King Alexander I

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King Alexander I was the monarch who unified and ruled the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) in the interwar period until his assassination in 1934.

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instanceOf King of Yugoslavia
King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
human
monarch
alsoKnownAs Alexander I Karađorđević
Alexander the Unifier
assassinatedBy Vlado Chernozemski
birthName Alexander Karađorđević
burialPlace St. George's Church, Oplenac
causeOfDeath gunshot wound
child Peter II of Yugoslavia
Prince Andrej of Yugoslavia
Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia
conflict Balkan Wars
World War I
coronationDate 1922-08-08
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Serbia
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
dateOfBirth 1888-12-16
dateOfDeath 1934-10-09
endTime reign as king: 1934-10-09
familyName Karađorđević
father Peter I of Serbia
givenName Alexander
mannerOfDeath assassination
memberOf House of Karađorđević
linked to: Karađorđević
militaryRank general
monarchOf Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
mother Princess Zorka of Montenegro
notableAction abolished the Vidovdan Constitution in 1929
changed the state name from Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes to Kingdom of Yugoslavia
introduced a royal dictatorship in 1929
notableEvent proclaimed the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929
notableFor unifying South Slavic peoples into a single kingdom
perpetratorOrganization Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
placeOfBirth Cetinje
Principality of Montenegro
placeOfDeath French Third Republic
Marseille
positionHeld King of Yugoslavia
King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Regent of the Kingdom of Serbia
predecessor Peter I of Serbia
religion Serbian Orthodox Church
sibling George, Crown Prince of Serbia
spouse Maria of Romania
startTime reign as king: 1921-08-16
successor Peter II of Yugoslavia

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Yugoslavia notableLeader King Alexander I