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Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, also known as Paul Karađorđević (Serbo-Croatian: Pavle Karađorđević, Павле Карађорђевић, English transliteration: Paul Karageorgevich; 27 April 1893 – 14 September 1976), was prince regent of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia during the minority of King Peter II.
On 9 October 1934, Prince Paul took the Regency after his cousin King Alexander I was assassinated in Marseille, France. In his will, King Alexander named Prince Paul, as the first of three regents to govern until September 1941, when King Alexander’s son King Peter II would come of age.
Prince Paul Karadjordjević (born April 27 [April 15, Old Style], 1893, St. Petersburg, Russia—died September 14, 1976, Paris, France) was the regent of Yugoslavia in the period leading into World War II. Paul’s uncle was King Peter I of Serbia, and Paul’s mother was a Russian princess of the Demidov family.
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Nov 3, 1997 · Princess Paul of Yugoslavia, born Princess Olga of Greece, was one of three sisters considered to be the great beauties of their era. Thanks both to her birth, and to her marriage to Prince...
In the case of the Great War of 1914-1918, the prince and his country fought at the side of the Western Allies against the Central Powers of Imperial Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey. As a Slav, the prince naturally also felt an affinity for Serbia’s Slavic big brother, Imperial Russia.
The Yugoslav coup d'état took place on 27 March 1941 in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, when the regency led by Prince Paul of Yugoslavia was overthrown and King Peter II fully assumed monarchical powers.
Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, also known as Paul Karađorđević ( Serbo-Croatian: Pavle Karađorđević, Павле Карађорђевић, English transliteration: Paul Karageorgevich; 27 April 1893 – 14 September 1976), was prince regent of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia during the minority of King Peter II.
