page_title: Alexander I of Serbia
section_title: Accession
hierarchical_section_title: Alexander I of Serbia / Accession
caption_attribution_description: Magyar: Ifj. Divald Károly képe Milán szerb királyról és fiáról, Sándorról English: Milan, King of Serbia and his son, Alexander
context_page_description: Alexander I or Aleksandar Obrenović was king of Serbia from 1889 to 1903 when he and his wife, Draga Mašin, were assassinated by a group of Royal Serbian Army officers, led by Captain Dragutin Dimitrijević.
context_section_description: Alexander was born on 14 August 1876 to King Milan and Queen Natalie of Serbia. He belonged to the Obrenović dynasty.
  In 1889, King Milan unexpectedly abdicated and withdrew to private life, proclaiming Alexander king of Serbia under a regency until he should attain his majority at eighteen years of age. His mother became his regent. His parents were second cousins. In 1893, King Alexander, aged sixteen, arbitrarily proclaimed himself of full age, dismissed the regents and their government, and took the royal authority into his own hands. His action won popular support, as did his appointment of a radical ministry. In May 1894 King Alexander arbitrarily abolished King Milan's liberal constitution of 1888 and restored the conservative one of 1869. His attitude during the Greco-Turkish War (1897) was one of strict neutrality.
  In 1894 the young King brought his father, Milan, back to Serbia and, in 1898, appointed him commander-in-chief of the Serbian army. During that time, Milan was regarded as the de facto ruler of the country.
caption: Young Alexander with his father King Milan in 1888 less than a year before Milan abdicated the throne in favour of his underage son.
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