Franz Joseph I of Austria
Franz Joseph I of Austria
'Nothing has been spared to me!', uttered the 83 year old emperor of Austria and king of Hungary after the murder on the heir to the throne Franz Ferdinand, 28 June 1914. Franz Joseph I of Austria was the oldest monarch in Europe when World War I broke out. He would not see the end of it: on 21 November 1916 he took his last breath.
Take a look at the newspapers in this collection and find out how the news of his death was received in Belgium. How did the journalists estimate the impact of Franz Joseph's death on the outcome of the war?
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