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The Kingdom of Serbia (Serbian
Serbian language

name=Serbian|nativename=|pronunciation=['sr?pski?]|familycolor=Indo-European|map=|states=See below under "Official status", besides that in Croatia and as an immigrant's language spread over Central Europe and Western Europe, as well as Northern America...
: ????????? ??????, Kraljevina Srbija) was created when Prince Milan Obrenovic
Milan Obrenovic

Milan Obrenovic may refer to:* Milan Obrenovic II, Prince of Serbia * Milan Obrenovic IV ...
, ruler of the Principality of Serbia, was crowned King
King

King is a title for a head of state.King may also refer to:...
 in 1882. The Principality of Serbia was ruled by the Karadjordjevic dynasty from 1817 onwards (at times replaced by the Obrenovic dynasty). The Principality, suzerain to the Porte, has expelled all Ottoman troops by 1867, de facto securing its independence.






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The Kingdom of Serbia (Serbian
Serbian language

name=Serbian|nativename=|pronunciation=['sr?pski?]|familycolor=Indo-European|map=|states=See below under "Official status", besides that in Croatia and as an immigrant's language spread over Central Europe and Western Europe, as well as Northern America...
: ????????? ??????, Kraljevina Srbija) was created when Prince Milan Obrenovic
Milan Obrenovic

Milan Obrenovic may refer to:* Milan Obrenovic II, Prince of Serbia * Milan Obrenovic IV ...
, ruler of the Principality of Serbia, was crowned King
King

King is a title for a head of state.King may also refer to:...
 in 1882. The Principality of Serbia was ruled by the Karadjordjevic dynasty from 1817 onwards (at times replaced by the Obrenovic dynasty). The Principality, suzerain to the Porte, has expelled all Ottoman troops by 1867, de facto securing its independence. The Congress of Berlin
Treaty of Berlin, 1878

The Treaty of Berlin was the final act of the Congress of Berlin , by which the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Austria-Hungary, French Third Republic, German Empire, Kingdom of Italy , Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire under Abdul Hamid II revised the Treaty of San Stefano signed on March 3 of the same year....
 in 1878 recognized the formal independence of the Principality of Serbia.

In international affairs, The Kingdom of Serbia was the legal predecessor of Yugoslavia which was formed after World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 at the Versailles Peace Conference, 1919. Internally, however, Kingdom of Serbia
Kingdom of Serbia

The Kingdom of Serbia was created when Prince Milan Obrenovic, ruler of the Principality of Serbia, was crowned King in 1882. The Principality of Serbia was ruled by the Karadjordjevic dynasty from 1817 onwards ....
 had ceased to exist in 1918, when, alongside the Kingdom of Montenegro
Kingdom of Montenegro

The Kingdom of Montenegro was a kingdom in southeastern Europe.The capital of the kingdom was Cetinje. The currency of the Kingdom was the Montenegrin perper....
, it joined the former Habsburg South Slavic lands
State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs

File:Austria Hungary ethnic.svgThe State of Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs was a short-lived state formed from the southernmost parts of the Austria-Hungary after its dissolution at the end of the World War I by the resident population of Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs....
 to form the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

History

Serbia1918
It fought several wars, including the Serbo-Bulgarian War
Serbo-Bulgarian War

The Serbo-Bulgarian War was a war between Serbia and Bulgaria that erupted on November 14, 1885 and lasted until November 28 the same year. Final peace was signed on February 19, 1886 in Bucharest....
 of 1885, and the Balkan Wars
Balkan Wars

The Balkan Wars were two wars in South-eastern Europe in 1912?1913 in the course of which the Balkan League first conquered Ottoman Empire-held Macedonia , Albania and most of Thrace and then fell out over the division of the spoils....
 of 1912–13 (the First Balkan War
First Balkan War

The First Balkan War, which lasted from October 1912 to May 1913, pitted the Balkan League against the Ottoman Empire. The combined armies of the Balkan states overcame the numerically inferior and strategically disadvantaged Ottoman armies, and achieved rapid success....
 in 1912–13, and the Second Balkan War
Second Balkan War

The Second Balkan War broke out on 16 June 1913 when Kingdom of Bulgaria attacked its erstwhile allies in the First Balkan War , Kingdom of Serbia and Kingdom of Greece, while Kingdom of Montenegro, Kingdom of Romania and the Ottoman Empire intervened later against Bulgaria....
 in 1913). It won the first Allied victory of World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 in 1914, but in 1915 it was occupied by foreign troops due to a combined invasion by Austro-Hungarian
Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary, also known as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Kaiserlich und k?niglich Monarchy was a state in Central Europe ruled by the House of Habsburg, constitutionally a personal union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary....
, German, and Bulgarian
Kingdom of Bulgaria

The Kingdom of Bulgaria was established on October 5, 1908 when the Principality of Bulgaria officially Bulgarian Declaration of Independence from the Ottoman Empire and was elevated to the style of kingdom....
 troops. After the war's end, it united
Podgorica Assembly

The Podgorica Assembly , in full name known as the Great National Assembly of the Serb People in Montenegro or the Serbian Great People's Assembly in Montenegro, was an assembly held in Podgorica that served as the representative body of the Montenegrin people during the Creation of Yugoslavia in late 1918 and early 1919....
 with the Kingdom of Montenegro
Kingdom of Montenegro

The Kingdom of Montenegro was a kingdom in southeastern Europe.The capital of the kingdom was Cetinje. The currency of the Kingdom was the Montenegrin perper....
 and the short lived State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs
State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs

File:Austria Hungary ethnic.svgThe State of Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs was a short-lived state formed from the southernmost parts of the Austria-Hungary after its dissolution at the end of the World War I by the resident population of Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs....
 to form the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Kingdom of Yugoslavia

The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a monarchy stretching from the Western Balkans to Central Europe which existed during the often-tumultuous interwar era of 1918?1941....
, later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

Rulers

Kralj Milan Obrenovic
Despite its relatively short existence, the Kingdom was ruled by two dynasties: the House of Obrenovic
House of Obrenovic

The House of Obrenovic ruled Serbia from 1815 to 1842, and again from 1858 to 1903. They came to power through the leadership of their progenitor Milo? Obrenovic in the Second Serbian uprising against the Ottoman Empire, which led to the formation of the Principality of Serbia....
 and the House of Karadordevic
House of Karadordevic

The House of Karadordevic was a Serbian ruling dynasty descended from Karadorde . The family had a long blood feud with the Obrenovic dynasty. The dynasty lost the throne in November 1945 when the Communist Party of Yugoslavia seized power in Yugoslavia....
. King Milan Obrenovic
Milan Obrenovic IV

Milan Obrenovic was a Kingdom of Serbia monarch reigning as Prince Milan IV of Serbia from 1868 to 1882 and King Milan I of Serbia from 1882 to 1889....
 ruled from 6 March 1882 to 6 March 1889, when he abdicated
Abdication

Abdication is the act of renouncing and resigning from a formal office, especially from the supreme office of state. In Roman law the term was also applied to the disowning of a family member, as the disinheriting of a son....
 the throne. He was succeeded by his son, Aleksandar Obrenovic
Aleksandar Obrenovic

Not to be confused with Alexander I of Yugoslavia.Alexander I or Aleksandar Obrenovic was king of Serbia from 1889 to 1903. ...
, who ruled from 6 March 1889 to 11 June 1903, when he was deposed by a group of officers. The slaughter of the royal couple (the king and Queen Draga
Queen Draga

Draga Ma?in , also known as Queen Draga, was the consort of Aleksandar Obrenovic of the Kingdom of Serbia. She was formerly a lady-in-waiting to Aleksandar's mother Natalija Obrenovic....
) by the Black Hand
Black Hand

Black Hand , officially Unification or Death , was a secret society founded in the Kingdom of Serbia on June 10, 1910. It was a part of the Pan-Slavist movement, with the intention of uniting all of the territories containing South Slav populations annexed by Austria-Hungary....
 shocked Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
. This opened the way for the descendants of Karadorde (Karageorge), regarded by Serbs
Serbs

Serbs are a South Slavs people living in the Balkans and Central Europe, mainly in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and, to a lesser extent, in Croatia....
 throughout the Balkans
Balkans

The Balkans is the historical name of a geographic subregion of southeastern Europe. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains, which run through the centre of Bulgaria into eastern Serbia....
 as the man who threw off the Turkish
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
 yoke, to return to the throne. Petar Karadordevic
Peter I of Yugoslavia

Peter I of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes also known as Peter I Karadordevic , also known as King Peter the Liberator, was King of Serbia from 1903 to 1918 after which he became the first King of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, which from the very beginning was colloquially called Yugoslavia within the kingdom and in the rest of Europe....
 was initially reluctant to accept the crown, disgusted as he was by the coup d'état
Coup d'état

A coup d??tat , often simply called a coup, is the sudden unconstitutional overthrow of a government by a part of the state establishment – usually the military – to replace the branch of the stricken government, either with another civil government or with a military government....
. However, he finally did accept and was the Kingdom's sovereign from 15 June 1903 to 1 December 1918, the day that the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Kingdom of Yugoslavia

The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a monarchy stretching from the Western Balkans to Central Europe which existed during the often-tumultuous interwar era of 1918?1941....
 was proclaimed.

Cities

The largest cities in the Kingdom of Serbia were (with population figures from ca. 1910-1912):

  • Belgrade
    Belgrade

    Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. The city lies on international waterway, at the confluence of the Sava River and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkan Peninsula....
     - 100,000
  • Prizren
    Prizren

    Prizren is a historical city located in southern Kosovo. It is the administrative center of the homonymous municipality and District of Prizren....
     - 60,000
  • Bitola
    Bitola

    Bitola is a city in the southwestern part of the Republic of Macedonia. The city is an administrative, cultural, industrial, commercial, and educational centre....
     - 54,000
  • Skopje
    Skopje

    Skopje is the Capital of and List of cities in the Republic of Macedonia by population in the Republic of Macedonia, with more than a quarter of the population of the country, as well as its political, cultural, economic, and academic centre....
     - 50,000
  • Niš
    Niš

    Ni? is a city in Ni?ava District, Serbia situated at 43.3? N 21.9? E, on the Ni?ava River. With more than 250,000 inhabitants it is the largest city of South Serbia and third-largest city in the country, after Belgrade and Novi Sad....
     - 25,000
  • Veles
    Veles

    Veles refers to:* Veles , Slavic deity* Veles , a city in the Republic of Macedonia* Veles municipality, a municipality in the Republic of Macedonia...
     - 24,000
  • Priština - 20,000
  • Prilep
    Prilep

    Prilep is a city of 66,246 citizens in the Republic of Macedonia and the List of cities in the Republic of Macedonia by population in the country....
     - 20,000
  • Kragujevac
    Kragujevac

    Kragujevac is the fourth largest city in Serbia after Belgrade, Novi Sad and Ni?, the main city of the ?umadija region and the administrative centre of ?umadija District....
     - 18,500
  • Ohrid
    Ohrid

    Ohrid is a city on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid in the Republic of Macedonia. It has about 42,000 inhabitants, making it the List of cities in the Republic of Macedonia by population in the country....
     - 18,000
  • Leskovac
    Leskovac

    Leskovac is a city and municipality located in southern Serbia at 43.00? North, 21.95? East. It is the administrative center of the Jablanica District of Serbia....
     - 14,300
  • Tetovo
    Tetovo

    Tetovo is a city in the northwestern part of Republic of Macedonia, built on the foothills of ?ar Mountain and divided by the Pena River.The city covers an area of at above sea level, with a population of 86,580 citizens in the municipality.....
     - 14,000
  • Požarevac
    Požarevac

    Po?arevac is a city located in Serbia at . It is the administrative center of the Branicevo District of Serbia. In 2002, the city had total population of 41,736....
     - 13,600
  • Šabac
    Šabac

    ?abac is a city and municipality located in Serbia at 44.76? North, 19.69? East along the Sava river in the historic region of Macva. It is the administrative center of the Macva District of Serbia....
     - 12,800
  • Mitrovica
    Kosovska Mitrovica

    Kosovska Mitrovica or Mitrovica is a city and Municipalities of Kosovo in northern Kosovo. It is the administrative centre of the District of Kosovska Mitrovica....
     - 12,000
  • Vranje
    Vranje

    Vranje is a town and municipality located in Serbia at 42.57? North, 21.91? East. In 2002 the town had total population of 55,052, while population of municipality was 87,288....
     - 10,500
  • Pirot
    Pirot

    Pirot is a town and municipality located in Serbia at . In 2002, the town had a total population of 40,678, while population of municipality was 63,791....
     - 10,000


See also

  • History of Serbia
    History of Serbia

    One of the first Serbian states, Ra?ka , was founded in the first half of the 7th century on Byzantine territory by the Unknown Archont, the founder of the House of Vlastimirovic; it evolved into the Serbian Empire under the House of Nemanjic....
  • Kingdom of Montenegro
    Kingdom of Montenegro

    The Kingdom of Montenegro was a kingdom in southeastern Europe.The capital of the kingdom was Cetinje. The currency of the Kingdom was the Montenegrin perper....


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