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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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Peter succeeded his father (under the Regency of his uncle Prince Paul of Yugoslavia) when h e was only 10 years old. He had to flee the Country in 1941 when it was invaded by Hitler. Yu goslavia was proclaimed a Republic on 29 November in 1945 and the monarchy abolished withou t Referendum. Peter died in Denver following a liver transplant almost destitute having turne d to alcohol. Some sources erroneously shows Peter died in California.

http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/Yugoslavian_Royal_Family.htm

Family/Spouse: Princess of Greece And Denmark Alexandra. Alexandra (daughter of King of Greece Alexander Oldenburg, I and Aspasia Manos) was born in 1921; died in 1993. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alexander married Princess Donna Maria Da Gloria of Orleans-Braganza [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alexander married Katherine Batis [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]