Gavrilo Princip (, ; 28 April 1918) was a
Bosnian Serb who
assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife,
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, in
Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. Princip and his accomplices were arrested and implicated several members of the
Serbian military, leading
Austria-Hungary to issue a
démarche to Serbia known as the
July Ultimatum. This was used as pretext for Austria-Hungary's
invasion of Serbia, which then led to
World War I. Princip was a
Yugoslav nationalist associated with the movement
Mlada Bosna (Young Bosnia) which predominantly consisted of
Serbs, but also
Bosniaks and
Croats. During his trial he stated "I am a Yugoslav nationalist, aiming for the unification of all Yugoslavs, and I do not care what form of state, but it must be freed from Austria."