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8. | 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]
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10. | King of Greece Alexander Oldenburg, I was born on 1 Aug 1893 in Tatoi, Greece (son of King of Greece Constantine I Oldenburg and Queen of Greece Sofie Dorothea Ulrike Alice); died on 25 Oct 1920 in AthÃnai, Attiki, Attiki, Greece; was buried in Tatoi. Alexander married Aspasia Manos on 04 Nov 1919 in AthÃnai, Attiki, Attiki, Greece. Aspasia (daughter of Col. Petros Manos and Maria Argyropoulos) was born on 04 Sep 1896 in AthÃnai, Attiki, Attiki, Greece; died on 07 Aug 1972 in Venice, Venezia, Veneto, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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