George, Crown Prince of Serbia

George, Crown Prince of Serbia
George
Crown Prince of Serbia
Official portrait
House House of Karađorđević
Father Peter I
Mother Princess Zorka of Montenegro
Born 27 August 1887(1887-08-27)
Cetinje, Principality of Montenegro
Died 17 October 1972(1972-10-17) (aged 85)
Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia

George, Crown Prince of Serbia (Serbian: kraljević Đorđe Karađorđević; 27 August 1887 – 17 October 1972) was the older brother of Alexander I of Yugoslavia and younger brother of Helen of Serbia, son of Peter I, King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and Princess Ljubica (Zorka) of Montenegro and grandson of King Nicholas I of Montenegro.

Early life

George was born in Cetinje, Principality of Montenegro and was raised in the court of his grandfather King Nicholas before the sudden death of his mother led his father to move his family first to Geneva and thence to Russia.

In Russia, George studied at the Cadet Corps school of Tsar Alexander II before returning to Serbia in 1903 following a palace coup when a conspiration of army officers overthrew the ruling Obrenović dynasty to proclaim his father as King of Serbia and, as a result, George became Crown Prince. George did not get to savour his rule as heir to the throne for long as in 1909 he kicked his servant to death in a fit of rage and was subsequently forced to renounce his succession rights in favour of his brother Alexander.

War service and arrest

Prince George participated in Balkan wars as well as World War I where he was severely wounded in the Battle of Mačkov Kamen near Krupanj in 1914. After Peter's death and Alexandar's subsequent coronation, hostilities between the brothers arose, which led to Prince George's arrest in 1925. He was then proclaimed to be insane and locked in an asylum near the city of Niš. Following Alexander's assassination in 1934, George hoped he would be freed by the new regent Prince Paul, but that didn't happen and he remained in gaol until World War II when he was freed by the German occupiers.

Later life and marriage

After the war his family were declared state enemies by Josip Broz Tito's communist regime; however, George was allowed to retire in Belgrade as the only member of Royal family in the country. In his old age he married in 1947 Radmila Radonjić (1907–1993), but the couple did not have any children. He wrote his memoirs Istina o mom životu (Truth About my Life).

He died on 17 October 1972 in Belgrade and was buried in the Church of St. George (Oplenac) in Topola, Serbia.




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