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Also Known As Charles IV • Karl I
Born August 17, 1887 • Austria-Hungary
Died April 1, 1922 (aged 34)
Title / Office emperor (1916-1918), Austria-Hungary
House / Dynasty House of Habsburg
Role In World War I

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Franz Joseph
Franz Joseph
emperor of Austria-Hungary
Czernin, Ottokar, Count
Ottokar Czernin
foreign minister of Austria
Conrad von Hötzendorf, Franz, Graf
Franz Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf
Austrian military strategist
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
prime minister of United Kingdom
Kemal Atatürk
Kemal Atatürk
president of Turkey
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
president of United States
Georges Clemenceau.
Georges Clemenceau
prime minister of France
Nikola Pašić
prime minister of Serbia
Venizélos
Eleuthérios Venizélos
prime minister of Greece
Sir Robert Borden
Sir Robert Borden
prime minister of Canada
Grey, Sir Edward, 3rd Baronet
Sir Edward Grey, 3rd Baronet
British statesman
Walther Rathenau
Walther Rathenau
German statesman
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
German statesman
Sergey Dmitriyevich Sazonov
Russian statesman
Arthur Zimmermann
German statesman
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando.
Vittorio Orlando
prime minister of Italy
Ferdinand
Ferdinand
king of Bulgaria
Sidney, Baron Sonnino
Italian statesman
Nicholas I
Nicholas I
king of Montenegro
Leopold, Graf von Berchtold
Austro-Hungarian foreign minister

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