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  Alexander I of Yugoslavia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
His father was King Peter I of Serbia and his mother the former Princess Zorka of Montenegro, a daughter of King Nicholas of Montenegro.
The film record of Alexander I's assassination remains one of the most historic pieces of newsreel in existence, alongside the film of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia's coronation, the funerals of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Emperor Franz Josef of Austria, and the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
King Alexander was born in Cetinje, Montenegrin capital, and considered himself Montenegrin.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexander_I_of_Yugoslavia   (1007 words)

  
 Serbia
King Aleksandar I, who had acted as Regent for his ailing father since 1914, had earned national fame as a soldier in the Balkan Wars and the First World War.
King Aleksandar's son, Crown Prince Petar, was only 11 years old at the time of his death when he became King.
Shortly afterwards on 27th March, 1941 Prince Pavle was unseated in a coup and the young King Petar II was declared of age.
kosovo99.tripod.com /serbia.htm   (611 words)

  
 Yugoslavia - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
On December 1, 1918, Prince Regent Aleksandar of Serbia proclaimed the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes.
Aleksandar’s father, King Petar I Karadjordjević of Serbia, became king of the new state, although he had retired from government duties in 1914.
In January 1929 King Aleksandar proclaimed a royal dictatorship, suspended the constitution and parliament, and banned political parties organized along national or religious lines.
encarta.msn.com /text_761567145___7/Yugoslavia.html   (3579 words)

  
 serbia - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
Later on, when Dragutin abdicated in favor of his younger brother Milutin, the Hungarian king Ladislaus IV gave him lands in northeastern Bosnia, the regions of Srem and Macva, and the city of Belgrade, whilst he managed to conquer and annex lands in northeastern Serbia.
King Milutin was an apt diplomat much inclined to the use of a customary medival diplomatic expedients — dynastic marriages.
The international political scene in the late 1930s was marked by growing intolerance between the principal figures, by the aggressive attitude of the totalitarian regimes and by the certainty that the order set up after World War I was losing its strongholds and its sponsors were losing their strength.
www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/Serbia   (5091 words)

  
 Serbia Info / History of Serbia:The Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918 - 1941)
None of these three states favored the policy pursued by Aleksandar I. In fact the first two wanted to revise the international treaties signed after World War I, and the Soviets were determined to regain their positions in Europe and pursue a more active international policy.
During an official visit to France in 1934, the king was assassinated in Marseilles by a member of VMRO - an extreme nationalist organization in Bulgaria that had plans to annex territories along the eastern and southern Yugoslav border - with the cooperation of the Ustashi - a Croatian fascist separatist organization.
The international political scene in the late 30's was marked by growing intolerance between the principal figures, by the aggressive attitude of the totalitarian regimes and by the certainty that the order set up after World War I is was loosing its strongholds and its sponsors were loosing their strength.
www.serbia-info.com /enc/history/kingdom.html   (489 words)

  
 History of Serbia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Later when Dragutin abdicated in favor of his younger brother Milutin (in 1282), the Hungarian king Ladislaus IV gave him lands in northeastern Bosnia, the region of Mačva, and the city of Belgrade, whilst he managed to conquer and annex lands in northeastern Serbia.
King Milutin was an apt diplomat much inclined to the use of customary medieval diplomatic expedients — dynastic marriages.
From the 14th century onward an increasing number of Serbs began migrating to the north to the region today known as Vojvodina, which was under the rule of the Kingdom of Hungary in that time.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Serbian_Kingdom   (4493 words)

  
 Saopštenje
King Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, the son of the King and the grandson of the Prince, the great grandson of the Supreme Leader Karadjordje, the most important Serbian ruler in the XX century, was murdered 68 years ago.
He was buried in Oplenac, not by the side of Karadjordje and King Petar whose dreams he had fulfilled, but in the crypt, by the side of his mother, whom he had longed for the most.
The most logical answer to the question why the monument to King Aleksandar in Lapovo is unveiled today is the one that the monument used to be here and it is being renewed because it had been demolished.
www.royalfamily.org /press/press-det/press-425_eng.htm   (1251 words)

  
 First World War.com - Who's Who - King Alexander I
King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (1888-1934) lived a turbulent life as Crown Prince, Regent, Commander in Chief and finally King of Serbia and, latterly, Yugoslavia.
Born on 16 December 1888 in Cetinje, Montenegro, Alexander Karadjordjevic was the second son of King Peter I, who came to power as constitutional monarch of Serbia in the violent coup of 1903 that saw the downfall of the Obrenovic dynasty.
On 1 December 1918 a Greater Serbia was indeed proclaimed, as King Peter was declared head of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (click here to read the text of an address by Alexander to the Yugoslav Committee on the subject).
www.firstworldwar.com /bio/alexander_serbia.htm   (693 words)

  
 King Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic
ALEKSANDAR KARADJORDJEVICH Crown-prince (since 1909) Regent of Serbia (since 1914) Regent of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenians (since December 1, 1918) King of Yugoslavia (1921-1934)
Alexander Karadjordjevich was the second son of King Peter.
His further movements represented a flagrant transgression of basic democratic rules: he passed the Document of declaration in 1920, Law of State Protection in 1921, and he eventually repealed the St Vitus Constitution, on January 6,1929 and imposed dictatorship, known as the sixth-of-January dictatorship.
solair.eunet.yu /~nmarkoni/eng_kraljaleksandar.html   (342 words)

  
 Alexander Obrenovic
When king Alexander declared himself of age, April 1, 1893, overthrew the Regents, fired the Liberal government and brought the Radicals to power.
On June 1900, King Alexander publicized his intention to marry Draga Masin, a Belgrade widow and caused a storm of public protests.
A goal that evaded King Milan in 1886 - to reconcile the Radicals and Progressives- was achieved by Alexander.
www.antikviteti.co.yu /arhiva/00005e.html   (212 words)

  
 Introduction: The Balkans Babylon
It was named Yugoslavia in 1921, by the edict of King Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, who became the king of Yugoslavia much like Kaiser Wilhelm I became the emperor of Germany, or Vittorio Emmanuel the king of Italy.
Shocked at the savagery of their former brethren, left leaderless by the exiled infant king, many Serbs were recruited by the Communist Party and formed a mainstay of its guerilla army.
Aleksandar's kingdom was constructed around the existing government of royal Serbia, since no other Yugoslav people had a polity of their own at the time.
www.antiwar.com /malic/m101900.html   (2071 words)

  
 King Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic
Peter was underage at the time, so the country was ruled by Regency led by Prince Paul Karadjordjevich, son of Arsen, brother of King Peter I Karadjordjevich.
He was therefore banned to return to the country by the Anti-fascist Council of People’s Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ), on November 29, 1943.
It was left to the people to decide after the war what would happen to the King and his Kingdom.
solair.eunet.yu /~nmarkoni/eng_kraljpetar2.html   (233 words)

  
 Halbum.html
King Alexander I, King of Yugoslavia, was the second son of King Peter I and Princess Zorka, he was born in Cetinje Montenegro 16 December 1888.
When the King estimated that the political turmoil in the country had calmed down a new Constitution was proclaimed in 1931 (known as the “October Constitution”).
King Alexander I was assassinated in Marseille 9 October 1934 along with the French Foreign Minister Monsieur Louis Barthou during a state visit to France, King Alexander had travelled to France to strengthen the defensive alliance with that country against Nazi Germany.
www.royalfamily.org /album/portraits/port6.htm   (726 words)

  
 The Ruling House of Yugoslavia, 1939-1945
Succeeded as King in 1934 on the death of his father, King Aleksandar I, under a regency headed by his father's cousin, Prince Pavle.
Aleksandar, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, born in London on July 17, 1945.
Prince Regent of Yugoslavia for King Petar II from 1934.
gsteinbe.intrasun.tcnj.edu /royalty/houses/serbia.htm   (172 words)

  
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The King's mother was Princess Zorka Petrovic, the daughter of the King of Montenegro, Nikola Petrovic.
King Nikola of Montenegro "The father-in-law of Europe" is seated with Queen Milena in the middle of second row.
King Aleksandar, born in Cetinje, was the grandson of King Nikola.
www.teslasociety.com /pbust.htm   (3034 words)

  
 Yugoslavia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
None of these three states favoured the policy pursued by Aleksandar I. In fact the first two wanted to revise the international treaties signed after World War I, and the Soviets were determined to regain their positions in Europe and pursue a more active international policy.
During an official visit to France in 1934, the king was assassinated in Marseilles by a Macedonian with the cooperation of the Ustashi - a Croatian separatist organization.
Senior military officers were also opposed to the treaty and launched a coup d'état when the king returned on March 27.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Yugoslavia   (5107 words)

  
 Government - Yugoslavia - Europe
In 1929 King Aleksandar I declared a royal dictatorship and renamed the kingdom Yugoslavia.
However, the constitution guaranteed the king’s ultimate authority, and two new electoral laws ensured that his supporters would win a majority of seats in the legislature.
The king and his government fled and established a government in exile in London, England.
www.countriesquest.com /europe/yugoslavia/government.htm   (988 words)

  
 Serbia Info / Facts and Figures / History of Serbia
Under the rule of Dragutin's younger brother - King Milutin, Serbia grew stronger in spite of the fact that occasionally it had to fight wars on three different fronts.
King Milutin was an apt diplomat much inclined to the use of a customary medieval diplomatic expedients - dynastic marriages.
Spreading the kingdom to the east by winning the town of Nis and the surrounding counties, and to the south by acquiring territories on Macedonia, Stefan Decanski was worthy of his father and built the Visoki Decani Monastery in Metohija - the most monumental example of Serbian Medieval architecture - that earned him his byname.
www.serbia-info.com /facts/medieval.html   (3019 words)

  
 B&H / C18 - Serbia during WW2
Under young King Petar and his uncle Prince Regent Pavle, Yugoslavia moved steadily away from France and towards Germany after the death of King Aleksandar, who was assassinated by Croatian terrorists in 1934.
But to King fundamental was proposal that people should elect their representatives by secret ballot, but the nomination of candidates, instead of coming from various political parties, would be made by regional electoral colleges, consisting of representatives of "stalezi" (professional and cultural organisations).
In Serbia, before the assasination of King Aleksandar in Marseilles, a convention of all Nationalist groups was held in Belgrade.
www.skrewdriver.net /serb.html   (4865 words)

  
 Vukovar - Introduction
Thus in January 1929 Aleksandar declared dictatorship, changed the name of the Kingdom of SCS to Kingdom of Yugoslavia, banned political parties and introduced widespread police oppression of the non-Serbs.
King Aleksandar's dictatorship came to an abrupt end in 1934, when he was assassinated in Marseilles.
After the King's death, the Serbian leadership, which led the Kingdom in the name of Aleksandar's young son Petar, started a process of liberalisation of general conditions in the Kingdom.
www.geocities.com /tegetthoff66/vukovar/intro.html   (4043 words)

  
 Visit of Montenegrin Prince Nikola Petrovic to Belgrade on St. Vitus Day, 1896
But when Serbian government stated that king Aleksandar by himself wants to make journey on Cetinje, he immediately decided to travel, insofar as it was advice of competent Russian political circles.
King was in very good mood and spoke latter that he "has never felt better "than on Cetinje and that days spent there will be the most beloved in life".
In politics king Aleksander was under influence of king Milan and in love his heart conquered Draga Masin, court lady of his mother.
www.njegos.org /petrovics/1896.htm   (1441 words)

  
 Collectors Society Message Boards: Inspired by GDJMSP’s lucky angel post
The former king of Serbia, King Petar became the monarch of the newly formed kingdom, but Prince Aleksandar ruled the new kingdom in the name of his father until the death of King Petar in 1921, at which time Aleksandar became king.
King Aleksandar continued his rule of the kingdom until Oct. 9, 1934.
King Aleksandar, the French Foreign Minister, and their chauffeur were all killed.
boards.collectors-society.com /showflat.php?Number=476848   (509 words)

  
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The monument was consecrated by Their Graces Bishop of Braničevo Ignatije and Bishop of Šumadija Jovan with the clergy, at the central square of the town of Lapovo.
Crown Prince Aleksandar II and the donors were first thanked by the President of Lapovo municipality Mr.
The monument to King Aleksandar I in bronze is 6.5 meters high and is a work of the sculptors brothers Radović from Podgorica, and it was cast in the foundry of Jeremic Brothers from Vrcin.
www.royalfamily.org /statements/state-det/state-356.htm   (277 words)

  
 A Thing Or Two About Serbia
However, when the son of Uros, Milutin, came to the throne, Hungarian King Ladislaus IV gave him lands in northeastern Bosnia, the regions of Srem and Macva, and the city of Belgrade, which will become the capital of Serbian State.
King Milutin was also building churches that are now the greatest examples of Medieval Serbian architecture:
Trying to prevent weakening of the country, King Aleksandar I banned national political parties in 1929, assumed executive power and renamed the country Yugoslavia.
www.astro.uiuc.edu /~prodanvc/serbia.htm   (2491 words)

  
 Krsto Zrnov Popovic
In 1929, from Belgium he sent the letter to King Aleksandar Karadjordjevic, where he begs King to pardon him from responsibility for civil war in Montenegro from December of 1918 until King Nikola's death.
Aleksandar Stamatovic, Istorijske osnove nacionalnog identiteta Crnogoraca 1918-1953, Beograd 2000.
The original passport of Krsto Popovic and his letter to king Aleksandar are belongings of Stojanovic family from Cetinje.
www.njegos.org /past/zrnov.htm   (527 words)

  
 European heritage days
The interior design and the design of the park King Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic commissioned from the Russian architects, Krasnov and Smirnov.
It was the King Aleksandar I idea to build it, intended for the princes.
Upon the public bid, the job was given to an architect, Aleksandar Djordjevic who was also a contractor, but the design had to be adjusted to the king's wishes.
www.danievropskebastine.org.yu /engleski/Beograd/dvorovi.htm   (320 words)

  
 City of Belgrade - Famous Monuments 4
After King Milan's abdication, he was amnestied, he returned to the country and became leader of the Radical Party.
During the rule of Aleksandar Obrenović he was in good relations with his regime and was president of the National Assembly, prime minister, president of the Belgrade Municipality, Serbian emissary to Russia...
Later, King Aleksandar KaraÄ‘orÄ‘ević has become irritated by PaÅ¡ić's personality, so he distanced himself from PaÅ¡ić, and removed him from the position of a prime minister.
www.beograd.org.yu /cms/view.php?id=201363   (718 words)

  
 History of Yugoslavia
All three kings were more or less dependent on some of the neighbouring states - Byzantium, Bulgaria or Hungary.
Later on, when Dragutin abdicated in favour of his younger brother Milutin, the Hungarian king Ladislaus IV gave him lands in northeastern Bosnia, the regions of Srem and Macva, and the city of Belgrade, whilst he managed to conquer and annex lands in northeastern Serbia.
During an official visit to France in 1934, the king was assassinated in Marseilles by a member of VMRO - an extreme nationalist organization in Bulgaria that had plans to annex territories along the eastern and southern Yugoslav border - with the cooperation of the Ustashi - a Croatian separatist organization.
www.kosovo.net /serhist2.html   (4497 words)

  
 Genealogy of the Royal Family of Serbia and Yugoslavia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
HM Petar I King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (proclaimed: November 24th, 1918)
King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, August 16th, 1921; King of Yugoslavia, October 3rd, 1929
www.geocities.com /henrivanoene/genyugoslavia.html   (426 words)

  
 Aleksandar Palas Six Star Luxury Hotel in the heart of Belgrade, Serbia [Beograd, Srbija] - 6 star (******)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The hotel is named after the Serbian King, Aleksandar Obrenovic.
This central zone has been declared a pedestrian zone, so cars and traffic will be banned in the very near future and directed to other city zones.
The Aleksandar Palas Hotel has been declared to be a six star hotel by the Ministry of Tourism, Commerce and Services.
www.aleksandarpalas.com /eng/history.html   (151 words)

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