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• Karadjordje, Djordje    b. November 3, 1762  d. July 25, 1817
  Supreme Leader of Serbia. The Turks called him Karadjordje - Black George. He has been a shepherd in Sumadija, then a livestock merchant. He has spent his youth resisting the Turkish terror, at first as a haiduk (anti-Turkish rebel), and later as a courageous soldier in the company of volunteers led by captain Radic Petrovic, during the Austrian-Turkish war from 1788 to 1791. After the return of janissaries to Belgrade he became a haiduk again, and with prominent Serbs began to prepare a large-...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena)
  Church of St. George (Oplenac), Topola, Sumadija and Western, Serbia
   
• Karadjordjevic II., Aleksandar    b. December 4, 1888  d. October 9, 1934
  King of Yugoslavia, younger son of King Petar I. He was declared Prince in 1909., and since 1914. he conducted royal duties instead of his old and ill father. Even then Alexander showed his absolutistic pretensions. He was King of Yugoslavia from 1921. to 1934. During his reign, Alexander ruled as dictator. He declared the new Constitution in 1921. under pressure against his ruling style. In 1922. he married Princess Marie of Romania, daughter of King Ferdinand I of Romania. King Aleksandar was...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena)
  Church of St. George (Oplenac), Topola, Sumadija and Western, Serbia
  Plot: Church crypt
   
• Karadjordjevic I., Aleksandar    b. September 29, 1806  d. May 3, 1885
  Prince of Serbia. Younger son of Karadjordje. He fled Serbia with his father in 1813, and returned home in 1839. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and appointed aide to Prince Mihailo Obrenovic in 1841. After Prince Mihailo left Serbia, Alexandar was appointed prince of Serbia in his stead. He ruled for 16 years, from 1842 to 1858, but achieved little. (Bio by: Jelena)
  Church of St. George (Oplenac), Topola, Sumadija and Western, Serbia
  Plot: Church crypt
   
• Karadjordjevic, Arsen    b. April 4, 1859  d. October 19, 1938
  Prince. Younger brother of King Petar I, father of Prince Paul of Yugoslavia. (Bio by: Jelena)
  Church of St. George (Oplenac), Topola, Sumadija and Western, Serbia
   
• Karadjordjevic, Djordje    b. August 26, 1887  d. October 17, 1972
  Prince. First born son of king Petar I. Abdicated in fawor of his brother. Only member of royal family who lived in Yugoslavia from 1946 after communist regime forbidden return of royal family. (Bio by: Jelena)
  Church of St. George (Oplenac), Topola, Sumadija and Western, Serbia
   
• Karadjordjevic, Jelena    b. 1764  d. February 8, 1842
  Serbian royalty. Wife of Supreme Leader of Serbia Karadjordje and mother of Prince Aleksandar I. (Bio by: Jelena)
  Church of St. George (Oplenac), Topola, Sumadija and Western, Serbia
   
• Karadjordjevic, Persida    b. February 15, 1813  d. March 29, 1873
  Serbian Royalty. Wife of Prince Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic and mother of King Petar I Karadjordjevic. She was from noble family Nenadovic. (Bio by: Jelena)
  Church of St. George (Oplenac), Topola, Sumadija and Western, Serbia
  Plot: Church crypt
   
• Karadjordjevic I., Petar    b. July 29, 1844  d. August 16, 1921
  King of Serbia and King of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. While Serbia was in fierce internal quarrels an battles, he battled in Krajina. In year 1903, People's Assembly declared him King. During the first years of his ruling, Austria was searching for opportunity to attack Serbia, since Serbia turned against Austria while King Petar was it's King. At first, it was an economic dispute, and then annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which almost led to bloodshed. But, since Serbia wasn't ready at...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena)
  Church of St. George (Oplenac), Topola, Sumadija and Western, Serbia
   
• Karadjordjevic, Radmila    b. July 4, 1907  d. September 5, 1993
  Princess. Wife of prince Djordje. She was from notable Montenegro family. When she married prince Djordje she was 40 and when was asked why she didn't married when she was younger, she used to answer: I was waiting for my prince. (Bio by: Jelena)
  Church of St. George (Oplenac), Topola, Sumadija and Western, Serbia
   
• Karadjordjevic, Tomislav    b. January 19, 1928  d. July 12, 2000
  Prince of Yugoslavia. He was the second son of King Aleksandar of Yugoslavia and the brother of King Petar II, who was Yugoslavia's last monarch. Tomislav followed in his brother's footsteps and came to England in 1936., for his education, going to Oundle and then on to Clare College, Cambridge. In November 1945, Tito established a communist regime in Yugoslavia and abolished the monarchy. He subsequently banned the Royal Family from returning to the country. Prince Tomislav bought himself a...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena)
  Church of St. George (Oplenac), Topola, Sumadija and Western, Serbia
  Plot: Church crypt
   
• Karadjordjevic, Zorka Ljubica    b. December 23, 1864  d. March 16, 1890
  Montenegro Royalty. Born Zorka Ljubica Petrovic-Njegoš, Princess of Montenegro, eldest of the twelve children of Nikola I Petrovic-Njegoš and Milena Vukotic. In 1883 she married Prince Petar Karadjordjevic who in 1903 became King of Serbia. They had three surviving children, including the future Alexander I of Yugoslavia. She died at age twenty-five in Centinje, Serbia. (Bio by: Iola)
  Church of St. George (Oplenac), Topola, Sumadija and Western, Serbia
   

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