Obrenović dynasty

Obrenović
Country Serbia
Titles
Founded 23 April 1815
Founder Miloš Obrenović I
Final ruler Alexander I
Current head H.R.H. Prince Predrag R. Obrenović
Deposition 11 June 1903
Ethnicity Serbian

The Obrenović (Serbian pronunciation: [obrěːnoʋit͡ɕ]; Serbian: Обреновићи, Obrenovići, often spelled in English as Obrenovich or Obrenovitch) was a Serbian dynasty that ruled Serbia from 1815 to 1842, and again from 1858 to 1903. They came to power through the leadership of their progenitor Miloš Obrenović I in the Serbian Uprising of (1815–1817) against the Ottoman Empire, which led to the formation of the Principality of Serbia in 1817. The monarchs tended to rule autocratically, their popularity waxing and waning over their decades in power.

The family's rule came to an end when an underground movement the Black Hand, murdered the last sovereign Alexander I, conspiracy organized by Prince Petar Karadjordjević. After the end of their rule, a constitutional monarchy headed by the House of Karađorđević took its place. After the overthrow one of their branch, descended from Jakov Obrenović, Miloš Obrenović's brother, H.R.H.Prince Predrag R. Obrenović became the successor of the Royal House Obrenovic and the Obrenovic claimant to the Serbian throne, after the breakup of Yugoslavia.

Unlike other Balkan states such as Greece, Bulgaria, or Romania, Serbia did not import a member of an existing European royal family to take its throne; the Obrenović dynasty, like its Karađorđević rival, was an indigenous Serbian family.

Monarchs

Unlike most other dynasties in Europe, where a numeral is used to distinguish different monarchs who shared the same given name, the Obrenović dynasty assigned a subsequent numeral to each ruling monarch. Thus, there was never a Milan I, Milan III, a Mihailo I or a Mihailo II. Milan II and Mihailo III were simply the second and third ruling monarchs from the Obrenović dynasty. For some reason this practice was discontinued with Alexander I, when a more standardized naming convention was adopted.

Other family members

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