Persida Nenadović
Persida Nenadović | |
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Princess consort of Serbia | |
Tenure | 14 September 1842 – 24 October 1858 |
Born | Brankovina, Serbia | 15 February 1813
Died | 29 March 1873 Vienna, Austria-Hungary | (aged 60)
Burial | Church of St. George, Oplenac |
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Father | Jevrem Nenadović |
Mother | Jovanka Milovanović |
Religion | Serbian Orthodox |
Persida Karađorđević née Nenadović (
Life
Persida was born on 15 February 1813 in
On 1 June 1830 in
In 1858, Prince Alexander came into conflict with members of the Council, with the result that he was compelled to abdicate in favor of Miloš Obrenović, who returned to power for the second time. Following Alexander's abdication, she and her family retired to Timișoara. She gave birth to a total of 10 children, six of whom lived to adulthood.
She died on 29 March 1873 at the age of 60 in Vienna. In 1912, their son King Peter ordered the remains of Princess Persida and Prince Alexander to be moved to the Church of St. George in Oplenac.
The actress Catherine Oxenberg is one of Persida's many descendants.
For her charitable work and cultural activities, Turkish Sultan awarded her the Order of the Padishah Portrait in 1864. She also organized frequent art promotion gatherings that were quite significant for the life of the Serbian capital.
Issue
The children of Alexander and Persida:
- Princess Poleksija (1 February 1833 – 5 December 1914), married firstly in 1849 Konstantin Nikolajević (1821 – suicide 13 October 1877),[2] 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.
See also
- List of Serbian consorts
References
- ^ C. L Sulzberger. (1977). The Fall of Eagles, New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., pp. 198, 202, 221
- ^ 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