Đorđe Petrović, Karađorđe – born 03.11.1762 in Viševac, assassinated 25-26.07.1817 in Radobanj near Smederevo). Supreme Serbian leader (Vožd): 02.02.1804–21.09.1813; sons: Sima, Aleksa and Aleksandar; daughters: Sava, Sara; Pola and Stamenka. Aleksandar Karađorđević – born 19.09.1806  in Topola, died 03.05.1885 in Timisoara). Prince: 14.09.1842–23.12.1858; sons: Aleksa, Svetozar, Petar I, Andrija, Đorđe, Arsen (father to Pavle, Prince [...]

DRAGA MAŠIN (1866-1903) – She was a daughter of Panta Lunjevica and widow of Svetozar Mašin; as a lady attending Queen Natalija, she bacame a mistress and later on a wife of the young King Aleksandar I Obrenović. On 29.05.1903 she was assassinated together with his husband by the army officers engaged in cospiracy.

KING ALEKSANDAR OBRENOVIĆ (1876-1903) In the first elections after the Constitution of 1888 was passed and King Milan abdicated, the Radical party again won mayority of votes. In order to be safe from the interfering of King Milan in the state governence, the radicals paid him out and got a promise he would not come [...]

NATALIJA OBRENOVIĆ (1859-1941) – Serbian Princess and Queen (1875-1889), a daughter of the Vlah spahija dignitary N. Keško. She was married to Prince Milan Obrenović and she gave birth to their son Aleksandar. She was pro-Russia oriented, while Milan lead Austrophile policy. Their relationship and divorce became an important political issue, due to which the [...]

KING MILAN OBRENOVIĆ (1854-1901) After the death of prince Mihailo, Milan Obrenović became Prince of Serbia (02/07/1868), however until his coming of legal age, the appointed regency commission was in power. Milan Obrenović ruled mostly relied on military forces and therefore tried to strengthen them. In foreign policy, he primarly relied on Russia. Under the [...]

PRINCE MIHAILO OBRENOVIĆ (1823-1868) Mihailo Obrenović was born in Kragujevac, as a younger son of Prince Miloš and Princess Ljubica. He became prince for the first time in 1839, after the death of his elder brother Milan. Rather young and unexperienced, Mihailo was not very successful in coping with the complex internal and external Serbian [...]

PRINCESS LJUBICA OBRENOVIĆ (1788-1843) was a wife of Prince Miloš. She influenced the Serbian political life and was rather stubborn character. She experienced serious disputes with her husband and for some time she lived separated from Miloš in Požarevac. In a fit of jealousy she murdered a mistress of Miloš. She was burried in Krušedol [...]

PRINCE MILOŠ OBRENOVIĆ (1780-1860) Miloš Obrenović was born in the village of Srednja Dobrna in the nahija of Užice (Turk.) and he died in Belgrade, in his residence in Topčider. As a young man Miloš used to work as an assistant to wealty livestock merchants. He took part in the First Serbian Uprising and was [...]

TZAR UROŠ (ruled 1355-1371) Uroš ascended the throne very young, aged 18 and rather unexperienced, in a large state that was internally disintegrated. He did manage neither to resist external enemies, nor to keep united feudal families (Dejanović, Mrnjavčević, Balšić) that were not willing to recognize the central rule and were inclined to govern their [...]

TZAR STEFAN DUŠAN Dušan Silni (Mighty) (ruled 1331-1355) As the King of Serbs Stefan Dušan ruled from 1331 to 1345. From 1346 he ruled as the Emperor of Serbs and Greeks. In his time the Serbian mediaeval state reached its prime and became the leading power in the Balkans. Up to the mid-14th century he [...]