Prince Paul of Yugoslavia
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| Prince Paul | |
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| Prince Regent of Yugoslavia | |
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| Regency | 9 October 1934 - 27 March 1941 |
| Spouse | Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark |
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| Prince Alexander Prince Nikola Princess Elizabeth |
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| Father | Prince Arsen of Yugoslavia |
| Mother | Princess Aurora di San Donato |
| Born | April 27, 1893 |
| Died | September 11, 1976 (aged 83) Paris, France |
Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (also known as Prince Paul Karađorđević (Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian: Pavle Karađorđević, Cyrillic script: Павле Карађорђевић; Slovene: Pavel Karađorđević) KG (April 27, 1893 – September 11, 1976) of the Serbian, later Yugoslav Royal House of Karađorđević was Regent of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia during the minority of King Peter II. Peter was the eldest son of his first cousin Alexander I. Paul is known in Serbian and Croatian as Pavle Karađorđević (Павле Карађорђевић), and as Pavel Karađorđević in the Slovene language. His title in Yugoslavia was Knez, which translates best as "Prince".
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[edit] Early life
Prince Paul of Yugoslavia was the only son of Prince Arsen Karađorđević (a brother of Peter I of Yugoslavia) and Princess Aurora Demidov (a granddaughter of the Finnish philanthropist Aurora Karamzin and her Russian husband Paul Demidov). He married Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, a sister of Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, in 1923. George VI of the United Kingdom, as Duke of York, was best man at his wedding in Belgrade.
Paul was educated at the University of Oxford and his closest friends (including the American-born, naturalized British politician Chips Channon) and outlook on life were said to be British. He was installed as a Knight of the Garter in 1939.
[edit] Regent of Yugoslavia
On 9 October 1934, 41-year-old Prince Paul took the Regency after his cousin King Alexander was assassinated in Marseille, France. Alexander's son whom became King Peter II was 11 years at the time of his father's death.
In 1939, Paul and his wife Olga made a state visit to Nazi Germany during which time he was treated to a banquet given by German leader Adolf Hitler.[1] Paul was a recipient of the Combined Pilots-Observation Badge (Flugzeugführer-und Beobachterabzeichen), a German military award.
Prince Paul was regent of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and although King Peter and his advisors were opposed to Nazi Germany, Regent Prince Paul declared that Yugoslavia would adhere to the Tripartite Pact and on 25 March 1941 in Vienna he officially signed the treaty with the Tripartite Pact with the Axis Powers of World War II. Massive demonstrations took place in Belgrade almost immediately the treaty signing. On 27 March 1941, his cousin and ward, King Peter II, together with a group of pro-British officers and middle class politicians, staged a coup d'état. General Dušan Simović became Prime Minister and Yugoslavia backed out of the Axis sphere in all but name.
Although King Peter II and his new Government opposed Nazi Germany, they also feared that if Hitler attacked Yugoslavia, the United Kingdom was not in any real position to help. In April 1941, fearing that Yugoslavia would become a British or Soviet base, Germany invaded the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. At the advice of the Government, King Peter II was asked to lead the country from abroad and ask for Allied support. The only legal body of Yugoslavia became the Royal Yugoslav Government in exile. Yugoslavia itself was dismembered and occupied by Nazi Germany and its satellites.
[edit] Exile
For the remainder of the war, Prince Paul was kept, with his family, under house arrest by the British in Kenya.
Princess Elizabeth, his only daughter, obtained and published information from the Special Operations Executive files in the Foreign Office in London and published them in Belgrade, in the 1990 edition of the Serbian-language biography of her father. The original book Paul of Yugoslavia was written by Neil Balfour and the first was published by Eaglet Publishing in London in 1980.
Prince Paul died in Paris on September 11, 1976, aged 83, without ever returning to Yugoslavia.
Prince Paul is father of Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia the Elder and Prince Nikola of Yugoslavia, and a grandfather of American actress Catherine Oxenberg.
[edit] Art Collections
| Styles of Prince Paul |
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| Reference style | His Royal Highness |
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| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Sir |
Prince Paul collected, donated and dedicated huge number of Art works to Serbia and Serbian people ,including foreign masterpieces.There is especially significant Italian ,French and Dutch/Flemish Collections.Most of works are in National Museum of Serbia,including artists such as Rubens,Renoir,Monet,Rembrandt,Picasso,Van Gogh,Cezanne,...
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[edit] References
- ^ Tanner, Marcus. Croatia: A Nation Forged in War. Yale University Press, 2007. (pg. 135)
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Prince Paul of Yugoslavia
Born: 27 April 1893 Died: 11 September 1976 |
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| Preceded by Aleksandar I as King of Yugoslavia |
Regent of Yugoslavia 9 October 1934-27 March 1941 |
Succeeded by Peter II as King of Yugoslavia |
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