Milan I of Serbia spouse Natalie of Serbia
Marriage
Milan married Natalie Keshko on 17 October [O.S. 5 October] 1875 at the St. Michael's Cathedral, Belgrade, Serbia. Natalie, sixteen years of age, was the daughter of Bessarabian nobleman Petre Ivanovich Keschko, who served as a colonel in Russian Imperial Army. Natalie's mother, Pulcheria, was by birth Princess Sturdza, meaning that the couple were fairly close second cousins because Milan's mother Elena and Natalie's father Petre were the children of two sisters, meaning that Milan and Natalija shared a set of great-grandparents. This relation meant that their marriage had to be specifically approved by the church, namely Metropolitan Mihailo Jovanović, the Metropolitan of Belgrade, however, this wasn't done.A son, Alexander, was born to Natalija and Milan in 1876, but their relationship showed signs of friction right from the start.
At the end of the Serbo-Turkish War (1876–78), Europe's powers induced the Porte to acknowledge Serbian independence at the Treaty of Berlin.
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