Peter I of Serbia

Peter I Of Serbia

Peter I (Serbian: Петар I Карађорђевић, Petar I Karađorđević) (29 June 1844 – 16 August 1921), was the last King of Serbia from 1903 to 1918, and subsequently the ruler of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (officially renamed Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929) from 1918 until his death. He was a member of the Royal House of Karađorđević. As the leader of the victorious Serbian Army in World War I, he received the title of Peter the Liberator (Kralj Petar Oslobodilac) after the war. He is the translator of John Stuart Mill's "On Liberty."

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