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Karadjordjevic

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Karadjordjević or Karageorgevich (both: kărəjôr`jəvĭch), Serbian dynasty, descended from Karageorge (Karadjordje). Its ruling members were Alexander Alexander (Alexander Karadjordjević) , 1806–85, prince of Serbia (1842–58), son of Karageorge (Karadjordje). He was elected to succeed the deposed Michael of Serbia.
..... Click the link for more information. , prince of Serbia, and kings Peter I Peter I, 1844–1921, king of Serbia (1903–18) and king of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (1918–21), son of Prince Alexander of Serbia (Alexander Karadjordjević).
..... Click the link for more information. , Alexander Alexander, 1888–1934, king of Yugoslavia (1921–34), son and successor of Peter I. Of the Karadjordjević family, he was educated in Russia and became crown prince of Serbia upon the renunciation (1909) of the succession by his brother George.
..... Click the link for more information. , and Peter II Peter II, 1923–70, king of Yugoslavia (1934–45). He succeeded under the regency of his cousin, Prince Paul, when his father, King Alexander, was assassinated in Marseilles. In World War II, when Paul's government signed (Mar.
..... Click the link for more information.  of Yugoslavia. It was long involved in a feud with the Obrenović Obrenović or Obrenovich , Serbian dynasty. Its founder, Miloš Obrenović (see Miloš), was the first modern Serbian ruler.
..... Click the link for more information.  dynasty. The Karadjordjević dynasty lost the throne in 1945 when Yugoslavia became a federal republic; the family had been in exile since 1941, when German forces conquered the country. In 2001 the government restored the family's citizenship and property rights, and they returned to reside in Serbia.
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