King of Yugoslavia Alexander, I
1888 - 1934 (45 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. King of Yugoslavia Alexander, I was born on 4 Dec 1888 in Yugoslavia (son of King of Serbia Peter, I and Princess of Montenegro Zorka); died on 9 Oct 1934 in Marseilles, France. Notes:
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The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was renamed the Kingdom of Yugoslavia on 3 Octobe r 1929. King Alexander was assassinated on 9 October 1934 in Marseilles at the start of a sta te visit to France, by Velucko Kerin a Macedonian revolutionary, working with Croat revolutio nists. The assassin who was shot during the affray died a few hours later. Marie escaped poss ible assassination as she was recovering from an illness and being a poor sailor had travelle d separately from Yugoslavia to France by train. For strategic purposes Alexander had travell ed by boat from Yugoslavia to Marseilles and was due to meet up with his wife in Dijon/Lyon f or the final journey to Paris.Alexander married Marie Mignon Hohenzollern on 8 Jun 1922 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Marie (daughter of King of Romania Ferdinand of Hohenzollern-Hohenzollern, I and Queen of Romania Marie of Saxe-Coburg And Gotha Of Saxe-Coburg) was born on 9 Jan 1900 in Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died on 22 Jun 1961 in London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- King of Yugoslavia Peter, II was born on 6 Sep 1923 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia; died on 3 Nov 1970 in Denver, Colorado, United States.
2. King of Serbia Peter, I was born in 1844 in Yugoslavia (son of Alexander Of Serbia and Persida); died in 1921. Peter + Princess of Montenegro Zorka. Zorka was born in 1864 in Yugoslavia; died in Abt. 1889. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Princess of Montenegro Zorka was born in 1864 in Yugoslavia; died in Abt. 1889. Children:
- George of Yugaslavia George Karageorgeovitch was born in Abt. 1886 in Yugoslavia.
- 1. King of Yugoslavia Alexander, I was born on 4 Dec 1888 in Yugoslavia; died on 9 Oct 1934 in Marseilles, France.
Generation: 3
4. Alexander Of Serbia was born in 1806 in Yugoslavia (son of George and Helen); died in 1885. Alexander married Persida in 1830. Persida was born in 1813 in Yugoslavia; died in 1873. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Persida was born in 1813 in Yugoslavia; died in 1873. Children:
- 2. King of Serbia Peter, I was born in 1844 in Yugoslavia; died in 1921.
Generation: 4
8. George was born in 1752 in Yugoslavia; died in 1817. George + Helen. Helen was born in 1764 in Yugoslavia; died in 1842. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Helen was born in 1764 in Yugoslavia; died in 1842. Children:
- 4. Alexander Of Serbia was born in 1806 in Yugoslavia; died in 1885.