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Alexander I (Serbo-Croatian: Aleksandar I Karađorđević / Александар I Карађорђевић, pronounced [aleksǎːndar př̩ʋiː karad͡ʑǒːrd͡ʑeʋit͡ɕ]; 16 December 1888 [O.S. 4 December] – 9 October 1934), also known as Alexander the Unifier, was King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from 16 August 1921 to 3 October ...
- 3 October 1929 – 9 October 1934
- Ljubica of Montenegro
Alexander I was the king of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (1921–29) and of Yugoslavia (1929–34), who struggled to create a united state out of his politically and ethnically divided collection of nations. He was the second son of Peter Karadjordjević—king of Serbia (1903–18) and king.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Alexander I, (born Dec. 4, 1888, Cetinje, Montenegro —died Oct. 9, 1934, Marseille, France), King of Yugoslavia (1921–34). After commanding Serbian forces in World War I, Alexander succeeded his father, Peter I, as king of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes in 1921.
He is often described as a Fascist. Opposition politicians were arrested as insurgency and counter-insurgency destabilized the state. One of Alexander's principal concerns was to retain the favor of the great powers. In October 1934 he was visiting France, an important ally, when dissidents assassinated him.
With his succession to the throne on 16 August 1921 the Crown Prince became King Alexander I; and on 3 October 1929 he changed the name of the country to Yugoslavia. Dissension and violent turmoil marked the years of the 1920s, as Croat nationalists (among others) protested against Serbian dominance of the newly created state.
Alexander I (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Обреновић, romanized: Aleksandar Obrenović; 14 August 1876 – 11 June 1903) reigned as the king of Serbia from 1889 to 1903 when he and his wife, Draga Mašin, were assassinated by a group of Royal Serbian Army officers, led by Captain Dragutin Dimitrijević.
Due to an assassination in the National Assembly and the chaotic situation in the country, King Alexander I suspended the Constitution in 1929, changed the name of the state, from the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
