Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg

Victim in The Sarajevo Assassination

Franz Ferdinand's wife, born Countess Sophie Chotek; shot in the same car. Princip said he had meant the second shot for Governor Potiorek.

1914–1915 · Latin Bridge, Sarajevo · Convicted

A wrong turn, a stalled engine and a nineteen-year-old with a pistol: how Franz Ferdinand and Sophie were killed in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. Read the case.