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13th-great-grandson of King Constantine II (1478–1505). 1801: Nugzar: 13 August 1984: Gruzinsky [as 16] Great-great-great-grandson of King George XII (1798–1800). Greece: Pavlos: 10 January 2023: De Grèce: Son and heir apparent of King Constantine II (1964–1973). 1973: Lithuania: Inigo: 9 February 1991: Urach [224] Grandson of King ...
Peter II Karađorđević (Serbo-Croatian: Петар II Карађорђевић, romanized: Petar II Karađorđević; 6 September 1923 – 3 November 1970) was the last King of Yugoslavia, reigning from October 1934 until he was deposed in November 1945.
Peter II as a young child. Third son of King John IV and Queen Luisa, [2] Peter was created Duke of Beja and Lord of the House of the Infantado.. Following his father's death, his mother became regent for the new king Afonso VI, Peter's elder, partially paralyzed, and mentally unstable brother. [3]
From her marriage with Peter II, Marie gave birth to two children: Infanta Sancha (born in 1205, died aged one) and Infante James, the future King James I the Conqueror (born on 1 February 1208). Peter II immediately attempted to divorce her, hoping both to marry Maria of Montferrat , Queen of Jerusalem, and to claim Montpellier for himself.
Peter and his younger brother, Luís I of Portugal; William Barclay, 1843. As the eldest son of Queen Maria II and King Ferdinand II, Peter was a member of the House of Bragança. [a] As heir apparent to the throne he was styled Prince Royal (Portuguese: Príncipe Real), and was also the 23rd Duke of Braganza (Duque de Bragança).
Furthermore, King Peter chose Voivode of Vasojevići Miljan Vukov Vešović to be his bridesman during his wedding to princess Zorka in 1883. Upon being asked by his future father-in-law prince Nicholas why he chose Miljan amongst various Voivodes of Montenegro, he replied that he chose him because of heroism and relation describing him as ...
Clement XI's successor, Innocent XIII, had served as Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal from 1697 to 1710, at the court of John and his father King Peter II. [52] However, Innocent XIII's time in Portugal is cited to have been the source of his dislike of the Society of Jesus , owing to the immense power that the Jesuits held at the Portuguese court ...
A 16th century portrait of Peter II, Duke of Bourbon from the Château de Beauregard. Arms of Peter II, Duke of Bourbon Arms of Peter as Lord of Beaujeu. At the time of Louis XI's death in 1483, Peter was one of the few royal servants to have remained consistently in favour during the King's reign, and it was to him that Louis, on his deathbed, granted guardianship over the new King, Charles VIII.