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Kingdom of Serbia

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Kingdom of Serbia
Краљевина Србија  (Serbian)
Kraljevina Srbija  (Serbian)
1882–1918
Flag of Kingdom of Serbia
Flag
Coat of arms of Kingdom of Serbia
Coat of arms
Anthem: 
"Боже правде" / "Bože pravde"
(English: "God of Justice")
The Kingdom of Serbia in 1914
The Kingdom of Serbia in 1914
CapitalBelgrade
Common languagesSerbian
Religion
Serbian Orthodoxy (State religion)
GovernmentUnitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
King 
• 1882–1889
Milan I
• 1889–1903
Alexander I
• 1903–1918
Peter I
Prime Minister 
• 1882–1883 (first)
Milan Piroćanac
• 1912–1918 (last)
Nikola Pašić
LegislatureNational Assembly
Historical eraNew Imperialism, World War I
6 March 1882
• May Coup
10 June 1903
30 May 1913
10 August 1913
20 July 1917
28 November 1918
1 December 1918
CurrencySerbian dinar
Preceded by
Succeeded by
1882:
Principality of Serbia
1918:
Kingdom of Montenegro
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Today part ofSerbia
Montenegro
North Macedonia

The Kingdom of Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Краљевина Србија, romanized: Kraljevina Srbija) was a country in the Balkans which was created when the ruler of the Principality of Serbia, Milan I, was proclaimed king in 1882. It Collapsed in 1918 and merged with Slovenia,Croatia,Bosnia,and Montenegro into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes or better known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia after the Austro-Hungarian Empire collapsed in 1918 along with the German Empire while the Ottoman Empire collapsed in 1923 after World War 1 .