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Alexander was born in Cetinje in Montenegro in December 1888. His father was King Peter I of Serbia and his mother Zorka of Montenegro.

On 8 June 1922Events January 7 Dali Eireann ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64-57 votes. January 10 Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dail Eireann January 11 First successful insulin treatment of diabetes. January 12 British government releases Irish prisoners he married Princess Mary of RomaniaMary of Romania Mary Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen ( 6 January 1900 22 June 1961) was the wife and Queen Consort of King Alexander of Yugoslavia. Princess Mary of Romania was born in Gotha, Thuringia in Germany, and was always known by the name Mignon''. Her f, the daughter of King Ferdinand of Romania.

On account of the deaths of three members of his family on a Tuesday, Alexander refused to undertake any public functions on that day. On Tuesday 9 October 1934 he had no choice, as he was arriving in Marseilles to start a state visitA state visit is a formal visit by one head of state to another country, at the invitation of the other country's head of state. State visits are the highest form of diplomatic contact between two states, and are marked by major ceremonial and diplomatic to the Third French Republic. When being driven in a car through the streets along with French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou, a gunman in the crowd shot the King, the Minister and the chauffeur. It was one of the first assassinations captured on film; the shooting occurred straight in front of the cameraman, who was only feet away at the time. The cameraman captured not merely the assassination but the immediate aftermath; the body of the chauffeur (who had been killed instantly) became jammed against the brakes of the car, allowing the cameraman to continue filming from within inches of the King for a number of minutes afterwards. The assassin was cut down by the sword of a mounted French policeman, then beaten by the crowd. By the time he was removed from the scene, he was already dead.

As his son Peter II was still minor, Peter's uncle Pavle Karadjordjevic took the regency of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

The film record of Alexander I's assassination remains one of the most historic pieces of newsreel in existence, alongside the film of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia's coronation, the funerals of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Emperor Franz Josef of Austria, and the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

The name Alexander of Yugoslavia is also sometimes applied to the Crown Prince Aleksandar, born 1945, who never reigned.