 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Franz Joseph akanetswa norudzi mukati mokutonga kwake kwose. Akagumisa Chibvumirano cheAustria-Hungary cha1867, icho chakapa kuzvitonga kuzhinji kuHungary uye chakashandura Humambo hweAustria kuva Humambo Hwechipiri hweAustria-Hungary. Akatonga murunyararo kwemakore 45 akatevera, asi iye pachake akatambura nhamo dzekuurayiwa kwemukoma wake Emperor Maximilian I weMexico muna 1867, kuzviuraya kwemwanakomana wake Crown Prince Rudolf muna 1889, kuurayiwa kwemukadzi wake Empress Elisabeth Sisi muna 1898, uye kuurayiwa kwewomuzukuru wake uye mugari wenhaka, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, muna 1914. Pashure peHondo yeAustria nePrussian, Austria neHungary yakatendeudzira ngwariro yayo kuBalkans, iyo yakanga iri nzvimbo inopisa yokunetsana kwamarudzi ose nemhaka yezvinodikanwa zvinopesana neUmambo hweRussia. Dambudziko reBosnia rakakonzerwa nekubatanidzwa kweFranz Joseph kweBosnia neHerzegovina muna 1908, iyo yakanga yatorwa nemauto ake kubvira kuCongress yeBerlin 1878. Musi wa 28 June 1914, kuurayiwa kwomuzukuru wake Franz Ferdinand muSarajevo kwakaguma nokuzivisa hondo kweAustria-Hungary kuUmambo hweSerbia, iyo yaiva shamwari yeUmambo hweRussia. Izvozvo zvakaita kuti pave nehurongwa hwokubatana hwaiita kuti hondo yenyika yokutanga itange. Mambo wacho akafa muna 1916, pashure pokutonga nyika dzake kwemakore anoda kusvika 68. Akatsiviwa nomuzukuru wake mukuru Charles. 