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Persönliche Daten Gräfin Sophie Maria Josephine Albina Chotek von Chotkowa und Wognin Herzogin von Hohenberg 

• Sie ist geboren am 1. März 1868 in Stuttgart, Neckarkreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
• Sie ist verstorben am 28. Juni 1914 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, sie war 46 Jahre alt.

  Oorzaak: Assisinated

• Sie wurde begraben am 4. Juli 1914 in Artstetten Castle Chapel.
• Ein Kind von Bohuslaw Graf Chotek von Chotkowa und Wognin und Wilhelmine Gräfin Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau
• Diese Information wurde zuletzt aktualisiert am 4. Dezember 2022.

Familie von Gräfin Sophie Maria Josephine Albina Chotek von Chotkowa und Wognin Herzogin von Hohenberg

Sie ist verheiratet mit Franz Ferdinand Karl Ludwig Joseph Maria Erzherzog von Österreich.

Sie haben geheiratet am 1. Juli 1900 in Reichstadt, Czech Republic, sie war 32 Jahre alt.

28-Jun-1914 in Sarajevo was a typical summer day in the Balkans - blistering. For the Serbs it was St. Vitus day. It memorialized the Battle of Kosovo in 1389 where the Serbs were defeated by Turkey. The Serbs would mark the day with a feast. It was also a special day for Archduke Franz Ferdinand - it was his 14th wedding anniversary. He would make it a special day for his wife Sophie. In Vienna she, not being of royal enough blood, was not allowed to ride in the same car with her husband during high affairs of state. But this was Sarajevo. Here, on their anniversary, she would be afforded all the royal treatment of which she was deprived at home. The Duchess of Hohenburg would most certainly ride in the car with her husband today.  The diplomatic teletype had been busy clicking out warnings from consulates all over the world. The messages were clear: the Archduke would be wise to cancel his planned visit to Sarajevo. In Vienna, Serbian ambassador Jovan Jovanovic (acting on orders from Prime Minister Pasic) visited Austrian finance Minister Bilinski to warn that if the Archduke should visit then:  "some young Serb might put a live round instead of a blank cartridge in his gun, and fire it." Belinski replied:  "Let us hope nothing happens," Jovanovic's warning was never passed on. The diplomatic teletype had been busy clicking out warnings from consulates all over the world. The messages were clear: the Archduke would be wise to cancel his planned visit to Sarajevo. In Vienna, Serbian ambassador Jovan Jovanovic (acting on orders from Prime Minister Pasic) visited Austrian finance Minister Bilinski to warn that if the Archduke should visit then:  "some young Serb might put a live round instead of a blank cartridge in his gun, and fire it." Belinski replied:  "Let us hope nothing happens," Jovanovic's warning was never passed on. For some reason, despite all of these pleas and warnings, the Archduke not only insisted on going to Sarajevo, but he also put the city off-limits to the nearby Austrian army for the day. This same army could have been used to provide a much needed security presence on the crowded streets. Perhaps he didn't want any trace of Vienna to ruin his anniversary. For some reason, despite all of these pleas and warnings, the Archduke not only insisted on going to Sarajevo, but he also put the city off-limits to the nearby Austrian army for the day. This same army could have been used to provide a much needed security presence on the crowded streets. Perhaps he didn't want any trace of Vienna to ruin his anniversary. To seven tubercular Bosnian Serb youths, 28-Jun-1914 would be the day they made their mark for the Serbian cause - a mark that would ultimately be left on the entire world. And with that they were off. The Archduke's chauffeur was following the mayor's car. They passed the sixth assassin, Grabez, at Imperial Bridge. He merely watched as the car sped by. The mayor's driver made a wrong turn. Where he should have taken the Appel Quay, he turned onto Francis Joseph street, a street named for the Archduke's uncle. Potiorek, riding with the Archduke and Sophie, cried out: "What's this? We've taken the wrong way!"  The driver applied the brakes and the car came to a stop not five feet from Gavrilo Princip. Unlike his cohorts, Princip acted quickly and precisely, drawing his pistol and firing twice before the car could complete its turn. The shots made little noise and the car sped off. Potiorek looked at the couple and, at first, thought that they were unhurt. In actuality, the Archduke had been hit in the neck and Sophie in the stomach. The Archduke opened his mouth and a stream of blood poured out. Sophie cried:  "For heaven's sake, what's happened to you?"  She was in shock and unaware that she too had been shot. She then lost consciousness. Franz Ferdinand turned to his wife with the words: "Sophie dear, Sophie dear, don't die. Stay alive for our children."  He then keeled over whispering:  "Es ist nichts, Es ist nichts..." (It is nothing, It is nothing...)
They were both dead by 11:30 that morning.

Kind(er):

1. Sophia Maria von Österreich  1901-1990 
2. Maximilian Karl von Österreich  1902-1962 
3. Ernst Alfons von Österreich  1904-1954 

Notizen bei Gräfin Sophie Maria Josephine Albina Chotek von Chotkowa und Wognin Herzogin von Hohenberg

Born in Stuttgart on March 1st. Wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir-apparent to the Austro-Hungarian empire. Shot and killed along with her husband in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914. Countess (Gräfin) Sophie Chotek von Chotkova und Wognin was born into a Czech family of the lesser nobility. She worked as a lady-in-waiting for Archduchess Isabella in Pressburg. When Isabella discovered that Archduke Franz Ferdinand was visiting to see, not one of Isabella's eligible daughters, but rather her lady-in-waiting, she fired Sophie on the spot. Franz Ferdinand had fallen deeply in love with Sophie and in 1899, decided that he wished to marry her. Hapsburg family law stipulated that Franz Ferdinand, as a Hapsburg, marry someone decended from the House of Hapsburg, or from one of the ruling dynasties of Europe, or specific other princely houses. The Choteks fit none of those catagories. Franz Ferdinand loved Sophie too much to give her up. He persisted in his entreaties to the Emperor to approve their union. Only after Franz Ferdinand swore a morganatic oath, did Emperor Franz Joseph consent to their marriage on July 1, 1900. (This oath excluded Sophie from assuming her husband-to-be's royal title and excluded their future descendents from the line of succession.) After the wedding, Emperor Franz Joseph did grant Sophie the title of Princess of Hohenberg -- a title in Austrian nobility, though a very minor one. Sophie's daughter Sophie was born in 1901. Maximillian was born in 1902, Ernst in 1904. Franz, Sophie and their children enjoyed a happy home life. ; Public life was not as comfortable. Court protocol and strict etiquette rules meant that Sophie could not ride in the royal coach with her husband. At entrances to formal events, Sophie would have to wait until all of the higher ranking women had made their entrance before she could enter and rejoin her husband. In 1905, the Emperor elevated Sophie to the title of Duchess. She could then be addressed as "Serene Highness." In 1909, her title was raised such that she was addressed as Duchess, Highness ad Personum.While still not on a par with her archducal husband, the title did grant her the privilege of being addressed as "Highness," which was less socially awkward.  In June of 1914, Sophie traveled with her husband to Sarajevo. While driving to City Hall, a would-be assassin threw a bomb at her husband which missed, exploding nearby. After the assassination attempt, Franz Ferdinand wanted to send Sophie out of town for her safety. She insisted on staying beside him for the remainder of the tour. While driving from City Hall to the hospital, to visit those injured in the bombing, another assassin (Gavrilo Princip) shot Franz Ferdinand in the neck and Sophie in the abdomen. She died less than an hour later from internal bleeding.  Even after death, Sophie's social troubles followed her. Stiff protocol would not permit her coffin to lie in state in the same chapel as a Hapsburg. Only the personal intervention of Emperor Franz Joseph allowed her coffin to lie beside her husband's. Protocol would not be completely denied, however. Her coffin was set lower and with far less decoration, lest anyone forget her lesser station. She was not permitted to be buried in plots reserved for Hapsburg royalty, so both she and her husband were buried in crypts beneath the chapel of Franz Ferdinand's castle -- Artstetten.

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