Natalie of Serbia

Natalie of Serbia
Portrait of Natalie by Vlaho Bukovac
Queen consort of Serbia
Tenure6 March 1882 – 6 March 1889
Princess consort of Serbia
Tenure17 October 1875 – 6 March 1882
Born(1859-05-15)15 May 1859
Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Died8 May 1941(1941-05-08) (aged 81)
Saint-Denis, German-occupied France
Burial
Old Cemetery of Lardy, Essonne[1]
SpouseMilan I of Serbia
IssueAlexander I of Serbia
Prince Sergei
Names
Natalija Obrenović
HouseKeșco (by birth)
Obrenović (by marriage)
FatherColonel Petre Cheșcu
MotherPrincess Pulcheria Sturdza
ReligionEastern Orthodox; later Roman Catholic
Portrait of Queen Natalie by Adèle Riché, 1875
Natalie and her brother Ioan at a costume ball
Natalie as a girl
Colonel Peter Keshko, father of Queen Natalie
Princess Pulcheria Sturdza, Natalie's mother
Queen Natalie in 1897
Queen Nathalie with Ružica Ruža Orešković, her lady-in-waiting and best friend, a relative of the poet Mira Alečković, Paris, beginning of 20th century

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.

A celebrated beauty during her youth,[2] she was later regarded as one of the most beautiful queens in Europe.[3][4]

  1. ^ Royal Tombs
  2. ^ Mitican 2008.
  3. ^ "How A Queen Keeps Beauty". Reading Eagle. 9 January 1897.
  4. ^ "Ex-Queen Natalie of Serbia is Found in Paris Convent" (PDF). New York Evening Post. 3 February 1930.