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Finally, in 1903, Alexander’s son Peter I became king; he reigned as king of Serbia from 1903 to 1918 and then as king of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes until his death in 1921. He was followed by his son, Alexander I (reigned 1921–34), who in 1929 changed the name of the state to Yugoslavia; Alexander’s son and successor ...
Peter I was King of Serbia from 15 June 1903 to 1 December 1918. On 1 December 1918, he became King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and he held that title until his death three years later. Since he was the king of Serbia during a period of great Serbian military success, he was remembered by Serbians as King Peter the Liberator and also as ...
Following this trend is the recent work on Serbia’s Great War by Jonathan E. Gumz entitled The Resurrection and Collapse of Empire in Habsburg Serbia, 1914−1918. Gumz’s analysis of the Habsburg occupation of Serbia during the Great War focuses on the ideology that guided Austro-Hungarian military elites. If the first two works can be ...
Feb 14, 2019 · The 1894 accession of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia (1868-1918), however, saw St. Petersburg renege on its earlier agreements; at the regional level, Austria-Hungary’s difficulties were further exacerbated by the overthrow of Serbia’s pro-Habsburg Aleksander Obrenović, King of Serbia (1876-1903) in 1903 and the appearance of ethnic ...
Kingdom of Serbia Kingdom of Yugoslavia: Founded: 1804: Founder: Karađorđe: Current head: Crown Prince Alexander: Final ruler: King Peter II: Titles: Grand Leader of Serbia (1804–1813) Prince of Serbia (1842–1858) King of Serbia (1903–1918) King of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1918–1929) King of Yugoslavia (1929–1945) Style(s) Royal ...
The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats Slovenes later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a state in south-eastern and central Europe which existed from 1918 until 1941. In 1903, King Alexander I of Serbia was murdered and replaced with Peter I of Serbia. After this, Serbia became more nationalist. Tensions with Austria-Hungary heightened when it ...
The Liberation of Serbia, Albania and Montenegro was a military action in the Balkans in the final weeks of World War I. Between 29 September and 11 November 1918, the Allied Army of the Orient liberated these three countries from occupation by the Central Powers .
