Archduke Ferdinand, the guy who was shot and ended up being World War I.

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Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Ferdinand, precipitating World War I and leading to the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

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In 1541, Suleiman I of Turkey captured Buda and annexed Hungary after his dispute with Archduke Ferdinand over claims to the kingdom.

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Three months later, Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo, and interest in buying art collapsed with the first shots of World War I.

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In 1637, Emperor Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, archduke of Austria and king of Bohemia and Hungary, died.

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