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Archduke's Friedrich, Supreme Commander of the Austro-Hungarian Army at the outbreak of war, photo, around 1914

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Schloß Schönbrunn Kultur-und Betriebsges.m.b.H./Fotograf: Alexander E. Koller

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  • Person

    Erzherzog Friedrich

    The Habsburg was the Supreme Commander of the Austro-Hungarian Empire upon outbreak of the war, although his function was merely nominal.

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    “Archduke Bumbsti”

    Although with a military upbringing like most male Habsburgs, Friedrich was invested with the rank of supreme commander solely thanks to his high birth and not his aptitude. The archduke was an officer for peace time, for parades and manoeuvres, but not for the case of emergency.