Prince Pavle of Yugoslavia (April 27, 1893, Saint Petersburg, Russia – September 11, 1976, Paris, France) of the Royal House of Karadjordjevic was regent of Yugoslavia for his nephew, King Peter II. He was married with Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark in 1923. April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... Jump to: navigation, search September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... The term Royal House refers to the official designation and name of a royal family instead of surname. ... The Karađorđević Serbian ruling dynasty is descended from Karađorđe. ... // High public office A regent, from the Latin regens who reigns is anyone who acts of head of state, especially if not the Monarch (who has higher titles). ... The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a Balkan state which existed from December 1, 1918 to mid-April 1941. ... HM King Peter II (6 September 1923 – 3 November 1970) was the last King of Yugoslavia. ... Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark (June 11, 1903 - October 16, 1997) was the grand-daughter of King George I of Greece and wife of the last Prince Regent of Yugoslavia. ...

Prince Paul of Yugoslavia was the only son of Prince Arsen and Princess Aurora Demidoff. He was brother-in-law of the Duke of Kent and a Knight of the Garter, George VI, as Duke of York, had been his best man at his wedding in Belgrade in 1923. He had been educated at Oxford and his closest friends and outlook on life were British. Coat of arms of the Demidov family. ... George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George) (December 14, 1895 - February 6, 1952) was the third British monarch of the House of Windsor, reigning from December 11, 1936 to February 6, 1952. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Jump to: navigation, search Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ...

He took the regency on October 9, 1934 after King Alexander's assassination in Marseille and ruled the country until he decided to sign the Tripartite Pact in Vienna on March 25, 1941. Because of his decision, massive demonstrations took place in Belgrade and, after this, his nephew, together with a group of pro-English officers and middle class politicians, made a coup d'état on March 27, 1941. General Dušan Simović became prime minister and Yugoslavia backed out of the Axis sphere in all but name. Jump to: navigation, search October 9 is the 282nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (283rd in Leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Aleksandar I Karađorđević King Alexander I of Yugoslavia - Serbian Kralj Aleksandar I Karađorđević, in Cyrillic Краљ Александар I Карађорђевић (Cetinje, Montenegro, 16 December 1888 - France, 9 October 1934) of the Royal House of Karadjordjevic was the first king of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929-1934) and before that king of... City motto: Actibus immensis urbs fulget Massiliensis. ... The Tripartite Pact, also called the Three-Power Pact, was signed in Berlin on September 27, 1940 by representatives of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and Japan. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Hungarian: Bécs) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine federal states (Bundesland Wien). ... Jump to: navigation, search March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Jump to: navigation, search A coup détat (pronounced /ku de ta/), or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government, usually done by a small group or pillow that just replaces the top power figures. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Although the new rulers opposed Germany, they also feared that if Hitler attacked Yugoslavia, the United Kingdom was not in any real position to help. For the safety of the country, they declared that Yugoslavia would adhere to the Tripartite Pact. However, Nazi Germany invaded the Kingdom of Yugoslavia anyway and the royal family escaped abroad, Prince Pavle included. Jump to: navigation, search Adolf Hitler ▶(?) (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 and Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Chancellor) of Germany from 1934 to his death. ...

For the remainder of the war, Prince Paul was kept, with his family, under house arrest by the British in South Africa.

Princess Elizabeth, his only daughter, obtained and published information from the SOE files in the Foreign Office in London and published them in Belgrade, in the 1990 edition of the biography about her father, in Serbian. The original book Paul of Yugoslavia was written by Neil Balfour and the first was published by Eaglet Publishing in London in 1980.

Prince Paul died in Paris on September 11th, 1976 without ever returning to Yugoslavia.

Prince Pavle is father of Princess Jelisaveta of Serbia Yugoslavia, Prince Alexander (Paul's) of Yugoslavia and Prince Nikola of Yugoslavia, and grandfather of American actress Catherine Oxenberg. Jump to: navigation, search HRH Jelisaveta Karađorđević HRH Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, Serbian Cyrillic (born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia on April 7, 1936) is a member of the Serbian Karađorđević dynasty, a human rights activist and a former candidate for the presidency of the Republic of Serbia. ... Jump to: navigation, search There are several persons called Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia: See Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia for the current head of the house. ... Catherine Oxenberg (born September 22, 1961) is an American actress, best known for her performance as Amanda Carrington on Dynasty and as a socialite of royal ancestry. ...