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Peter is the first son and the oldest child of the last Crown Prince of the former Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Alexander, and Princess Maria da Gloria of Orléans-Braganza.He was born at Prentice Women's Hospital in Chicago and lived there until the end of 1981, when he moved with his parents to Virginia.
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.
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He left Yugoslavia in April 1941 and arrived in London in June 1941. The Royal Yugoslav Armed Forces capitulated in 18 April. After the Tehran Conference, the Allies shifted support from royalist Chetniks to communist-led Partisans. [3] Commenting on the event and what happened to his father, Crown Prince Alexander said, "He [Peter II] was too ...
Yugoslavia declared itself neutral at the outbreak of World War II. On 25 March 1941, however, Prince Paul declared Yugoslavia an ally of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. On 27 March, Peter II deposed Prince Paul as regent. On 6 April, Nazi Germany attacked Yugoslavia, and Peter II fled to Britain, arriving in June.
By the House Law of 1930, members of the Yugoslav Royal House are: [1]. The King; The Queen; The King's living male line ancestors from this same dynasty, with their wives; The King's living blood brothers and their male line descendants, with their wives
With these arrangements in place, Italy posed the biggest problem for Yugoslavia, funding the anti-Yugoslav Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation which promoted Bulgarian irredentism. [14] Attempts by King Alexander to negotiate with Benito Mussolini fell on deaf ears, and after Alexander's assassination, nothing of note happened on ...
Peter I of Serbia (1844–1921), last King of Serbia (1903–1918) and first King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1918–1921) Peter II of Yugoslavia (1923–1970), last King of Yugoslavia Peter, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia (born 1980), American, the eldest son of Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia and Princess Maria da Gloria of ...