Stefan Borislav II

Stefan Borislav II, was the second emperor of the Serbian Empire and used to be the eldest son of the former emperor of the Empire of Serbia, Stefan Borislav I.

## History

Borislav was born on the 19th of January, 1927, in the city of Belgrade. Borislav was born when his great grandfather, Zivko I of Serbia was ruling as the King of Serbia. Borislav started studying at a young age in a private school and eventually graduated at the age of 18, in the middle of the second world war.

Borislav was forced to flee the nation in April of 1945 and soon went into exile in Albania. However, as his grandfather became the Emperor of the newly formed Serbian empire, Borislav traveled back to Belgrade in February of 1950.

### Early military career

   Borislav decided that when he would be ruling, that he would be a king with great military knowledge, like his father. This culminated in him signing up for military school in September of 1952. As he was the son of the current ruling emperor, Borislav rose through the ranks extremely quickly, becoming a Lieutenant general by the outbreak of the Serbo-Bulgarian war in 1953.

Borislav was drafted to the front during the Serbo-Bulgarian war, in charge of the 5th infantry division, which was one of the divisions spearheading the southern invasion from Macedonia into Bulgaria. Borislav would impress the other generals by showing incredible bravery during the campaign, by walking into the battlefield to observe it himself with his soldiers.

For showing bravery matched like no other general in the army, he was promoted to Major general and was also made into the chief of staff of the Serbian ground forces from March of 1954-May of 1955.

## Great European War

When the Great European War broke out on the 15th of May, 1963, Borislav was not permitted to go to the battlefield himself by his father. Instead he was put in charge of taking care of the supply lines and making sure that supplies would reach the front lines. Borislav reluctantly agreed to take the job, as he was more interested in helping the soldiers up front.

Borislav was almost killed in February of 1965, as he was only 7 kilometres from the front, trying to make sure his men could get the supplies to the front under the rough, snowy conditions. On 9:05 AM on the 12th of February, 1965, Borislav was nearly hit by an artillery strike, however, the shell landed around 30 meters away from him. If the shell had arrived 10 minutes earlier, Borislav would've been hit and killed by it.

After the war, Borislav was present at the treaty of Hamburg, standing behind his father as he signed the treaty which ended the Great European War on the 24th of July, 1966.

## Third world war

Borislav was finally made a proper field marshal during the Third World War, fighting against the Reich from 1974-1977. He participated in many major battles during the war, including the Zagreb offensive, which was aimed to retake Zagreb in May of 1975. Borislav was overshadowed by other major generals however, such as Draža III and Rodavan Jovanovic.

Borislav's greatest contribution to the Serbian campaign in Germany was during the Dresden offensive, where Borislav, commanding the 3rd field army, pushed far into Saxony from the 9th of January, 1977 to the 20th of January, 1977, completely taking the state by the 22nd, which opened Berlin up for direct invasion.

Death of Borislav I and descent to the throne:
On the 15th of October, 1977, Borislav's father was visited by Petar I, who then called Borislav's most important ministers to the palace, where they'd all have one last meeting before the emperor's death. He was pronounced dead on the same day due to old age at 7 PM. Borislav then descended to the throne to become Emperor Stefan Borislav II.

Borislav decided to start introducing reforms to the army in January of 1978, making sure that it'd be ready if another conflict would erupt.

## Rule as Emperor of Serbia

Borislav was focused on making more liberal policies, appointing Alija Stojanovic as his new Prime Minister and developing new policies when it came to the ethnic groups, giving them more power in the widespread empire. Alija was focusing on religious policies as Borislav was liberalizing the government more and more.

Eventually, the Croatian revolution broke out in 1980. Borislav was initially weary about cracking down on his own citizens too hardly, but eventually gave in seeing how the Ustasha had done terrible crimes against the Serbian people. In March of 1981, it was revealed that Borislav had gonorrhea, meaning that he could not have kids. This confirmed that his brother, Borislav III, would become emperor.

### Death

After telling the parliament about his failing health, he went back to his palace in March of 1984 and spent longer and longer there. Soon enough, he became violently ill and a doctor diagnosed the emperor with liver disease on the 5th of May, 1984. Borislav passed away in the company of his brother and a few royal guards on the early morning of the 17th of May, 1984.

Borislav is currently buried beside his father in the Oplenac mausoleum and was buried there right after his funeral on the 19th of May, 1984. Along with him, were all of his medals and awards, except for the Order of Karađorđe's star.

## Medals and awards

* Order of St. Prince Lazarus (Awarded: 25th of March, 1945) (Buried)
* Order of Karađorđe's star (Awarded: 19th of July, 1951)
* Medal for bravery, gold (Awarded: 17th of January, 1954) (Buried)
* Sretenje order, 1st class (Awarded: 14th of March, 1960) (Buried)
* Order of the cross of Takovo (Awarded: 7th of October, 1966) (Buried)
* Order of the great Franjo, 1st class (Awarded: 8th of May, 1971) (Buried)
* Order of the Empire of Serbia, 1st class (Awarded: 15th of June, 1977) (Buried)
* Order of the Great Saint Borislav (Awarded: 18th of October, 1978) (Buried)
* Order of the Serbian Flag, 1st class (Awarded: 3rd of December, 1980) (Buried)
* Order of the White Eagle, 1st class (Awarded: 19th of March, 1983) (Buried)