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Francis Joseph's private life was beset by the tragedies falling on his wife, Empress Elizabeth , his brother, Maximilian of Mexico, and his son, Archduke Rudolf . In 1914 his nephew, the heir apparent, Francis Ferdinand , was assassinated, and his death was the spark that set off World War I.

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