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Milan I., King of Servia, born August 10–22, 1854, the son of Milos Obrenovič, grandson of Jefrem, half-brother of Prince Milos. Succeeded to the throne, as Prince Milan Obrenovič IV., confirmed by the election of the Servian national assembly, after the assassination of his uncle, Prince Michail Obrenovic III., June 10, 1868. Crowned Prince at Belgrade, and assumed the government, August 22, 1872; proclaimed King, March 6, 1882; married October 17, 1875, to Natalie, born 1859, daughter of Colonel Keschko, of the Russian Imperial Guard; divorced October 24, 1888. Offspring of the union is a son, Alexander, born August 14, 1876.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Servia
1. Official Publications
Srpske Novioé (Official Gazette), 1888–89.
Statistique de la Serbie, 4. Belgrade, 1875–80.
Report by Mr. Locock on tha new law of Direct Taxation in Servia, in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Diplomatic and Consular Agents Abroad.’ Part I 1885. Folio.
Report by Hon. Alan Johnstone on Servian Railways, in Part I. of ‘Reports from H.M.’s Diplomatic and Consular Agents Abroad,’ 1886; and the State of Servian Finances, in Part IV. of ‘Reports from H.M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation,’ 1886.
Report by Consul-General Schuyler on the Foreign Commerce of Servia in ‘Reports from the Consuls of the United States.’ Ño. 31. 1883. Washington, 1883.
Report by Mr. Vansittart on the trade of Servia in No. 176 ‘Diplomatic and Consular Reports.’ London, 1887.
Report by the Belgian Minister to Servia, M. Emile de Borchgrave : Le Royaume de Serbie. Bruxelles, 1883.
2. Non-Official Publications
Balme (M.), La Principauté de Serbie. 8. Paris, 1880.
Boskovich (St.), La Mission de Serbie dans le Question d’Orient. Florence, 1887.
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Denton (William), Servia and the Servians. London, 1862.
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Gress (J. P.), Betrachtungen über das Fürstenthum Serbien. Wien, 1851.
Jakchich (Vladimir), Recueil statistique sur les contrées serbes. 8. Belgrade, 1875.
Kanitz (F.), Serbien : Historisch-ethnographische Reisestudien aus den Jahren 1859–68. 8. Leipzig, 1868.
Laveleye (Emile de), The Balkan Peninsula. 2 vols. London, 1887.
Leger (Louis), Le Monde Slave. Paris, 1873.
Mackenzie (A. Muir), Travels in the Slavonic Provinces of Turkey in Europe. 3rd edition. 2 vols. London, 1887.
Mijatovich (Elodie Lawton), The History of Modern Serbia. 8. London, 1872.
Minchin (J. G. C.), The Growth of Freedom in the Balkan Peninsula. London, 1886.
Paton (Andrew Archibald), Servia, the Youngest Member of the European Family. 8. London, 1845.
Ranke (Leopold), The History of Servia and the Servian Revolution. London, 1853, translated by Mrs. Ales. L. Kerr.
Reinach (J.), La Serbie et le Monténégro. Paris, 1876.
Taillandier (Saint-René), La Serbie au XIXe Siècle. Paris, 1872.
Thiers (Henri), La Serbie: son passé et son avenir. 8. Paris, 1862.
Yovanovich (Vladimir), Les Serbes, &c. Paris, 1870.
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Keltie, J.S. (1889). Servia. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253186_14
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