archduke

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“In 1914, such a chain reaction led, in the space of four weeks, from the assassination of a Habsburg archduke by a Serbian nationalist to all-out war between the Great Powers.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 11, 2023

So, would World War I have happened if the Austro Hungarian archduke hadn’t been assassinated in 1914?

From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2023

The archduke was not particularly well- liked by his uncle.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

We had been told to climb over a metal gate off a side road at Son Marroig, the former estate of an Austrian archduke, to find the unmarked trail.

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2021

Nevertheless, the nova marks, quite precisely, the beginning of the Revolution, as the death of the archduke marks the beginning of the war.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton