page_title: Natalie of Serbia
section_title: Royal marriage
hierarchical_section_title: Natalie of Serbia / Royal marriage
caption_attribution_description: en:Natalie of Serbia
context_page_description: Natalija Obrenović, née Keschko, known as Natalie of Serbia, was the Princess of Serbia from 1875 to 1882 and then Queen of Serbia from 1882 to 1889 as the wife of Milan I of Serbia. Of ethnic Romanian origin, she was the daughter of Russian colonel Petre Keşco and Romanian noblewoman Princess Pulcheria Sturdza.
  A celebrated beauty during her youth, she was later regarded as one of the most beautiful queens in Europe.
context_section_description: She married her second cousin, Prince Milan Obrenović IV of Serbia on 17 October 1875. A delegation from Romania, which included members of the Romanian noble families Moruzi and Catargiu (Milan's maternal family to whom Natalia was related), attended her wedding ceremony. She had two sons with him, the future King Alexander, born 1876, whose godfather was Tsar Alexander II of Russia, and his younger brother Sergei (Sergej), who died just a few days after his birth in 1878.
  When Prince Milan proclaimed the Kingdom of Serbia in 1882 after securing international recognition, Princess Natalie assumed the title and rank of a queen.
  At the Easter reception of 1886, Queen Natalie publicly slapped the wife of the Greek ambassador. The Greek woman was rumored to have an affair with King Milan.
caption: Princess Natalie in 1875
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