder a decade earlier. 2)Princip wasn't a Serb nationalist, but a Yugoslav nationalist and a pan-Slavic nationalist, and there were multiple assassins from all ethnic backgrounds involved. 3)Unequal marriage is called "morganatic", not "monastic".

[@henriksongaming9051]

He was a Serb nationalist who wanted all south slavs to be united under Serbian rule (which it did). Stop lying Serb, you caused most of ww1

[@enderman_666]

Patriot2610957 Let’s be honest, the Black Hand was more than likely involved in the assassination, members of Young Bosnia just carried it out.

[@enderman_666]

King Lock15 mapper And you’d have them united under who, exactly? Serbia was the strongest South Slavic nation at the time, of course it would be the one taking most of the initiative in Yugoslavia. As for Serbs causing WW1, that’s just weak bait. Serbia agreed to 9 out of 10 of the Austro-Hungarian demands in the July ultimatum which was written in such a manner that it would directly infinge on Serbian sovereignity. Austria-Hungary wanted a war, some nationalists were just too keen to give them an excuse. Of course, I don’t expect you to understand that since you’re blinded by your idiotic Serbophobia. Grow up.

[@henriksongaming9051]

@@enderman_666 serbophobia doesn't exist. And let's keep it real chief we all know that Serbia and Russia wanted to "liberate" south slavs, their organization was basically supported by Serbia & Montenegro. There could have been a united south slavic country if they would choose a king from Croatia, Slovenia or maybe Serbia (if they had corrupted the votes). You also holded land that wasn't slavic so that's a pretty big NONO

[@bihpitbull]

Dont lie and stop making up excuses, "lies have saved serbs so many times throughout history" - Dobrica Čosić

[@arttuhonkasalo427]

Great artwork!

[@michaelmoore4043]

That was very good your channel has really gone a long way

[@TheCleverADHDstudios]

This was really good. I like this more personal video.

[@zackkotzias3304]

Super interesting video!

[@Armorius2199]

This channel is not another KZbin channel, it is on par with History Channel and National Geographic. Great work!

[@Littlebigun99]

Whilst I do still really enjoy your military history videos I personally find the ones you do on other aspects of history such as this or those on the mesoamerican world far more interesting. I hope you continue to branch out into other stuff like this because the videos are really well made and very interesting :)

[@KingsandGenerals]

We certainly will, thank you!

[@grimmech4268]

It kinda pisses me off that Austria used this as a reason to go to war when they didn't even like him and his family. Amazing artwork and animating btw. It's great seeing how much you guys are getting better!

[@hamarbiljungskile8953]

They'd use a leaf of a Serbian oak falling on the Austrian side of the Danube as an excuse to go to war. There had been several mobilizations, but the Germans would always ask the Austrians to postpone the invasion so the two of them would get a better head start. The war would've started much sooner had they not been waiting for the Germans to finish widening the Kiel canal (so their dreadnoughts wouldn't get stuck in the Baltic). They'd known some shit would go down when they sent him to inspect the troops. They were counting on that.

[@tg1982]

Great video, excellent job and awesome story-telling. I ignored the tragedy that surround the life of Franz Ferdinand, who knows what would have happened if he had inherited the crown prior 1914. Thanks K&G!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for watching :-)

[@brandtlucasbrandt]

He gave up the throne for her. Now that's true love.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Agreed!

[@Recartloaded]

He never gave up the throne, he was still heir apparent to Austria-Hungary after their marriage

[@Romellenios_Lanz_Daemos]

learning the Death of Franz was one thing, but this! It's too much 😢😢

[@ironheart5830]

Now Austria can proudly say to UK " We have our own non-fictional version of Romeo and Juliet that was way more tragic than yours".

[@fationmali9445]

a Great video K&G and a true love story to death and beyond

[@silveryuno]

Great video Kings and Generals team. It would be nice if you made a companion video about Gavrilo Princip (the assassin). Since his life was, in my opinion, its own tragedy (in how miserable it was). Maybe talk also about the Black Hand and how Archduke Franz Ferdinand wanted to elevate the Slavs to be a third power in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Nothing but tragedy in this historical event.

[@adrianbrunner8]

Amazing art style :-D

[@mrgamerlion9591]

Good. One of the best

[@REDALERTBRAZIL]

Sad story! But good video.

[@LocalHeretic-ck1kd]

I live in Czech Republic and am interested in history so I know this story. But I will watch this anyway because your videos are so great!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much!

[@MonsierBlack]

Good Video 👍

[@markanthonypar-wise1499]

Love this keep it up

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you!

[@markanthonypar-wise1499]

@@KingsandGenerals maybe do more Ww1 or in between Ww1 and 2

[@GoryWory]

Gavrilo Princip never intended to kill his wife, it was a mistake that haunted him for the rest of his life

[@aleksandarspasic6067]

@LineOfCars Not true. Austria-Hungary even had harder taxing than Ottoman Empire had for non-muslims. It surely wasn't Austrian land. They have annexed it against previous international agreements and international laws. No one asked people of Bosnia, so they had to voice it with some gunpowder.

[@mujekovasjetolikojbodagovo45]

@LineOfCars "Well it was not Serbian land in first place"-Yes, it was serbian land. Before 10th century ,in time Kingdom of Bosnia,in turkish time,in time of Austro-Hungary,allways. The 1879 population census in Bosnia and Herzegovina was the first census of the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina taken during the Austro-Hungarian occupation: Serbs 42.88 % Muslims 38.73% (today called Bosniaks-fake name (since 1993.)) Croats 18.08% Others 0,31% "it was better for Serb in that time to live in Austro-Hungarian Empire than in the Serbian Kingdom"-Not true ! Kingdom of Serbia -free state with free elections. Austro-Hungarian Empire was feudal state called "dungeon of the people". And we know what is better for us.

[@mujekovasjetolikojbodagovo45]

@@KaiserFranzJosefI "The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was nothing more than Greater Serbia "- Unfortunatly it was not. Yugoslavia is serbian big mistake. "Unlike the Yugoslavia, the least industrialized country in the Balkans relative to it's size, Austria-Hungary actually had a powerful economy with a good education system." Yugoslavia was the the wealthiest country in Balkan and much better place (1945-91) than Albania,Bulgaria or Midle-European countries Czechoslovakia,Poland,Romania,Hungary etc. Austria-Hungary- feudal state,poor country esspecialy for people of Balkan . Everybody want get out from "dungeon of the people":Hungarians before 1867. Italians Serbs,Croats,Romanians , Czechs... "led by a family of illiterate sheep farmers" - Led by royal family Karadjordjevic 1918-41 Habsburgs came in Austria from village in Swiss . And why they came in Bosnia ? Who called them ? What they done in Bosnia where nobody spoke german language ?

[@KaiserFranzJosefI]

@@mujekovasjetolikojbodagovo45 The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was not Titoist Yugoslavia, there is a massive difference between the two. Austria-Hungary was one of the fastest growing economies in the world in 1914 with the world's fifth largest economy already. Independence movements before 1916 were actually quite rare, they wanted autonomy but not independence as they feared they would be dominated by a less benevolent power. The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a joke of a country that almost everyone involved hated being part of other than the Serbs.

[@mujekovasjetolikojbodagovo45]

@@KaiserFranzJosefI "Austria-Hungary was one of the fastest growing economies in the world in 1914"- No, it is not ! Austria-Hungary was good only for Wien and hell for the others, esspecialy for people from Balkan. " The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a joke of a country that almost everyone involved hated being part of other than the Serbs." Austria-Hungary's nickname say everything -"dungeon of the nations". We saw what happened in 1919 when everyone left Austria-Hungary (Slovenes, Slovaks, Czechs, Romanians, Polish people,Ukrainians,Serbs and others). Nobody wwanted Austria-hungary. Nobody stayed in same state with Austrians. "Independence movements before 1916 were actually quite rare" Hungarians fought 400 years for independence...Italians and Hungarians tried to kill members of Habsburg family. Franz Ferdinand killed in Sarajevo. Nobody wanted ruler from Wien .

[@EnforcementDronEd209]

Wow this could make a great movie.

[@rubengivoni6823]

Damn, Kings and Generals is good at selling their sponsor! I cannot be the only person who felt appealed by that comparison with the generals of WW1.

[@martinsriber7760]

"Ch" in German and Czech represents [x], like in Loch pronounced by Scotsman. If you can't pronounce that, you can use [k] instead.

[@frederickthegreat1352]

Yeah, kinda hurts to listen to, when you know how its pronounced properly.

[@Chorochronchotor]

@@frederickthegreat1352 Yup

[@martinsriber7760]

@@temptemp4174 Excuse me?

[@tjallingappelhof2055]

I actually think it sounds more like a sort of 'h' (but I'm not sure if the dutch [x] sounds exactly the same as the Czech one)

[@martinsriber7760]

@@tjallingappelhof2055 [x] sounds same everywhere, that's what IPA is for. It is sound "ch" represents in acht. At least in most dialects I am familiar with.

[@gianlucaborg195]

If Greek tradegy is good, this is a masterpiece!!

[@austiedlee9265]

A impressive video~

[@Pecqu]

Props to the artist who makes those amazing drawings

[@otgunz3833]

thanks a lot, so happy to be able to use my mere art for the promotion of education and history. All are drawn not copied, filtered etc. by me. And I am not really talented, just a wanna be self learning semi artist. Anyways, thank you sincerely. 👋

[@sectorgovernor]

@@otgunz3833 Nice drawings!

[@mustafaelnady5161]

The last soundtrack is out of this world. What is it called?

[@LucasDimoveo]

This story makes my heart hurt

[@marcubacila824]

The editor has a lot of talent!

[@otgunz3833]

😁

[@alejandroprieto3120]

Great show, im a fan of history channels and this is one of my favorites. If i can make a suggestion for a future episode it would be the marcomanic war which i think is very cool becaused it was the largest germanic invasion western europe had seen so far but instead of figthing the weak western roman empire it will face marcus aurelius, one of my favorite (besides augustus) roman emperors. Thanks and good luck in your next proyects

[@xtratex1019]

Great video and nothing less than I expected of you! :) Any info on how long it will take until we see Pyrrhus? Greetings from an ongoing Austrian Archeology student! :D

[@monsignor2943]

It almost gives me tears

[@vitsjou1207]

Gut gemacht: )))

[@al_khalid_248]

I can't seem to find the name of the soundtrack of epidemic sounds at 1:26. Love all your vids.

[@pantheonauxilia]

What is tune palying in the background at the last minutes of the video? Great melody.

[@absentiambient]

Man, Romeo and Juliet suck compared to this tragic love story. Also love the art-style

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks! :-)

[@cloudrain9670]

excellent

[@joshatienza4466]

I did not know this..this should be a movie.