Kingdom of Serbia

Kingdom of Serbia
Краљевина Србија (Serbian) Kraljevina Srbija  (Serbian)
1882–1918
Flag Coat of arms
Motto С вером у Бога, за Краља и Отаџбину (S verom u Boga, za Kralja i Otadžbinu) "With faith in God, for King and Fatherland"
Anthem Bože pravde (Боже правде) "God of Justice"
The Kingdom of Serbia in 1914
Capital		Belgrade
Languages		Serbian
Religion		Serbian Orthodoxy
Government		Constitutional monarchy
King
•	1882–1889	Milan I
•	1889–1903	Alexander I
•	1903–1918	Peter I
Prime Minister
•	1882–1883	Milan Piroćanac (first)
•	1912–1918	Nikola Pašić (last)
Legislature		National Assembly
Historical era		New Imperialism / WWI
•	Proclamation of Kingdom	6 March 1882
•	Serbo-Bulgarian War	14 November 1885
•	Balkan Wars	1912–1913
•	Treaty of London	30 May 1913
•	Serbian Campaign	1914–1918
•	Creation of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes	1 December 1918
Currency		Serbian dinar
Preceded by Succeeded by Principality of Serbia Kingdom of Montenegro Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Today part of		Serbia  Macedonia  Kosovo

The Kingdom of Serbia (Serbian: Краљевина Србија / Kraljevina Srbija), often rendered as Servia in English sources during the time of its existence, was created when Prince Milan I of Serbia, ruler of the Principality of Serbia, was crowned king in 1882.

Since 1817 the Principality was ruled by the Obrenović dynasty (replaced by the Karađorđević dynasty for a short time). The Principality, suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire, de facto achieved full independence when the last Ottoman troops left Belgrade in 1867. The Congress of Berlin in 1878 recognized the formal independence of the Principality of Serbia, and in its composition entered Nis, Pirot, Toplica and Vranje districts /South part of Serbia/ /see map/.

In 1882 King Milan I proclaimed the Kingdom of Serbia and maintained a foreign policy friendly to Austria-Hungary.

Between 1912 and 1913 Serbia greatly enlarged its territory through engagement in the First and Second Balkan Wars - Sandžak-Raška, Kosovo Vilayet and Vardar Macedonia were annexed. As outcome of the World War One in 1918 it united with Vojvodina and Kingdom of Montenegro. Towards the end of 1918, Serbia joined with the newly created State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs to form the new Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as Kingdom of Yugoslavia) under the continued rule of the Serbian Karađorđević dynasty.