| Milan Obrenović II Milan Obrenović II Милан Обреновић II | |
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 Portrait by an unknown artist, 1830s | |
| Prince of Serbia | |
| Reign | 25 June 1839 – 8 July 1839 |
| Predecessor | Miloš Obrenović I |
| Successor | Mihailo Obrenović III |
| Co-Regents | Jevrem Obrenović Toma Vučić Perišić Avram Petronijević |
| Born | (1819-10-21)21 October 1819 Kragujevac,Serbia |
| Died | 8 July 1839(1839-07-08) (aged 19) Belgrade, Serbia |
| Burial | St. Mark's Church, Belgrade |
| House | House of Obrenović |
| Father | Miloš Obrenović |
| Mother | Ljubica Vukomanović |
| Religion | Serbian Orthodox |
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Milan Obrenović II (Serbian Cyrillic:Милан Обреновић II,romanized: Milan Obrenović II) (21 October 1819 – 8 July 1839) was the rulingPrince of Serbia for just four weeks in 1839. By birth, he was a member of theHouse of Obrenović.[1]
Milan Obrenović was the eldest son and heir ofMiloš Obrenović I, Prince of Serbia and his wife,Princess Ljubica. He was ill from his earliest childhood and his health was poor throughout his entire life fromtuberculosis. He was a student of theBelgrade Higher School, modern-dayUniversity of Belgrade. He had a full curriculum of study, includingFrench andGerman languages. In 1830, when thePrincipality of Serbia obtained its autonomy, Milan Obrenović became the Crown Prince of Serbia and designated heir of his father.[2]
His father Miloš Obrenović I abdicated on 13 June 1839 in favour of Milan. However, by then, Milan was already gravely ill with tuberculosis.[3] After his father's resignation, all the officials present went to congratulate him on becoming aPrince. It was published in the official newspaper of thePrincipality of Serbia. After that, Milan was visited by officers led byIlija Garašanin. Garašanin introduced the officers to the new prince with the words: "My lord, the officers have come to bow to you, and to declare their loyalty and devotion toYour Highness." From his bed, Milan replied: "I thank the gentlemen officers for their loyalty, and I, for my part, assure the officers that I will make sure, in agreement with theSoviet, that the condition of the officers will improve. If God allows me to recover soon, I will invite you, gentlemen, toTopčider for lunch."[4] Prince Milan has never married, nor did he have any known children. Since his rule lasted only 26 days, no public documents were officially issued under his name. His death caused political crisis, and due to that, the "first regency" was formed inSerbia and lasted until 1840.[5]
He died on 8 July 1839 in Belgrade, aged 19, having never regained consciousness. After his death, his younger brotherMihailo Obrenović succeeded to the throne. Milan II was buried in the church ofPalilula, and later his grave was moved toSt. Mark's Church inBelgrade.[6]
Milan Obrenović, Prince of Serbia Born: 21 October 1819 Died: 8 July 1839 | ||
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| Preceded by | Prince of Serbia 25 June 1839 – 8 July 1839 | Succeeded by |
 Revolutionary Serbia(1804–1813) |  | |
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 Principality of Serbia(1815–1882) |
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 Kingdom of Serbia(1882–1918) | ||
 PR Serbia / SR Serbia(constituent republic ofFPR Yugoslavia / SFR Yugoslavia) (1945–1992) | ||
 Republic of Serbia(constituent republic ofFR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro) (1992–2006) |
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 Republic of Serbia(since 2006) |
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Regents or interimpresidents are initalics | ||