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Natalie of Serbia
1941May, 8

Natalie of Serbia

Natalie of Serbia (b. 1859)
Natalija Obrenović (Serbian Cyrillic: Наталија Обреновић; 15 May 1859 – 8 May 1941), née Keshko (Romanian: Natalia Cheșcu; Russian: Наталья Кешко), 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.

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    World War II: Japan signs a treaty of alliance with Thailand.