DRAGA, QUEEN OF SERBIA. (1866-1903). Queen Consort of King Alexander of Serbia, murdered with her husband in a bloody military coup. ALS. ("Draga Maschine"). 1 1/8pp. 8vo. Sachino [?], November 20, 1896. To a gentleman. In French with translation.

"The tickets for the lottery of the ring of her Majesty the Queen Nathalie of Serbia being at the jeweler Méllério in Paris, I just wrote to him to ask him to send you one ... Please believe, sir, in my respectful regards..."

With the declaration of the Kingdom of Serbia in 1882, Milan I from the Austro-Hungarian-aligned House of Obrenović became its first king and his wife, Natalija, his queen. Draga Mašin was the granddaughter of a close friend of Prince Miloš Obrenović, the grand-uncle of King Milan. Our letter was written in her role as lady in waiting to Queen Natalija.

With the declaration of the Kingdom of Serbia in 1882, Milan I, from the Austro-Hungarian-alignedHouse of Obrenović, became its first king. Inexplicably, in 1889, he abdicated and named his 12-year-old son, Alexander I, as his heir. Because of his age, a ministry was formed that appointed his mother, Queen Natalija(who had divorced the former king), as regent. Four years later, Alexander led a coup d'état, declared himself of age and assumed full control of the government. Nevertheless, the former king and queen exerted their influence over Alexander leading him to appoint his father as commander-in-chief of the army in 1897, thus making former King Milan the de facto ruler of Serbia. A government…

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