- George, Crown Prince of Serbia
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George Crown Prince of Serbia Official portrait House House of Karađorđević Father Peter I Mother Princess Zorka of Montenegro Born 27 August 1887
Cetinje, Principality of MontenegroDied 17 October 1972 (aged 85)
Belgrade, SFR YugoslaviaGeorge, 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.
House of Karađorđević Karađorđe Petrović ChildrenPrincess Sava · Princess Sarka · Princess Pola · Princess Stamenka · Prince Alexa · Prince AlexanderGrandchildrenPrince George
Great
grandchildrenAlexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia ChildrenPrincess Polexia · Princess Cleopatra · Prince Alexa · Prince Svetozer · Peter I · Princess Elena · Prince Andrej · Princess Elizabeth · Prince Djordje · Prince Arsen
GrandchildrenGreat
grandchildrenPrince Alexander · Prince Nicholas · Princess Elizabeth
Great-great
grandchildrenPrince Dimitri · Prince Michael · Prince Sergius · Princess Helene · Prince Dushan
Peter I of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes ChildrenPrincess Helen · Princess Milena · Crown Prince George · Alexander I · Prince Andrej
Alexander I of Yugoslavia ChildrenGrandchildrenPrince Nikolas · Princess Katarina · Prince George · Prince Michael · Princess Maria Tatiana · Prince Christopher · Princess Lavina · Prince Karl Wladimir · Prince Dimitri
Great
grandchildPrincess Marija
Peter II of Yugoslavia ChildGrandchildrenCategories:- Yugoslav princes
- Serbian princes
- House of Karađorđević
- Heirs apparent who never acceded
- 1887 births
- 1972 deaths
- People from Cetinje
- Yugoslavia stubs
- Serbian people stubs
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