May Coup (Serbia)

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May Coup

Illustration of the May Coup published in 1903 in the French newspaper Le Petit Parisien
Native name	Мајски преврат, Majski prevrat
Date	10–11 June [O.S. 28–29 May] 1903
Location	Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia
Also known as	May Overthrow
Type	Military coup
Motive	Regime change
Target	Stari Dvor, Belgrade
Organised by	Dragutin Dimitrijević Apis and other officers
Participants	Officer faction within the Royal Serbian Army
Outcome	Success Assassination of King Alexander I, Queen Draga, her brothers Nikodije and Nikola, and Prime Minister Dimitrije Cincar-Marković Accession of King Peter I and the Karađorđević dynasty to the throne
Burial	St. Mark's Church (Royal couple)

The May Coup (Serbian: Мајски преврат, romanized: Majski prevrat) 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 dynasty that had ruled Serbia since the middle of the 19th century. A group of Royal Serbian Army officers led by Captain Dragutin Dimitrijević (Apis) organized the assassination. After the May Coup, the throne passed to King Peter I of the Karađorđević dynasty.^[1]

Along with the royal couple, the conspirators killed prime minister Dimitrije Cincar-Marković, minister of the army Milovan Pavlović [sr], and general-adjutant Lazar Petrović.^[2] The coup had a significant influence on Serbia's relations with other European powers; the Obrenović dynasty had mostly allied with Austria-Hungary, while the Karađorđević dynasty had close ties both with Russia^[3] and with France. Each dynasty received ongoing financial support from their powerful foreign sponsors.^[4]