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Alexander I., King of Servia, born August 14 (new style), 1876 ; son of Milan I., King of Servia, born August 22, 1854, the son of Miloš Obrenovič, grandson of Yefrem, half-brother of Prince Milos. King Milan succeeded to the throne as Prince Milan Obrenovič IV., confirmed by the election of the Servian National Assembly, after the assassination of his uncle, Prince Michail Obrenovic III., June 10, 1868 ; was proclaimed King March 6, 1882; married October 17, 1875, to Natalie, born 1859, daughter of Colonel Keschko, of the Russian Imperial Army; divorced October 24, 1888. King Milan abdicated March 6, 1889, and proclaimed his son Alexander King of Servia, under a regency until he should attain his majority (18 years). King Alexander, on April 13, 1893, being then in his seventeenth year, took the royal authority into his own hands.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Servia
1. Official Publications
Almanac for 1897 (Servian).
Criminal Statistics, 1888–90. Belgrade, 1896.
Srpské Noviné (Official Gazette).
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Keltie, J.S. (1899). Servia. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270282_50
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