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.
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.
Alexander I Karađorđević was King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from 16 August 1921 to 3 October 1929 and King of Yugoslavia from 3 October 1929 until his assassination. His thirteen-year reign wa
Peter II of Yugoslavia
…reigning from October 1934 until he was deposed in November 1945. He was the last reigning member of the Karađorđević dynasty. The eldest child of King Alexander I and Maria of Romania, Peter acceded to the Yugoslav throne in 1934 at the age of 11 after his father was assassinated during a state visit to Marseille…
Formal portrait, c. 1921–1934
A monument to King Alexander I and French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou in Marseille, France.
A wartime postcard of Alexander
Prince Regent Alexander on the Macedonian Front in 1916