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• Galerius 
  Roman Emperor. He was born into a peasant family in approximately 250 AD and first worked as a herdsman, before joining the army, where he rose through the ranks to become a senior officer. In 293 AD he was chosen to be Caesar in the Tetrachy established by the Emperor Diocletian, and held power in the Balkan provinces and also Asia Minor. In 296 AD he was called to the East to deal with a Persian invasion of Syria, and suffered a heavy defeat which led to the loss of the province of...[Read More] (Bio by: js)
  Felix Romuliana, Kraljevo, Sumadija and Western, Serbia
  Plot: Tomb of Galerius
   
• 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
   
• Nemanja, Grand Zupan. Stefan   b. 1132  d. February 12, 1200
  Serbian royalty and Saint. Founder of Nemanjic dynasty. He was the Grand Duke of Raska, located in the central west region of the Balkans from 1166 or 1168 to 1196. He established control over the teritories of neighbouring Serb tribes except those in Bosnia and unified them into an independent state (medieval Serbia). He maintained good relations with the Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus and his heirs. In 1186. Nemanja signed first Serbian trade agreement with city of Ragusa (modern...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena)
  Monastery Studenica, Kraljevo, Sumadija and Western, Serbia
   
• Nemanjic, Stefan Radoslav   b. 1192  d. 1235
  Serbian king from 1228 to 1233 and Saint. Radoslav was the oldest son and heir of Stefan the First-Crowned. As ruler he was blind and relied on his father-in-law Theodore Angelus, despot of Epirus. When his father-in-law was beaten by the Bulgarians, Radoslav could no longer remain in power: The nobility dethroned him and placed on the throne his younger brother Vladislav. Disappointed in his family as well, Radoslav ended his life as a monk Jovan (John). (Bio by: Jelena)
  Monastery Studenica, Kraljevo, Sumadija and Western, Serbia
   
• Nemanjic I., Stefan Uros   d. May 1, 1280
  Serbian king from 1243 to 1276 and Saint. The third son of Stefan First-Crowned. His rule was longer more stable and more prosperous than those of his elder brothers Radoslav and Vladislav combined. He led a more independent foreign policy. The regional and international situation had objectively changed as well, as Uros I acceded to the throne in the wake the Tatar invasions; their devastation affected all of southeastern Europe, but was more pronounced in Hungary and Bulgaria. Economic growth...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena)
  Monastery Sopocani, Novi Pazar, Sumadija and Western, Serbia
   
• Nemanjic, Stefan Dragutin   d. March 12, 1316
  Serbian King from 1276 to 1282 and Saint. Dragutin was the eldest son of King Stefan Uros I. He married Katarina, daughter of Hungarian king Stefan V. He was the leading hungarophile in Serbian politics, and because of this he came in conflict with his father, from whom he then usurped the throne in 1276 with help of the Hungarians. He began to attack the Byzantine Empire but had no success. In 1282 he broke his leg while hunting and became ill. He gave the throne to his younger brother Milutin...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena)
  Monastery Djurdjevi Stupovi, Novi Pazar, Sumadija and Western, Serbia
   
• Nemanjic, Stefan Prvovencani   d. September 24, 1228
  Serbian king from 1217 to 1228 and Saint. He was the ruler of the Serbian state of Raska and managed to promote it to the status of kingdom and to establish a long lasting ruling dynasty of Nemanjic. Stefan Prvovencani (the First-Crowned) was the second eldest son of the Grand Duke Stefan Nemanja, younger brother of Vukan and older brother of Rastko Nemanjic (Saint Sava). He inherited the title of Grand Duke in 1196 when his father retired as a monk. The Byzantine emperor granted him the title...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena)
  Monastery Studenica, Kraljevo, Sumadija and Western, Serbia
   
• Nemanjic I., Stefan Vladislav   d. 1264
  Serbian king from 1233 to 1242 and Saint. Second son of Stefan First-Crowned and son-in-law of Bulgarian tzar Ivan Asen II. He overthrew his older brother, king Radoslav and succeeded with help from his father-in-law. After death of his father-in-law, during Tatar invasion in Middle Europe he was overthrown by his younger brother Uros, who gave him to rule Zeta. (Bio by: Jelena)
  Monastery Mileseva, Prijepolje, Sumadija and Western, Serbia
   

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