Alexander, prince of Serbia, Yugoslavian History, Biographies

Related Category: Yugoslavian History, Biographies

Alexander (Alexander Karadjordjevic)[karujOr´juvich] Pronunciation Key, 1806–85, prince of Serbia (1842–58), son of Karageorge (Karadjordje). He was elected to succeed the deposed Michael of Serbia. Weak and vacillating, he did not send troops to aid the Slavic minorities in Hungary during the revolution of 1848–49. He later submitted to Turkish and Austrian pressure in withholding his support from Russia in the Crimean War of 1854–56. Discontent with his ineffective government finally led his subjects to depose him and to recall Milos as king. In 1868, Alexander was condemned to death in absentia by a Serbian court for his alleged part in the assassination of Michael, who had succeeded Milos. Alexander was the father of Peter I of Yugoslavia.

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