Marija Karagjorgjevic
(1900-1961)
Queen Consort of Yugoslavia (1922 - 1934)
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Maria (born Princess Maria of Romania; 6 January 1900 – 22 June 1961), known in Serbian as Marija Karađorđević (Serbian Cyrillic: Марија Карађорђевић), was Queen of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from 1922 to 1929 and Queen of Yugoslavia from 1929 to 1934 as the wife of King Alexander I. She was the mother of King Peter II. Her citizenship was revoked, and her property was confiscated by the Yugoslav communist regime in 1947, but she was posthumously rehabilitated in 2014.
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6 January 1900 Gotha, Germany
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| Died |
27 June 1961 (aged 61) London, United Kingdom
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| Zodiac | Capricorn |
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Aleksandar Karagjorgjevic 1888-1934 · Prince regent of Kingdom of Serbia and later King of Yugoslavia 1921-34 · m. 1922
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Queen Marie Rumania and King Ferdinand Of Romania · m. 1893
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Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha · Uncle · 1874-1899 · British Royal Family member -
Princess Victoria Melita Of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha · Aunt · 1876-1936 · Princess of Great Britain and of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; former Grand Duchess of Hesse; pretender Empress of Russia; a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of England. -
Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha · Aunt · 1878-1942 · Princess consort of Hohenlohe-Langenburg -
Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia · Cousin · 1907-1951 · Grand Duchess of Russia, Princess of Leinigen -
Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia · Grandson · 1945- · Last crown prince of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia -
Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (b. 1982) · Great-grandson · 1982- · Member of the House of Karađorđević
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