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Peter I ( Serbian Cyrillic: Петар I Карађорђевић, romanized : Petar I Кarađorđević; 11 July [ O.S. 29 June] 1844 – 16 August 1921) was King of Serbia from 15 June 1903 to 1 December 1918. On 1 December 1918, he became King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and he held that title until his death three years later.
Jul 7, 2024 · Peter I was the king of Serbia from 1903, the first strictly constitutional monarch of his country. In 1918 he became the first king of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (later called Yugoslavia). Born the third son of the reigning prince Alexander Karadjordjević (1842–58), Peter became.
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Peter I Karadjordjević, King of Serbia (1844-1921), or Prince Peter, was a grandson of Petrović Karadjordje (1768–1817), a leader of the First Serbian Insurrection against the Ottomans (1804- 1813).
Peter I Karadjordjević was King of Serbia from 1903 to 1918, and King of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes from 1918 to 1921. He also translated the essay “On Liberty” by John Stuart Mill (1806–1873) into Serbian.
King Peter I Karadjordjevic was the fifth child of Prince Alexander and Princess Persida (the daughter of Duke Jevrem Nenadovic). He was born on St. Peter’s Day 11 July 1844. He finished elementary and high school in Belgrade, and continued his education at the Venel – Olivier Institute in Geneva.
The reign of Peter I, from 1903 to 1914, is remembered as the “Golden Age of Serbia”, due to the unrestricted political freedoms, free press, and cultural ascendancy among South Slavs who finally saw in democratic Serbia a Piedmont of South Slavs.
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Owing to his accomplishments in the Balkan Wars and World War I, he was known as King Peter I, The Liberator. King Peter I Karadjordjevic was the fifth child of Prince Alexander and Princess Persida (the daughter of Vojvoda Jevrem Nenadovic).
