Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was born #OnThisDay 1863. His assassination in Sarajevo precipitated Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia. This caused the Central Powers and Serbia's allies to declare war on each other, starting World War I.
Franz Ferdinand was born in Graz, Austria, the eldest son of Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria (younger brother of Franz Joseph and Maximilian) and of his second wife, Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.
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Freud was born to Jewish parents in the Moravian town of Freiberg, in the Austrian Empire (later Příbor, Czech Republic), the first of eight children. Both of his parents were from Galicia, in modern-day Ukraine.
The Royal Collection Trust staff kindly explained to me why some photographs that are over 70 years old are still under copyright restrictions. See the next tweet...
"The original photograph will be in the public domain. However, in order for the actual photograph to be available for reproduction purposes we photograph the original work and own the rights in the new photography of the old photograph. "
Bottom line: if we have no other way of accessing the original photo, then basically it is not in the public domain.
And the rule applies not only to the RCT, but to all the institutions that charge for the reproduction of historical photos. I am still trying to understand...
Franz Ferdinand was born in Graz, Austria, the eldest son of Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria and of his second wife, Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.
In 1875, when he was only eleven years old, his cousin Francis V, Duke of Modena died, naming Franz Ferdinand his heir on condition that he add the name "Este" to his own.
Queen Victoria with Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Seated on the left is Tsarina Alexandra holding her baby daughter Grand Duchess Olga. (Balmoral Castle, 1896).
Tsarina Alexandra (Princess Alix of Hesse) is Queen Victoria’s granddaughter.
By the way...
It’s the uniform of the colonel-in-chief of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.