Mihailo Obrenović
Mihailo Obrenović III. (Cyrillic writing Михаило Обреновић III. ) (* 4th September jul. / 16 September 1823 greg. in Kragujevac ; † 29 May jul. / 10 June 1868 greg. in Topčider ) was from 1839 to 1842 and from 1860 to 1868 Serbian prince.
Life
Mihailo was the younger son of the Serbian prince Miloš Obrenović and the princess Ljubica. After the early death of his brother Milan Obrenović II , Mihailo Obrenović was elected Prince of Serbia as a hegemonic power in 1839 with the consent of the Ottoman Empire . However, when an uprising broke out in 1842 due to his inclination to Russian interests and the arbitrarily harsh taxation, the young Mihailo fled Serbia. Instead of him, Alexander Karađorđević became a Serbian prince. Mihailo first lived in Vienna and Berlin, traveling from 1844 to 1850, then on his estates in Wallachia.
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After Alexander was deposed in 1858, Miloš Obrenović and his son Mihailo returned to Serbia. Miloš died in 1860 and Mihailo became prince for the second time. His domestic policy was controversial because of his despotic understanding of rule, but he achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire , which was expressed in the withdrawal of the Turkish garrisons from the Serbian cities. Mihailo modernized the Serbian state and introduced, among other things, general conscription and thus a standing army. Belgrade finally became the Serbian capital, and Serbia again received a national currency, the dinar . Prince Mihailo had the Serbian National Theater built in Belgrade . In terms of foreign policy, he pursued an approach that was to bring the southern Slavic peoples together in a Balkan federation, but which was exhausted in several alliance treaties against the Ottoman Empire.
The prince was killed in an assassination attempt on June 10, 1868 in the Topčider park near Belgrade, the client remained unknown. The assassins had connections to the liberal opposition in the country as well as to the overthrown Karađorđević dynasty. His marriage to Julia Countess Hunyady von Kéthely (1831-1919), whom he married in 1853, did not result in any offspring, and Milivoje Petrović Blaznavac insisted that he was succeeded by the underage nephew Mihailos Milan Obrenović IV.
Appreciation
In 1870 the street Knez Mihailova ulica in Belgrade was named after him, which today is the most important shopping street in the Serbian capital as a pedestrian zone.
Web links
- Biography , Club Monarhista (Serbian)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Milan Obrenović II. |
Prince of Serbia 1839–1842 |
Aleksandar Karađorđević |
| Miloš Obrenović I. |
Prince of Serbia 1860–1868 |
Milan Obrenović IV. |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Obrenović, Mihailo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Michael I. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Serbian prince |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 16, 1823 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kragujevac |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 10, 1868 |
| Place of death | Topčider |