Prince Arsenije "Arsen" of Yugoslavia ( / ''Arsenije Karađorđević''; 16/17 April 1859 – 19 October 1938) was a dynast of the

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 Kin ...

and ancestor of the current

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of the Royal Family which ruled Yugoslavia until 1945. He served as an officer in the Russian Army.

Biography

He was born in

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a year after his father Prince Alexander Karađorđević had been deposed from the Serbian throne (the predecessor regime to the Yugoslavian monarchy). His mother was Persida Nenadović. Prince Arsen's elder brother was Peter I, King of Serbia and, later, of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Prince Arsen was married in

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on 1 May 1892 to Princess

Aurora Pavlovna Demidova Aurora Pavlovna Demidova, Princess of San Donato (2/3 November 1873 in Kiev – 28 June (OS: 16 June) 1904 in Turin) was a Russian noblewoman and by birth a member of the Demidov, House of Demidov. Early life Aurora was born as the eldest daug ...

of San Donato, daughter of

Pavel Pavlovich Demidov, 2nd Prince of San Donato Pavel Pavlovich Demidov, 2nd Prince of Villa San Donato, San Donato (; 9 October 1839 – 26 January 1885) was a Russian industrialist, jurist, Table of Ranks, master of the hunt at Russian imperial court, philanthropist and nobleman of the ...

(whose uncle, Prince Anatoly Demidov, had been first married to Princess Mathilde Bonaparte) and of Prince Pavel's second wife Princess Elena Petrovna Trubetskaya.''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' VIII. "Jugoslawien". C.A. Starke Verlag, 1968, pp. 95-36. (German). Their only son was

Prince Paul of Yugoslavia Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, also known as Paul Karađorđević (, English transliteration: ''Paul Karageorgevich''; 27 April 1893 – 14 September 1976), was prince regent of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia during the minority of King Peter II. Paul w ...

who was Regent of Yugoslavia from 9 October 1934 to 27 March 1941. The couple divorced on 26 December 1896 and Aurora Pavlovna was remarried to Count Nicola di Noghera in Genoa on 4 November 1897, with whom she had a daughter, Helena Aurora di Noghera (22 May 1898 – 12 October 1967). Aurora Pavlovna died in Turin on 28 June 1904. Prince Arsen died in

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on 19 October 1938. 100px, Royal Monogram of Prince Arsen of Yugoslavia

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arsen Karadordevic 1859 births 1937 deaths 19th-century Serbian royalty 20th-century Serbian royalty Russian people of Serbian descent Karađorđević dynasty Burials at the Mausoleum of the Royal House of Karađorđević, Oplenac Sons of princes regnant

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