Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Franz Joseph nwere nsogbu nke ịhụ mba n'anya n'oge ọchịchị ya niile. O mechiri nkwekọrịta nke Austro-Hungarian nke 1867, nke nyere Hungary nnwere onwe ka ukwuu ma gbanwee Alaeze Ukwu Austria ka ọ bụrụ Ọchịchị Abụọ nke Austria-Hungary. Ọ chịrị n'udo ruo afọ 45 sochirinụ, mana ọ tara ahụhụ nke igbu nwanne ya nwoke Emperor Maximilian nke Mbụ nke Mexico na 1867, igbu onwe ya nke nwa ya nwoke Crown Prince Rudolf na 1889, ogbugbu nke nwunye ya Empress Elisabeth ("Sisi") na 1898, na ogbugbu nke nwa nwanne ya nwoke na onye nketa-onye nketa, Archduke Franz Ferdinand na 1914. Mgbe Agha Austro-Prussian gasịrị, Austria-Hungary lekwasịrị anya na Balkan, nke bụ ebe esemokwu mba ụwa dị n'ihi ọdịmma ndị na-emegiderịta onwe ha na Alaeze Ukwu Russia. Nsogbu Bosnia
bụ nsonaazụ nke Franz Joseph's annexation nke Bosnia na Herzegovina na 1908, nke ndị agha ya weghaara kemgbe Congress nke Berlin (1878). Na 28 June 1914, ogbugbu nke nwa nwanne ya nwoke Franz Ferdinand na Sarajevo kpatara nkwupụta agha nke Austria-Hungary megide Alaeze Serbia, nke bụ onye otu nke Alaeze Ukwu Russia. Nke ahụ kpalitere usoro nke njikọ aka nke dugara n'Agha Ụwa nke Mbụ. Eze Ukwu nwụrụ na 1916, mgbe ọ chịsịrị ngalaba ya ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ afọ 68. Onye nọchiri ya bụ nwa nwanne nne ya Charles.