LIST OF SERBIAN SOVEREIGNS 1166-1945:

SERBIAN STATE UNTIL 1217:
HOUSE OF NEMANJIC (Nemanjici)


Stephen Nemanja

c. 1166-1196: STEPHEN NEMANJA (Stefan Nemanja)
Born in 1112/13 in Ribnica.
Father: Zavida. Mother: ?
Married Anna.
He was never crowned.
His issue who reigned: STEPHEN THE FIRST-CROWNED (+1228).
Abdicated in 1196 and retired in a monastery.
Died in 1199.
Buried with his consort Anna in the Monastery of Studenica.

1196-1217: STEPHEN THE FIRST-CROWNED (Stefan Prvovencani; King of Serbia 1217)

KINGDOM OF SERBIA 1217-1371:
HOUSE OF NEMANJIC (Nemanjici)
1217-1228: STEPHEN THE FIRST-CROWNED (Stefan Prvovencani)
Born in ?
Father: Stephen Nemanja. Mother: Anna.
Married firstly in 1191 Princess Eudoxia of Byzantium (divorced 1200/01).
Married secondly in 1204 (an unknown princess).
Married thirdly in 1207 Anna Dandolo (+c. 1255).
He was crowned in 1221 in Zica Monastery.
His issue who reigned:
-STEPHEN RADOSLAV (*c. 1192,+after 1235; son of Eudoxia),
-STEPHEN LADISLAUS (+after 1267),
-STEPHEN UROS I (+c. 1277).
Died in 1228.
Buried in the Monastery of Studenica.
His Queen Anna Dandolo was buried in Sopocani Monastery.

1228-1233: STEPHEN RADOSLAV (Stefan Radoslav)
Born in c. 1192.
Father: King Stephen the First-Crowned of Serbia. Mother: Princess Eudoxia of Byzantium.
Married Princess Anna Komnina of Salonica.
He was crowned in 1228.
Abdicated in 1233 and retired in a monastery.
Died after 1235.
Buried in the Monastery of Studenica.

1233-1243: STEPHEN LADISLAUS (Stefan Vladislav)
Born in c. 1192.
Father: King Stephen the First-Crowned of Serbia. Mother: ?
Married in c. 1233 Princess Beloslava of Bulgaria.
Abdicated in 1243 and retired in a monastery.
Died after 1267.
Buried with his Queen Beloslava of Bulgaria in the Monastery of Mileseva.

1243-1276: STEPHEN UROS I (Stefan Uros I)
Born in c. 1192.
Father: King Stephen the First-Crowned of Serbia. Mother: ?
Married Princess Helen of Anjou (*1230,+1314).
His issue who reigned:
-STEPHEN DRAGUTIN (+1316),
-STEPHEN UROS II (*c. 1253,+1321).
Abdicated in 1276 and retired in a monastery.
Died in 1277.
Buried in the Monastery of Sopocani.
His Queen Helen of Anjou was buried in Gradac Monastery.


King Stephen Dragutin

1276-1282: STEPHEN DRAGUTIN (Stefan Dragutin)
Born in ?.
Father: King Stephen Uros I of Serbia. Mother: Queen Helen of Anjou.
Married in c. 1268 Princess Catharine of Hungary (+after 1314).
His issue who reigned: Elizabeth (+1331; Princess of Bosnia).
Abdicated in 1282 and retired in a monastery.
Died in 1316.
Buried in the Monastery of Durdevi Stupovi.

1282-1321: STEPHEN UROS II (Stefan Uros II Milutin)
Born in c. 1253.
Father: King Stephen Uros I of Serbia. Mother: Queen Helen of Anjou.
Married firstly Jelena (divorced in 1282).
Married secondly in 1282 a daughter of John I of Thessaly (divorced in 1283).
Married thirdly in 1283 Princess Elizabeth of Hungary (+1323). Divorced in 1284.
Married fourthly in 1284 Princess Anna of Bulgaria (divorced in 1299).
Married fifthly in 1299 Princess Simonida of Byzantium.
His issue who reigned:
-STEPHEN UROS III (*c. 1274,+1331; son of Jelena),
-Anna (*after 1275,+after 1346; Czarina of Bulgaria).
Died in 1321.
Buried firstly in the Monastery of Banjska. In 1460 interred in the Cathedral of Sveta Nedelja in Sofia, Bulgaria.

1321-1331: STEPHEN UROS III (Stefan Uros III Decanski)
Born in c. 1274.
Father: King Stephen Uros II of Serbia. Mother: Princess Helen (Jelena).
Married firstly in 1299 Princess Theodora of Bulgaria (+1322).
Married secondly in 1324 Maria Paleolog (*c. 1312,+1355).
His issue who reigned: STEPHEN UROS IV (*c. 1308,+1355; son of Theodora).
Died in 1331.
Buried with his second consort Queen Maria in the Monastery of Visoki Decani.
His first consort Queen Theodora of Bulgaria was buried at the Monastery of Banjska.

1331-1355: STEPHEN UROS IV (Stefan Uros IV Dusan)
Born in c. 1308.
Father: King Stephen Uros III of Serbia. Mother: Queen Theodora of Bulgaria.
Married in 1332 Princess Helen of Bulgaria (*1310,+1376).
He was crowned in 1346 at Skopje.
His issue who reigned: STEPHEN UROS V (*1337,+1371).
Died in 1355.
Buried firstly in the Monastery of the Holy Archangels near Prizren, now at St Mark's Church in Belgrade.

1355-1371: STEPHEN UROS V (Stefan Uros V)
Born in 1337.
Father: King Stephen Uros IV of Serbia. Mother: Queen Helen of Bulgaria.
Married in 1360 Anna of Wallachia.
Died in 1371.
Buried firstly in a monastery near Sarenik. In 1705 his remains were transferred to the Monastery of Jazak where they remained (with short intervals when they were transferred to monasteries in Vrdnik and Krusedol 1726-1731) until 1942. Since 1942 the mortal remains of the king have been kept at St Mark's Church in Belgrade.


SERBIAN STATE 1371-1459:
HOUSE OF LAZAREVIC (Lazarevici)


Prince Lazar Hrebeljanovic

1371-1389: LAZAR HREBELJANOVIC
Born in c. 1329 at Prilepec.
Father: Pribac Hrebeljanovic. Mother: ?
Married in c. 1353 Milica (+1405).
His issue who reigned:
-STEPHEN LAZAREVIC (*c. 1377,+1427),
-Olivera (*c. 1378,+1403; wife of Sultan Bayezid I of Turkey),
-Dragana (*after 1348,+1395; Czarina of Bulgaria),
-Helen (Jelena, +1443; wife of Lord Durad II of Montenegro).
Died in 1389 at the battlefield of Kosovo Polje.
Buried firstly at Pristina, then in 1391 at Ravanica Monastery. In 1697 reburied in Vrdnik Monastery and in 1942 Prince Lazar's mortal remains were tarnsferred to the Orthodox Cathedral in Belgrade. In 1989 his remains were reburied in the Monastery of Ravanica.
His consort Princess Milica was buried at the Monastery of Ljubostinja.


Stephen Lazarevic

1389-1427: STEPHEN LAZAREVIC (Stefan Visoki Lazarevic)
Born in c. 1377.
Father: Prince Lazar Hrebeljanovic of Serbia. Mother: Princess Milica of Serbia.
Married in 1405 Helen.
Died in 1427 near Kragujevac.
Buried at the Monastery of Manasija.

HOUSE OF BRANKOVIC (Brankovici)
1427-1456: GEORGE BRANKOVIC (Durad Brankovic)
Born in c. 1375.
Father: Vuk Brankovic. Mother: Princess Mara Hrebeljanovic of Serbia.
Married firstly a Byzantine princess.
Married secondly in 1414 Irene Cantacuzino (+1457).
His issue who reigned:
-Mara (*c. 1401,+1487; wife of Sultan Murat II of Turkey),
-STEPHEN THE BLIND (*1420,+1476; son of Irene),
-LAZAR BRANKOVIC (*1421,+1458; son of Irene).
Died in 1456.
Probably buried in the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin at Smederevo.

1456-1458: LAZAR BRANKOVIC
Born in 1421.
Father: Prince Durad Brankovic of Serbia. Mother: Irene Cantacuzino.
Married in 1446 Helen (Jelena) Paleolog.
His issue who reigned: Helen (Jelena; *1447,+after 1489; Queen of Bosnia).
Died in 1458.

1458-1459: STEPHEN THE BLIND (Slepi Stefan Brankovic)
Born in 1420.
Father: Prince Durad Brankovic of Serbia. Mother: Irene Cantacuzino.
Married in 1460 in Albania Angelina Komnina.
Deposed in 1459 and exiled in Hungary-Croatia and in the Venetian Republic.
Died in 1476.

1459-1804: OTTOMAN OCCUPATION

PRINCIPALITY OF SERBIA 1804-1882 (Turkish fief until 1878):
HOUSE OF KARADORDEVIC (Karadordevici)


George the Black Karadorde

1804-1813, nominally 1813-1815: GEORGE THE BLACK KARADORDE
(Dorde Petrovic Karadorde) (click here to see the tree)
Born in 1762 in Visevac.
Father: Petar. Mother: Marica Zivkovic.
Married in 1786 Jelena Jovanovic (*1765 Maslosevo,+1842 Belgrade).
Elected supreme leader of the Serbs in 1804.
Deposed and forced to flee in 1813.
His issue who ruled: ALEXANDER I (*1806,+1885).
Died in 1817 at Radovanje near Smederevo (murdered).
His body was buried firstly at Radovanje forest (his head was sent to the Sultan in Constantiople). In 1930 his remains were translated to St George's Church at Topola-Oplenac where his wife was buried, too.

HOUSE OF OBRENOVIC (Obrenovici) (click here to see the tree)
1815-1839: MILOS OBRENOVIC I (1st time)
Born in 1783 in Srednja Dobrinja.
Father: Teodor Mihajlovic. Mother: Visnja Urosevic.
Married in 1804 Ljubica Vukomanovic (*1785 Srezojevci,+1843 Novi Sad).
He was never crowned.
His issue who ruled:
-MILAN II (*1819,+1839),
-MICHAEL III (*1823,+1868).
Abdicated in 1839 in favour of his son Milan and left Serbia. Resumed power in 1858.
Died in 1860 in Belgrade.
Buried at Orthodox Cathedral in Belgrade.
His consort Princess Ljubica was buried at Krusedol Monastery.

1839: MILAN OBRENOVIC II
Born in 1819 in Kragujevac.
Father: Prince Milos I of Serbia. Mother: Princess Ljubica.
Unmarried.
He was never crowned.
Died in 1839 in Belgrade.
Buried at St Mark's Church in Belgrade.


Prince Michael Obrenovic III

1839-1842: MICHAEL OBRENOVIC III (Mihailo III; 1st time)
Born in 1823 in Kragujevac.
Father: Prince Milos I of Serbia. Mother: Princess Ljubica.
Married in 1853 Countess Julia Hunyady of Kéthely (*1831 Vienna,+1919 Vienna).
He was never crowned.
Deposed in 1842. Regained his throne in 1860.
Died in 1868 in Belgrade (assassinated).
Buried at Orthodox Cathedral in Belgrade.
His consort Princess Julia was buried in Vienna.

HOUSE OF KARADORDEVIC (Karadordevici)
1842-1858: ALEXANDER I KARADORDEVIC (Aleksandar I)
Born in 1806 in Topola.
Father: George the Black Karadorde Petrovic. Mother: Jelena Jovanovic.
Married in 1830 in Hotin, Moldavia Persida Nenadovic (*1813 Brankovina,+1873 Vienna).
He was never crowned.
His issue who ruled: PETER I (*1844,+1921).
Abdicated in 1858 and exiled in Austria-Hungary.
Died in 1885 in Temesvar (Timisoara).
Buried firstly in Vienna. In 1911 his and his wife's remains were reburied at St George's Church at Topola-Oplenac.

HOUSE OF OBRENOVIC (Obrenovici)
1858-1860: MILOS OBRENOVIC I (2nd time)

1860-1868: MICHAEL OBRENOVIC III (Mihailo III; 2nd time)

1868-1882: MILAN OBRENOVIC IV (King of Serbia from 1882 as Milan I)

KINGDOM OF SERBIA 1882-1918:
HOUSE OF OBRENOVIC (Obrenovici)


King Milan I

1882-1889: MILAN I
Born in 1854 in Marasesci, Romania.
Father: Prince Milos of Serbia. Mother: Princess Marija.
Married in 1875 in Belgrade Natalija Kesko (*1859 Florence,+1941 Saint-Denis near Paris).
He was never crowned.
His issue who ruled: ALEXANDER I (*1876,+1903).
Abdicated in 1889 in favour of his son Alexander and left for Austria-Hungary.
Died in 1901 in Vienna.
Buried at Krusedol Monastery.
His Queen Natalia was buried in the old cemetery in Lardy, Essonne (France).


King Alexander I Obrenovic

1889-1903: ALEXANDER I OBRENOVIC (Aleksandar I Obrenovic)
Born in 1876 in Belgrade.
Father: King Milan I of Serbia. Mother: Queen Natalia of Serbia.
Married in 1900 in Belgrade Draga Lunjevica-Masin (*1886 Gornji Milanovac,+1903 Belgrade).
He was never crowned.
Died in 1903 in Belgrade (assassinated together with his wife).
Buried with his consort Queen Draga at St Mark's Church in Belgrade.

HOUSE OF KARADORDEVIC (Karadordevici)
1903-1918: PETER I (Petar I; King of Yugoslavia from 1918)

KINGDOM OF YUGOSLAVIA 1918-1945 (Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes 1918-1929):
HOUSE OF KARADORDEVIC (Karadordevici)


King Peter I of Serbia and Yugoslavia

1918-1921: PETER I (Petar I)
Born in 1844 in Belgrade.
Father: Prince Alexander I Karadordevic of Serbia. Mother: Princess Persida Nenadovic.
Married in 1883 in Cetinje Princess Zorka of Montenegro (*1864 Cetinje,+1890 Cetinje).
Elected King of Serbia in 1903.
He was crowned in 1904 in the Orthodox Cathedral in Belgrade.
His issue who ruled: ALEXANDER I (*1888,+1934).
Died in 1921 in Belgrade.
Buried with his wife Princess Zorka at St George's Church at Topola-Oplenac.


King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Queen Marie

1921-1934: ALEXANDER I OF YUGOSLAVIA (Aleksandar I)
Born in 1888 in Cetinje, Montenegro.
Father: King Peter I of Serbia. Mother: Princess Zorka of Montenegro.
Married in 1922 in Belgrade Princess Marie of Romania (*1900 Gotha,+1961 London).
He was never crowned.
His issue who ruled: PETER II (*1923,+1970).
Died in 1934 in Marseille, France (assassinated).
Buried at St George's Church at Topola-Oplenac.
His consort Queen Marie was buried at the Royal Burial Ground at Frogmore near Windsor, England.


King Peter II of Yugoslavia

1934-1945: PETER II (Petar II)
Born in 1923 in Belgrade.
Father: King Alexander I of Yugoslavia. Mother: Queen Marie (Marija) of Romania.
Married in 1944 in London Princess Alexandra of Greece (*1921 Athens,+1993 Burges Hills near Lewes).
He was never crowned.
Issue of marriage: Crown Prince Alexander (*1945).
Exiled in England following German invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941.
Deposed by communists in 1945.
Died in 1970 in Denver, USA.
Buried at Serbian Monastery of St Sava in Libertyville, Illinois (USA).
His Queen Alexandra of Greece was buried in the Royal Burial Ground at Tatoi near Athens.

REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA FROM 1945.
REPUBLIC OF SERBIA FROM 2006


Select Bibliography
Markus J.: Rodoslovi srpskih dinastija iz Zete i Crne Gore, Cetinje 2004
Nikolic D.: Svi vladari Srbije, Despotovac 2003