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In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
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May Coup (Serbia)
1903 military coup against King Alexander I of Serbia; Peter I installed
The May Coup was a coup d'état in the Kingdom of Serbia which resulted in the assassination of King Alexander I and his consort, Queen Draga, inside the Stari Dvor in Belgrade on the night of 10–11 June [O.S. 28–29 May] 1903. This act resulted in the extinction of the Obrenović…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Alexander I of Serbia
King of Serbia from 1889 to 1903
Alexander I was King of Serbia from 1889 until his death in 1903, when he and his wife, Draga Mašin, were assassinated by a group of Royal Serbian Army officers, led by Captain Dragutin Dimitrijević.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Draga Mašin
Queen of Serbia from 1900 to 1903
Draginja "Draga" Obrenović, née Lunjevica (Луњевица) and formerly Mašin (Машин), was Queen of Serbia as the wife of King Aleksandar Obrenović. She was formerly a lady-in-waiting to Aleksandar's mother, Queen Natalija.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Assassination
Murder of a prominent person
Assassination is the willful killing, by a sudden, secret, or planned attack, of a person—especially if prominent or important. It may be prompted by political, ideological, religious, financial, or military motives.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Black Hand (Serbia)
Serbian secret military society
Unification or Death, popularly known as the Black Hand, was a secret military society formed in May 1911 by officers in the Army of the Kingdom of Serbia. It gained a reputation for its alleged involvement in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in 1914 and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)