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Chotek, Sophie (–)
German-born Austrian aristocrat whose assassination in Sarajevo with husband Archduke Franz Ferdinand triggered the chain of events that hurled the world into the first total war in history. Name variations: Sophia, countess of Chotek; Sophie of Hohenberg; Sophie von Hohenberg; duchess of Hohenberg, Hohenburg or Hohenbourg.
Born in Stuttgart, Germany, on March 1, ; assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on June 28, ; daughter of Count Bohuslav Chotek of Chotkova and Wognin and Countess Wilhelmine Chotek; had four sisters and three brothers; married Francis Ferdinand also known as Franz Ferdinand (–), archduke of Austria (r.
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–); children: Sofie (b. ); Max (b. ); Ernst (b. ).
Sophie Chotek was born into one of the most distinguished families of the Czech nobility. Her ancestors had been barons of Bohemia since , counts of Bohemia since , and counts of the Holy Roman Empire (Reichsgrafenstand) since Her father, Count Bohuslav, was a successful diplomat of the Aus