Alexander I Of Yugoslavia
Alexander I (Serbo-Croatian: Aleksandar I Karađorđević, Cyrillic script: Александар I Карађорђевић), also known as Alexander the Unifier (Serbo-Croatian: Aleksandar Ujedinitelj, Cyrillic script: Александар Ујединитељ, 16 December 1888 – 9 October 1934) was the first king of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929–34) as well as the last king of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1921–29).
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