Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia

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Alexander
Prince of Serbia
Miloš Obrenović I
Born(1806-10-11)11 October 1806
Topola, Revolutionary Serbia
Died3 May 1885(1885-05-03) (aged 78)
Timișoara, Austria-Hungary
Burial
St. George′s Church
Spouse
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(m. 1830; died 1873)​
Issue
Among others
Serbian Orthodox
SignatureAlexander's signature
Prince Alexander of Serbia, painted by Uroš Knežević

Alexander Karađorđević (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Карађорђевић, romanized: Aleksandar Karađorđević; 11 October 1806 – 3 May 1885) was the prince of Serbia between 1842 and 1858 and a member of the House of Karađorđević.

Early life

The youngest son of

Khotin, Bessarabia (Russia), under the patronage of the Russian Tsar
.

After the Sultan’s decree acknowledging the title of Prince

Mihailo Obrenović
at the end of 1839, the family returned to Serbia. Alexander joined the Headquarters of the Serbian Army, and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant and appointed as adjutant to Prince Mihailo.

Prince of Serbia

After the political conflicts caused by disrespect of the so-called "Turkish constitution," and

Mihailo Obrenović's abdications, Aleksandar Karađorđević was elected the Prince of Serbia at the National Assembly in Vračar, a municipality in modern Belgrade, on 14 September 1842. Having had his title acknowledged by Russia and Turkey
, Prince Aleksandar started the reforms and founded a number of new institutions in order to improve the progress of the Serbian state. He implemented the code of civil rights, introduced the regular Army, built a cannon foundry, improved the existing schools and founded new ones, as well as established the National Library and National Museum.

It was Councillor Lazar Arsenijević Batalaka who, in 1845 introduced Ilija Garašanin to Prince Aleksandar.[1]

During the

pan-slavistic idea of a Yugoslav Monarchy emerged. The "Načertanije" (the "Draft") document, written as a Serbian political program by Ilija Garašanin
four years earlier, made the mission of replacing the Austrian and Turkish domination of all Southern Slavs with the Serbian rule under the banner of "Serbia."

Throughout his reign, Prince Alexander was troubled with Obrenović plots. By his refusal to take part in the

Obrenović dynasty
to the throne of the Principality of Serbia.

He was awarded the Ottoman Order of Glory and Order of Distinction.[2]

Abdication

The popularity of the pro-Austrian Prince Alexander Karađorđević, declined dramatically after the

House of Obrenović succession to the Serbian throne. [3]

Prince Alexander died in Timișoara on 3 May 1885. He was buried in Vienna, and his earthly remains were moved in 1912 to the Memorial Church of St. George built by his son Petar I Karađorđević, in Oplenac, Serbia.

Marriage and issue

Alexander's wife, Princess Persida

On 1 June 1830 in Hotin, Bessarabia, he married Persida Nenadović (15 February 1813 – 29 March 1873), member of the powerful Nenadović family, daughter of Voivode Jevrem Nenadović (1793–1867) and Jovanka Milovanović (1792–1880). They had ten children:

  • Princess Poleksija (1 February 1833 – 5 December 1914), married firstly in 1849 Konstantin Nikolajević (1821 – suicide 13 October 1877),[4] Minister of the Interior of Serbia, by whom she had issue; secondly Dr Alexander Preshern (1830 – 2 December 1914).
  • Princess Kleopatra (26 November 1835 – 13 July 1855), married in 1855 Milan Avram Petronijević, Serbian Ambassador to Russia.
  • Prince Aleksij (23 March 1836 – 21 April 1841)
  • Prince Svetozar (1841 – 17 March 1847)
  • Zorka of Montenegro
    , by whom he had issue.
  • Princess Jelena (18 October 1846 – 26 July 1867), married in 1867 Đorđe Simić (28 February 1843 – 11 October 1921), Prime Minister of Serbia.
  • Prince Andrej (15 September 1848 – 12 July 1864)
  • Princess Jelisaveta (born and died 1850)
  • Prince Đorđe (11 October 1856 – 5 January 1889)
  • Prince Arsenije (16 April 1859 – 1938), married in 1892, Princess Aurora of San Donato. They were the parents of Prince Paul, Regent of Yugoslavia.[5]

References

Ward, A.W.; Prothero, G.W.; Leathes, Stanely, eds. (1921). The Cambridge Modern History. Vol. 10. Cambridge University Press.

Notes

  1. ISBN 9780880330732
    .
  2. ^ Acović, Dragomir (2012). Slava i čast: Odlikovanja među Srbima, Srbi među odlikovanjima. Belgrade: Službeni Glasnik. p. 78.
  3. ^ Ward, Prothero & Leathes 1921, p. 647.
  4. ^ http://srpskaenciklopedija.org/doku.php?id=%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%9B
  5. ^ Karageorgevich family.www.genealogy.euweb.cz/balkan/karageo.html
Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia
Born: 11 October 1806 Died: 3 May 1885
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Mihailo Obrenović III
 Prince of Serbia
1842–1858 		Succeeded by
Miloš Obrenović I
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