When Philipp Schankweiler was born on 6 March 1866, in Dobrzany, Bezirk Lemberg, Galicia, Austria, his father, Philipp Schankweiler, was 29 and his mother, Margaretha Bisanz, was 30. He married Theresia Metzler on 9 August 1892, in Stryi, Bezirk Stryj, Galicia, Austria. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter.
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The Dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary is established.
Italy, Austria, and Germany renew the Triple Alliance. The alliance lasts for three more years.
Start of World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austrian throne, is assassinated. Austria joins Germany in fighting the Allies.
German: habitational name from Schankweiler in Rhineland-Palatinate. The second part of the placename is from Middle High German wīler ‘small village, single building’ (from Late Latin villare, from Latin villa ‘country house, estate’, later used of a group of houses forming a settlement). Compare Shonkwiler .
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