Maria of Yugoslavia
Also known as Princess Maria of Romania, Marija Karađorđević, Maria Karađorđević, Mignon, Princess Maria of Romania, Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Queen Maria, Queen Mother of Yugoslavia
Queen Consort of Yugoslavia (1922 - 1934)
Key facts
- Tenure
- 3 June 1922 – 9 October 1934
- Born
- ( 1900-01-06 ) 6 January 1900, Friedenstein Palace , Gotha , Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , German Empire
- Died
- 22 June 1961 (1961-06-22) (aged 61), Chelsea, London , England
- Burial
- Royal Burial Ground , Frogmore, Windsor (1961–2013), Royal Mausoleum Oplenac, Serbia (since 2013)
- Spouse
- Alexander I of Yugoslavia , ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1922 ; died 1934 )
- Issue
- Peter II of Yugoslavia Prince Tomislav Prince Andrew
- House
- Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (by birth), Karađorđević (by marriage)
- Father
- Ferdinand I of Romania
- Mother
- Marie of Edinburgh
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Maria (born Princess Maria of Romania; known in Serbian as Marija Karađorđević; 6 January 1900 – 22 June 1961), was Queen of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from 1922 to 1929 and Queen of Yugoslavia from 1929 to 1934 as the wife of King Alexander I. She was the mother of King Peter II. Her citizenship was revoked, and her property was confiscated by the Yugoslav communist regime in 1947, but she was posthumously rehabilitated in 2014.
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