<P> In 1913, Emperor Franz Joseph commanded Archduke Franz Ferdinand to observe the military maneuvers in Bosnia scheduled for June 1914 . Following the maneuvers, Ferdinand and his wife planned to visit Sarajevo to open the state museum in its new premises there . Duchess Sophie, according to their oldest son, Duke Maximilian, accompanied her husband out of fear for his safety . </P> <P> As Sophie, although of high aristocratic birth, was not from a dynastic family, her union with the Habsburg heir apparent could only be a morganatic marriage . Emperor Franz Joseph had only consented to their marriage on the condition that their descendants would never ascend the throne . The 14th anniversary of their marriage fell on 28 June . As historian A.J.P. Taylor observes: </P> <P> (Sophie) could never share (Franz Ferdinand's) rank...could never share his splendours, could never even sit by his side on any public occasion . There was one loophole...his wife could enjoy the recognition of his rank when he was acting in a military capacity . Hence, he decided, in 1914, to inspect the army in Bosnia . There, at its capital Sarajevo, the Archduke and his wife could ride in an open carriage side by side...Thus, for love, did the Archduke go to his death . </P> <P> Franz Ferdinand was an advocate of increased federalism and widely believed to favor trialism, under which Austria - Hungary would be reorganized by combining the Slavic lands within the Austro - Hungarian empire into a third crown . A Slavic kingdom could have been a bulwark against Serb irredentism, and Franz Ferdinand was therefore perceived as a threat by those same irredentists . Princip later stated to the court that preventing Franz Ferdinand's planned reforms was one of his motivations . </P>

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