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5 days ago · Peter I Karadjordjević, King of Serbia (1844-1921), or Prince Peter, was a grandson of Petrović Karadjordje (1768-1817), a leader of the First Serbian Insurrection against the Ottomans (1804-1813).
Jul 7, 2024 · Peter I was the king of Serbia from 1903, the first strictly constitutional monarch of his country. In 1918 he became the first king of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (later called Yugoslavia). Born the third son of the reigning prince Alexander Karadjordjević (1842–58), Peter became.
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21 hours ago · Gjergj Kastrioti ( c.1405 – 17 January 1468), commonly known as Skanderbeg, was an Albanian feudal lord and military commander who led a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire in what is today Albania, North Macedonia, Greece, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia . A member of the noble Kastrioti family, he was sent as a hostage to the Ottoman court.
3 days ago · The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand [a] was one of the key events that led to World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated on 28 June 1914 by Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip.
4 days ago · On the occasion of the 180th anniversary of the birth of one of the most loved rulers of Serbia, HM King Peter I, and the 24 th anniversary since the death of HRH Prince Tomislav, HRH Crown Prince Alexander, HRH Crown Princess Katherine, HRH Prince Alexander, HRH Prince Mihailo, and HRH Princess Ljubica paid their respects to the late members of the Royal Family, in the Mausoleum of the Royal ...
Jun 28, 2024 · King Peter remained in Greece for the duration of the war, making a triumphant return to Belgrade in July 1919. By then, he had been proclaimed King of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. King Peter I died on August 16, 1921, in Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia, at the age of 77. He is buried in St. George’s Church, Oplenac.
4 days ago · After refusing a proposal from her cousin, the future King George V, she was chosen as the future wife of Ferdinand, then crown prince of Romania, in 1892. Marie was crown princess between 1893 and 1914, and became immediately popular with the Romanian people.
