Kral Alexander

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ALEXANDER 1, KRAL (1888-1934) Babası Petro Karacorcievic'in yerine tahta çıkan Yugoslav kralı. 1918'de Sırp, Hırvat ve Sloven'lerin birleşmesiyle kurulan birleşik krallığın lideri oldu. 1929'da Sırplarla Hırvatlar arasındaki
sürtüşmeler nedeniyle diktatörlüğünü açıkladı.
Aynı devlet, Yugoslavya adını aldı. 1934 Ekim'inde Fransa'yı resmen ziyareti sırasında Ustaşi adlı gizli Hırvat milliyetçi örgütünün ajanı Vlado Chernozemski tarafından öldürüldü.




Alexander Karadjordjevic was born in Cetinje in Principality of Montenegro in December 1888. His father was King Peter i of Serbia and his mother the former Princess Zorka of Montenegro, a daughter of King Nicholas of Montenegro. On 8 June 1922 he married HRH Princess Maria of Romania, who was a daughter of Queen Maria, the Queen Consort of Romania. They had three sons: Crown Prince Peter, Princes Tomislav and Andrej.
He spent his childhood in Montenegro, and was educated in Geneva. In 1910 he nearly died from stomach typhus and left with stomach problems for rest of his life. He continued his schooling at the Corps de pages imperial in Saint Petersburg, Russia, but had to quit due to his brother`s renounciation, and then in Belgrade. Prince Alexander was not the first in line for the throne but his elder brother, Crown Prince George (Đorđe) was considered unstable by most political forces in Serbia and after two notable scandals (one of which occurred in 1909 when he kicked his servant,who consequently died ), Prince George was forced to renounce his claim to the throne.