Kingdom of Serbia
1882–1918 kingdom in Southeastern Europe
The Kingdom of Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Краљевина Србија, romanized: Kraljevina Srbija) was a country in the Balkans which was created when the ruler of the Principality of Serbia, Milan I, was proclaimed king in 1882. It Collapsed in 1918 and merged with Slovenia,Croatia,Bosnia,and Montenegro into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes or better known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia after the Austro-Hungarian Empire collapsed in 1918 along with the German Empire while the Ottoman Empire collapsed in 1923 after World War 1 .
Kingdom of Serbia | |||||||||||
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1882–1918 | |||||||||||
Anthem: "Боже правде" / "Bože pravde" (English: "God of Justice") | |||||||||||
Capital | Belgrade | ||||||||||
Common languages | Serbian | ||||||||||
Religion | Serbian Orthodoxy (State religion) | ||||||||||
Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy | ||||||||||
King | |||||||||||
• 1882–1889 | Milan I | ||||||||||
• 1889–1903 | Alexander I | ||||||||||
• 1903–1918 | Peter I | ||||||||||
Prime Minister | |||||||||||
• 1882–1883 (first) | Milan Piroćanac | ||||||||||
• 1912–1918 (last) | Nikola Pašić | ||||||||||
Legislature | National Assembly | ||||||||||
Historical era | New Imperialism, World War I | ||||||||||
6 March 1882 | |||||||||||
• May Coup | 10 June 1903 | ||||||||||
30 May 1913 | |||||||||||
10 August 1913 | |||||||||||
20 July 1917 | |||||||||||
28 November 1918 | |||||||||||
1 December 1918 | |||||||||||
Currency | Serbian dinar | ||||||||||
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Today part of | Serbia Montenegro North Macedonia |