Paul of Yugoslavia
Prince Paul of Yugoslavia , also: Pavle (born April 27, 1893 in Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire ; † September 14, 1976 in Paris , France ) from the royal house Karađorđević ( Cyrillic : Карађорђевић) was Prince Regent of Yugoslavia from 1934 to 1941 for the King Peter II , still a minor , the eldest son of his cousin King Alexander I. In March 1941, he was deposed in a coup and fled into exile.
Earlier life
Paul was the only son of Prince Arsen Karađorđević, a brother of King Peter I , and Princess Aurora, née. Demidoff di San Donato .
Since 1923 he was married to Olga of Greece (1903-1997), a granddaughter of the Greek King George I and sister of the Duchess Marina of Kent . The later King George VI. of Great Britain , then as Duke of York , was best man at the wedding.
Paul was a bearer / member of the English Order of the Garter and studied at Oxford University .
Prince Regent of Yugoslavia
After his cousin Alexander I in Marseille an assassination attempt had fallen victim, he took over on 9 October 1934, the regent for his still young son, Peter II. Prince Paul was open culture to very, especially of modern art. He founded the Prince Paul Museum (now again) named after him in Belgrade.
During the Second World War , Yugoslavia initially remained neutral, but joined the three-power pact on March 25, 1941 at the instigation of Prince Paul . This led to a coup d'état in Belgrade on March 27 by King Peter II, pro-British officers and politicians. Peter II was declared of legal age, thus relieving the Prince Regent of his function. The new rulers tried a policy of neutrality which would have been advantageous for Great Britain. The Axis powers therefore invaded Yugoslavia and the royal family, including Prince Paul, fled into exile. Until the end of the war, Prince Paul and his family were placed under British house arrest, first in Kenya and later in South Africa .
progeny
Prince Paul had three children:
- Prince Alexander (1924-2016)
- Prince Alexander was first married to Princess Maria Pia of Savoy (* 1934), daughter of King Umberto II of Italy. Since 1973 he was married to Princess Barbara von und zu Liechtenstein (* 1942).
- Prince Nikola (1928–1954)
- Prince Nikola died in a car accident near Windsor at the age of 25 .
- Princess Elisabeth (* 1936)
- Elisabeth was married three times. From her first marriage to the American Howard Oxenberg (1919-2010), the actress Catherine Oxenberg (* 1961) was a descendant.
death
Prince Paul was never allowed to enter Yugoslavia again after his exile. From 1948 he lived in Geneva , Switzerland , and later in Paris . He died there on September 14, 1976. He was buried, like his wife, at the Cimetière de Bois de Vaux in Lausanne . In September 2012 the bones were exhumed and transferred to Serbia. They are to be buried there in the royal crypt Oplenac near Topola .
literature
- Edgar Hösch: Karadjordjević, Pavle , in: Biographical Lexicon on the History of Southeast Europe . Vol. 3. Munich 1979, p. 407 f.
- Irina Subotić: Prince Paul Karađorđević - Art Collector . In: The Prince Paul Museum . Belgrade 2011. ISBN 978-86-7269-117-7 .
- Prince Paul of Yugoslavia , Internationales Biographisches Archiv 46/1976 from November 1, 1976, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible).
Web links
- Newspaper article about Paul of Yugoslavia in the press kit of the 20th century of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
Individual evidence
- ^ Exhumed royal grave in Lausanne
- ↑ Anne-Florece Pasquier: Exhumation de trois membres de la famille royale. matin.ch of September 28, 2012 , accessed on the same day (French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Paul of Yugoslavia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (full name); Pavle Karađorđević; Pavle Karadjordjevic |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav nobleman, Prince Regent of Yugoslavia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 27, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 14, 1976 |
| Place of death | Paris , France |