Franz Urban
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Franz Urban was the driver of the car used to transport Austro-Hungarian archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia von Chôtek through the city of Sarajevo on the day of the assassination in Sarajevo, June 28 1914. According to some sources, the driver of the archducal car was named Leopold Loyka. Franz was not told about the change of route after the first failed assassination attempt, and turned onto Franz Joseph street, where the assassin Gavrilo Princip was standing. Therefore, some may argue that the cause of World War I was Franz Urban and his incorrect turning, which resulted in the assassination of the Archduke and his wife, along with an uproar of blame and a number of arguments between Austria Hungary and Serbia. The death date of Franz Urban is not common knowledge, although it is known that he survived World War I.de:Leopold Lojka sv:Franz Urban
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