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Since he was the king of Serbia during a period of great Serbian military success, he was remembered by Serbians as King Peter the Liberator and also as the Old King. Peter was the fifth child and third son of Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia, and his wife, Persida Nenadović. Prince Alexander was forced to abdicate in 1858, and ...
Peter I Karađorđević King Peter the Liberator Old King (1844–1921) 1 December 1918 16 August 1921: Princess Zorka of Montenegro in 1883 (5 children) Previously King of Serbia, proclaimed King by representatives of South Slav states: Held the title "King of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes". Prince Alexander served as regent in his final years.
King Peter II, who had escaped into exile, was still recognized as King of the whole state of Yugoslavia by the Allies. From 13 May 1941, the largely Serb guerilla force, Chetniks ("Yugoslav Army of the Fatherland", Jugoslovenska vojska u otadžbini , or JVUO) resisted the Axis occupation of Yugoslavia and supported Peter II.
Following the assassination of the Obrenović King Alexander I of Serbia in 1903, the Serbian Parliament chose Karađorđe's grandson, Peter I Karađorđević, then living in exile, to occupy the throne of the Kingdom of Serbia. He was duly crowned as King Peter I, and shortly before the end of World War I in 1918, representatives of the three ...
Serbian heavy artillery crossing the Babuna River in Macedonia during the retreat, November 1915, part of the Central Column’s withdrawal. The central column consisted of King Peter I, the court, the government and the General Staff took the route through central Kosovo across northern Albania, from Prizren to Shkodër via Lum and Pukë. [44]
The Serbian army, led by King Peter I and Field Marshal Radomir Putnik, fought valiantly but was ultimately overwhelmed by the Central Powers' forces. The Serbian army, along with a significant number of civilians, embarked on a retreat across the Albanian mountains , suffering heavy casualties from combat, disease, and harsh weather, the ...
Petar Gojniković or Peter of Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Гојниковић, Greek: Πέτρος; [a] ca. 870 – 917) was Prince of the Serbs from 892 to 917. He ruled and expanded the First Serbian Principality and won several wars against other family members that sought the crown. He was the first Serbian monarch with a ...
Peter II Karađorđević (Serbo-Croatian: Петар II Карађорђевић, romanized: Petar II Karađorđević; 6 September 1923 – 3 November 1970) was the last King of Yugoslavia, reigning from October 1934 until he was deposed in November 1945.