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Edward VII (Albert Edward

From 'Le Petit Journal'

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert are shown in a carriage disappearing up Castle Hill

and writer was the author of a number of popular travel narratives of Britain

the 'Resolution' and 'Adventure'

Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria and Archduke Charles Habsburg Size:XL: 100 x 75cm Edward VII (Albert EdwardEmperor Franz Josef I of Austria and Archduke Karl Habsburg, (1926). Acting on the advice of his foreign minister, Leopold von Berchtold, Franz Josef I (1830 1916) issued an ultimatum to Serbia following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Franz Josef's nephew and heir, in Sarajevo. The ultimatum was rejected as unacceptable by the Serbs, prompting Austria to declare war and setting in motion a chain of events that would plunge Europe into