Maria of Yugoslavia
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Maria, was Queen of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from 1922 to 1929 and Queen of Yugoslavia from 1929 to 1934 as the wife of King Alexander I. She was the mother of King Peter II. Her citizenship was
Queen Maria in 1931
The queen of Yugoslavia with her newborn son, Peter.
Maria with her sons, Peter, Tomislav, and Andrej
Queen's summer residence near Budva, Montenegro.
Peter II of Yugoslavia
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Peter II Karađorđević was the last King of Yugoslavia, reigning from October 1934 until he was deposed in November 1945. He was the last reigning member of the Karađorđević dynasty.
Maria of Yugoslavia
…of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from 1922 to 1929 and Queen of Yugoslavia from 1929 to 1934 as the wife of King Alexander I. She was the mother of King Peter II. Her citizenship was revoked, and her property was confiscated by the Yugoslav communist regime in 1947, but she was posthumously rehabilitated in 2014…
Peter II in 1966
11-year-old King Peter II, Dowager Queen Maria and Prince Paul (right) at King Alexander's funeral in 1934 in Belgrade
A portrait of the young King Peter II holding his father's sabre
15-year-old King Peter II on Mount peak Triglav 2,863.65 metres (9,395.2 ft), near the tripoint border of the Kingdom Yugoslavia, Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, on August 12, 1939; 20 days later, Germany invaded Poland.