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Božidar Karađorđević
Prince Bojidar Karageorgevitch ( / ''Knez Božidar Karađorđević''; 11 January 1862 – 2 April 1908) was a Serbian artist, art writer, world traveller, and member of the Serbian Karađorđević dynasty. He gave singing and drawing lessons and later earned his living as an art critic and translator. He was a contributor to the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', , ''La Revue de Paris'', ''Revue des Revues'', ''Magazine of Art'', and other publications. Life Prince Bojidar belonged to the senior line of the Karađorđević dynasty (his older brother was Prince Alexis Karađorđević). He was the second son of Prince George Karađorđević (1827–1884) and his wife Sara Anastasijević (1836-1931), daughter of Miša Anastasijević, Serbian Senator and one of the richest people in Serbia. Prince Bojidars' paternal grandparents were Prince Alexis Karageorgevitch (1801–1830), the eldest son of Karađorđe Petrović and his wealthy wife, Maria Nikolaevna Trohin (1806-1827) from Bess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Karađorđević
The House of Karađorđević or Karađorđević dynasty ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Династија Карађорђевић, Dinastija Karađorđević, ; sr-Cyrl-Latn, Карађорђевићи, Karađorđevići, label=none) was the former ruling Kingdom of Serbia, Serbian and deposed Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav royal family. The family was founded by Karađorđe, Karađorđe Petrović (1768–1817), the ''Veliki Vožd'' ( sr-Cyrl, Велики Вожд, lit=Grand Leader, link=no) of Revolutionary Serbia, Serbia during the First Serbian uprising of 1804–1813. In the course of the 19th century the relatively short-lived dynasty was supported by the Russian Empire and was opposed to the Austrian Empire, Austrian-supported House of Obrenović. The two houses subsequently vied for the throne for several generations. Following the May Coup (Serbia), assassination of the Obrenović King Alexander I of Serbia in 1903, the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, Serbian Parliame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
