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Alexander I reigned as the king of Serbia from 1889 to 1903 when he and his wife, Draga Mašin, were assassinated by a group of Royal Serbian Army officers, led by Captain Dragutin Dimitrijević.
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politics · King of Serbia from 1889 to 1903 · politician · also Alexander I of Serbia, Alexander I Obrenovic, King of Serbia, Alexander I, Serbia
Born 2 August 1876 · Died 29 May 1903 · Q297547
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They are casting their problems at society. And, you know, there's no such thing as society. There are individual men and women and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look after themselves first. It is our duty to look after ourselves and then, also, to look after our neighbours.
The greatest task before civilization at present is to make machines what they ought to be, the slaves, instead of the masters of men.
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“They are casting their problems at society. And, you know, there's no such thing as society. There are individual men and women and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look after themselves first. It is our duty to look after ourselves and then, also, to look after our neighbours.”
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“The greatest task before civilization at present is to make machines what they ought to be, the slaves, instead of the masters of men.”
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“Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.”
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Died 1903-05-29.
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Alexander's rival Peter Кarađorđević was proclaimed king by followers at Šabac, and Alexander responded by organizing a military cabinet and suspending the constitution
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Issued a moderately liberal constitution
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Introducing for the first time in the constitutional history of Serbia the system of two chambers (skupština and senate)
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Penalties were brought down upon the Radical and the Russophil parties, which the court sought to tie to an attempted assassination of the former King Milan
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Won: Spain with Knight of the Order of Berthold the First, 1894 (September 1897).
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When she was serving as a maid of honor to his mother
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Won: Kingdom of Italy with Knight of the Order of Berthold the First, 1894 (November 1896).
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The young King brought his father, Milan, back to Serbia and, in 1898, appointed him commander-in-chief of the army
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Won: Kingdom of Portugal with Knight of the Order of Berthold the First, 1894 (August 1893).
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Proclaiming himself of age and dissolving national assembly
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Won: Austria-Hungary with Founder of the Order of Miloš the Great, 1898 (1891).
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King Milan unexpectedly abdicated and withdrew to private life, proclaiming Alexander king of Serbia
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Born 1876-08-02.
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