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POLITICIAN

Peter II of Yugoslavia

1923 - 1970

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Peter II Karađorđević (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар II Карађорђевић, romanized: Petar II Karađorđević; 6 September 1923 – 3 November 1970) was the last king of Yugoslavia, reigning from October 1934 until he was deposed in November 1945. He was the last reigning member of the Karađorđević dynasty. The eldest child of King Alexander I and Maria of Romania, Peter acceded to the Yugoslav throne in 1934 at the age of 11 after his father was assassinated during a state visit to France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter II of Yugoslavia has received more than 1,759,379 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Peter II of Yugoslavia is the 962nd most popular politician (up from 1,206th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Serbia (up from 16th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Serbian Politician.

Peter II of Yugoslavia is most famous for being the last king of Yugoslavia. He was in power from 1934 to 1945. He was overthrown by a coup d'état and was forced to abdicate the throne.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Peter II of Yugoslavia ranks 962 out of 15,577Before him are Harold Wilson, Kayqubad I, Gediminas, Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, James I of Aragon, and Guangxu Emperor. After him are Constantine II, Ferdinand I of Romania, Abolhassan Banisadr, Casimir III the Great, Zewditu, and Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Peter II of Yugoslavia ranks 15Before him are Charlton Heston, Marcel Marceau, Irma Grese, Rocky Marciano, Wojciech Jaruzelski, and Italo Calvino. After him are Carroll Shelby, György Ligeti, Richard Attenborough, Franco Zeffirelli, Alan Shepard, and Mas Oyama. Among people deceased in 1970, Peter II of Yugoslavia ranks 16Before him are Sukarno, Hjalmar Schacht, Max Born, Nelly Sachs, Édouard Daladier, and Alexander Kerensky. After him are Mark Rothko, Paul Celan, François Mauriac, Semyon Timoshenko, Napoleon Hill, and Otto Heinrich Warburg.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Peter II of Yugoslavia ranks 15 out of 564Before him are Maximian (240), Constantius II (317), Licinius (263), Constantius Chlorus (250), Peter I of Serbia (1844), and Claudius Gothicus (210). After him are Gratian (359), Probus (232), Saint Sava (1169), Novak Djokovic (1987), Jovian (331), and Marina Abramović (1946).

Among POLITICIANS In Serbia

Among politicians born in Serbia, Peter II of Yugoslavia ranks 12Before him are Maximian (240), Constantius II (317), Licinius (263), Constantius Chlorus (250), Peter I of Serbia (1844), and Claudius Gothicus (210). After him are Gratian (359), Probus (232), Jovian (331), Alexander I of Serbia (1876), Karađorđe (1768), and Constantius III (370).