Franz Joseph I

Franz Joseph I

Franz Joseph I (August 18, 1830 – November 21, 1916) was the Emperor of Austria and Austria Hungary (December 2, 1848 – November 21, 1916). The grandson of the last Holy Roman Emperor Franz II, nephew of Ferdinand I, and eldest son of Archduke Franz Karl. On June 28, 1914, the Sarajevo Incident occurred. In July, at the instigation of Foreign Minister Count Bertold, Franz Joseph rashly issued an ultimatum to Serbia, leading to the outbreak of World War I.