Dobroslav II

Dobroslav II, (full name: Dobroslav Branimir Božidar) was a General of the army of Serbia and a politician who served as the Secretary of State of the Serbian Empire, he was an avid supporter of the Serbian monarchy, despite being of Yermanian origin.

He was also the head of the House of Božidar, a noble family of Yermanian origins which gained noble status from the Austro-Hungarian empire in the year of 1825 due to the creator of the house, Matic I's loyalty to the Austro-Hungarian crown, since he was a skilled Colonel of it's army.

## History

Dobroslav was born on the 17th of March, 1904, in the city of Ljubljana, located in the former Austro-Hungarian empire. Dobroslav started studying in school by the age of 6. He had an early fascination of the military, manifesting itself when he joined the Yermanian army in the year 1920, even if he was too young to do so.

Dobroslav's father was initially claimed to be "Dobroslav I," although before May of 1959, his father's origin story was never known. No known documents of Dobroslav matched with any documents in the past. Eventually, after DNA testing in March of 1959, it was revealed that his father was in fact Draža II Božidar, a war criminal and former chancellor of Yermania from 1928-1929.

### Yermanian republic

Under the Yermanian republic, Dobroslav would see himself rise up to the rank of Sergeant major after he was deployed as a volunteer in the Serbo-Croatian war of 1926-27, where he would fight off against the Serb forces.

He also saw his first introduction to politics during the 9 year lifespan of the nation, joining the Convention of Yermania in September of 1927, where he would speak out against the political opponents of his father. He however, unlike his father, did not advocate for war against the kingdom of Serbia during the latter's annexation process of Yermania in June of 1929.

After the annexation, Dobroslav would apparently travel to Kragujevac, in Serbia, where he would try to get used to living in the new nation. Soon enough, the Yermanian independence rebellion broke out and he became conflicted, he thought that if he joined the Serbs, he would've disgraced his family, but if he joined the Yermanians, he would've most likely been captured and put in a POW camp. He decided to not join either side in the end.

Soon, Dobroslav II decided to embrace the Serbian culture, becoming a full fledged patriot for Serbia and it's monarchy by the Winter of 1937 after realizing how similar Serbian and Yermanian culture was.

### Second world war and post-war

Dobroslav was drafted to the front in Austria with the 4th infantry battalion of Kragujevac in October of 1940, here he would see himself almost killed after an artillery strike hit only 12 meters away from him while he was fighting in the first battle of Salzburg in April of 1941.

He would also be promoted to Lieutenant in late 1941 and then eventually to Brigadier general in March of 1944, getting his own brigade called the Božidar's 2nd artillery brigade of Kragujevac. The war wouldn't last long after this however and in February of 1945, Dobroslav was captured and made into a Prisoner of War. He would be released and sent back to Kragujevac in April of 1945, however.

In late May of 1945, he would move to Belgrade and reunite with his father, Dobroslav I. After this, he tried to take a more political role, joining Franjo I's Yugoslav Monarchist Party in July of 1945.

During the Bosnian revolution, he was deployed in Tuzla, to make sure that the city is not filled with any traitors to the government.

## Crowning of Stefan Borislav I and promotion

On the 7th of April, 1952, Stefan Borislav I was coronated as the Emperor of the Serbian empire, after his father, Franjo I died during the Romanian revolution, which begun on the 23rd of February, 1952. After the revolution ended in June of 1952, Borislav announced the news to the people and went back to the parliament to discuss a new change to the nation's government.

The emperor started building up his cabinet of ministers, which included Petar I of the house of Potočnik being made into the minister of war of the empire. It all concluded with Dobroslav being promoted to the Secretary of State of the empire, the third man to have ever taken that title.

Dobroslav started participating in the expansionist wars that Stefan Borislav I had been declaring on the nations around the empire, gaining a lot of respect from the soldiers of the army and the people of the empire.

## Great European War

Dobroslav was deployed in Yermania during the beginning of the war. After they were pushed back, him and his forces had to relocate to the southern ends of Hungary, where he would push forward to try and knock the Kingdom of Hungary out of the war.

After the counter offensive in Hungary which knocked the nation out of the war in July of 1965, Dobroslav was moved back to the front in Yermania. However, he didn't need to stay there for too long, as he was soon called back to parliament in December of 1965.

### Aftermath, declining health and death

After the war, Dobroslav started to take longer and more frequent breaks from politics, as his heavy smoking had caused health problems for him. He could no longer go outside without a pack of cigarettes with him, showing how much of a reliance he had to smoking.

Soon enough, on the 19th of January, 1970, Dobroslav collapsed onto the ground while at his military headquarters located in Novi Sad. It had been revealed on the 20th that Dobroslav was suffering from lung cancer. The doctors fought hard, but on the 23rd of January, 1970, Dobroslav passed away from his lung cancer.

## Medals and Awards

* Order for exceptional Merits, 2nd class (Awarded: Unknown, supposedly around 1926)
* Order of the cross of Takovo (Awarded: 16th of April, 1936)
* Order of the White eagle, 2nd class (Awarded: 19th of January, 1943)
* Order of Karađorđe's Star (Awarded: 29th of January, 1945)
* Order of the Serbian Flag, 1st class (Awarded: 6th of July, 1952)
* Order of St. Sava (Awarded: 25th of October, 1956)
* Cross of War (Awarded: 6th of March, 1960)
* Order of the Empire of Serbia, 1st class (Awarded: 11th of October, 1968)