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Katarina Konstantinović
Katarina Konstantinović (Serbian Cyrillic; Катарина Константиновић; 1848–1910) was a Serbian noblewoman and a descendant of the House of Obrenović, Obrenović dynasty as the daughter of Princess Anka Obrenović. She was also the first cousin of King Milan I of Serbia, Milan I to whom she acted as his ''de facto'' first lady of the royal court after the Queen, Natalie Keshko, separated from him. Katarina married twice. Prior to her first marriage, she was the Royal mistress, mistress of her cousin, the Serbian ruler, Prince Mihailo Obrenović III, who was considering a divorce from his childless wife Julia Hunyady de Kéthely, Princess Julia to make Katarina his consort. On 10 June 1868, while she, Prince Mihailo and Princess Anka were strolling through Kosutnjak park near the royal country residence, assassins shot and killed her lover and mother, and left her wounded. That same year (1868) she married Milivoje Petrovic Blaznavac, General Milivoje Blazna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šabac
Šabac ( sr-Cyrl, Шабац, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative centre of the Mačva District in western Serbia. The traditional centre of the fertile Mačva region, Šabac is located on the right banks of the river Sava. , the city proper has population of 51,163, while its administrative area comprises 105,432 inhabitants. Name The name ''Šabac'' was first mentioned in Republic of Dubrovnik, Ragusan documents dating to 1454. The origin of the city's name is uncertain; it is possible its name comes from the name of the city's main river, the Sava. The city is known by a variety of different names: ''Zaslon'' in medieval Serbian, ''Szabács'' in Hungarian language, Hungarian, ''Böğürdelen'' in Turkish language, Turkish, and ''Schabatz'' in German language, German. History Archaeological evidence attests to more permanent settlement in the area from the Neolithic. In the Middle Ages, a Slavs, Slavic settlement named ''Zaslon'' existed at the cur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrade
Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. The population of the Belgrade metropolitan area is 1,685,563 according to the 2022 census. It is one of the Balkans#Urbanization, major cities of Southeast Europe and the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, third-most populous city on the river Danube. Belgrade is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities in Europe and the world. One of the most important prehistoric cultures of Europe, the Vinča culture, evolved within the Belgrade area in the 6th millennium BC. In antiquity, Thracians, Thraco-Dacians inhabited the region and, after 279 BC, Celts settled the city, naming it ''Singidunum, Singidūn''. It was Roman Serbia, conquered by the Romans under the reign of Augustus and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Košutnjak
Košutnjak ( sr-Cyrl, Кошутњак, ) is a park-forest and urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is divided between in the municipalities of Čukarica (upper and central parts) and Rakovica (lower part). With the adjoining Topčider, it is colloquially styled "Belgrade's oxygen factory". The 1923 Belgrade's general plan, in which one of the main projects regarding the green areas was forestation of the area between Topčider and the city, envisioned a continuous green area Senjak – Topčidersko Brdo – Hajd Park – Topčider – Košutnjak, which was formed by the 1930s. This continual forested area makes the largest "green massif" in the immediate vicinity of Belgrade's urban tissue. Etymology The name, ''košutnjak'', is derived from the medieval hunting forests of the Serbian nobility, meaning '' doe's breeder''. (In Serbian, košuta means ''doe'', ''hind''), as does used to live freely in the park until the World War I. The name was mentioned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders of Russia, land borders with fourteen countries. Russia is the List of European countries by population, most populous country in Europe and the List of countries and dependencies by population, ninth-most populous country in the world. It is a Urbanization by sovereign state, highly urbanised country, with sixteen of its urban areas having more than 1 million inhabitants. Moscow, the List of metropolitan areas in Europe, most populous metropolitan area in Europe, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, while Saint Petersburg is its second-largest city and Society and culture in Saint Petersburg, cultural centre. Human settlement on the territory of modern Russia dates back to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilija Garašanin
Ilija Garašanin ( sr-cyr, Илија Гарашанин; 28 January 1812 – 22 June 1874) was a Serbian statesman who served as the prime minister of Serbia between 1852 and 1853 and again from 1861 to 1867. Ilija Garašanin was conservative in internal politics. He believed that bureaucracy was the only way for administration to work. In foreign politics, he was the first pro-Yugoslavia statesman among Serbs. He believed that a great Yugoslav state had to maintain its independence from both Russia and Austria. He was one of the more influential Serbian politicians of the 19th century. Early life, education and military service Ilija was born in Garaši, south of Belgrade, the son of businessman hadži Milutin Savić (nicknamed "Garašanin"), a Serbian revolutionary and member of the National Council, his mother was Pauna Loma, the sister of vojvoda Arsenije Loma. Savić was born in the village of Garaši. His father Sava "Saviša" Bošković settled in Garaši from Bjelo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empress Elisabeth Of Austria
Elisabeth (born Duchess Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie in Bavaria; 24 December 1837 – 10 September 1898), nicknamed Sisi or Sissi, was Empress of Austria and List of Hungarian consorts, Queen of Hungary from her marriage to Franz Joseph I of Austria on 24 April 1854 until her assassination in 1898. Elisabeth was born into the Bavarian House of Wittelsbach but enjoyed an informal upbringing before marrying her first cousin, Emperor Franz Joseph I, at 16. The marriage thrust her into the much more formal Habsburg court life, for which she was unprepared and which she found suffocating. The couple had four children: Archduchess Sophie of Austria, Sophie, Archduchess Gisela of Austria, Gisela, Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, Rudolf, and Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, Marie Valerie. Early in her marriage, Elisabeth was at odds with her aunt and mother-in-law, Princess Sophie of Bavaria, Archduchess Sophie, who took over the rearing of Elisabeth's children. The birth of a son, Rud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Arenberg
The House of Arenberg is an aristocratic lineage that is constituted by three successive families that took their name from Arenberg, a small territory of the Holy Roman Empire in the Eifel region. The inheritance of the House of Croÿ, House of Croÿ-Aarschot made the Arenbergs the wealthiest and most influential noble family of the Southern Netherlands, Habsburg Netherlands. The family's Arenberg#1810, Duchy of Arenberg was a Sovereign State until it was German mediatisation, mediatized in 1810. As such, the Arenbergs belong to the small group of families that constitute the . The current head of the house bears the title of Herzog, Duke of Arenberg, while all other members are princes or princesses. They all enjoy the style of Serene Highness. In 1827, Prince Pierre d'Arenberg, third son of the 6th Duke of Arenberg, was granted the French nobility, French noble title of duke by King Charles X of France, Charles X and was made a hereditary peer of France. His descendants form a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lahovary
The Lahovary family (spelled in ''Romanian'' as Lahovari) is an old Romanian aristocratic family of Greek descent. Throughout the centuries members of this family occupied many prominent positions in the Principality of Wallachia and later in the Kingdom of Romania. Notable members of the family * Gheorghe I. Lahovary, engineer and writer *Iacob Lahovary, politician who was the Minister of War and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kingdom of Romania *Ioan Lahovary, politician who was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kingdom of Romania *Alexandru Lahovary, politician who was Minister of Justice, Minister of Agriculture, Industry, Trade and Property, Minister of Public Works and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kingdom of Romania *Nicolae Lahovary, anthropologist and diplomat who was Minister plenipotentiary to Albania and Switzerland * Marthe Lucie Lahovary, princess, writer and daughter of Ioan Lahovary Ioan N. Lahovary or Ion Lahovari; January 25, 1844 – June 14, 1915) was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miloš Obrenović I
Miloš, Milos, Miłosz or spelling variations thereof is a mainly male Slavic given name and a surname. It may refer to: Given name Sportsmen * Miłosz Bernatajtys, Polish rower * Miloš Bogunović, Serbian footballer * Miloš Budaković, Serbian footballer * Miloš Ćuk, Serbian water polo player, Olympic champion * Miloš Dimitrijević, Serbian footballer * Miloš Đelmaš, Serbian footballer * Miloš Holuša, Czech race walker * Miloš Jojić, Serbian footballer * Miloš Korolija, Serbian water polo player * Miloš Krasić, Serbian footballer * Miloš Marić, Serbian footballer * Miloš Milošević, Croatian swimmer * Miloš Milutinović, Serbian footballer and manager * Miloš Nikić, Serbian volleyball player * Miloš Ninković, Serbian footballer * Miloš Pavlović (racing driver), Serbian racing driver * Milos Raonic, Montenegrin-born Canadian tennis player * Miloš Stanojević (rower), Serbian rower * Miloš Šestić, Serbian footballer * Miloš Teodosić, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Of Belgrade
The mayor of Belgrade () is the head of the City of Belgrade (the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia). The mayor acts on behalf of the city, and performs an Executive (government), executive function in the City of Belgrade. The position is important as the city is the most important hub of Economy of Serbia, economy, Culture of Serbia, culture, :Science and technology in Serbia, science and technology in Serbia. The current mayor of Belgrade is Aleksandar Šapić of the Serbian Progressive Party, elected after the 2024 Belgrade City Assembly election, 2024 City Assembly election. Office According to the current legislation, the mayor is elected along with members of the City Assembly of Belgrade, City Assembly at the direct secret ballot for the period of four years. The mayor may not be a councilor of the City Assembly. The mayor has a deputy who replaces him or her in case of an extended absence and/or due to any other reasons that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
