George, Crown Prince of Serbia

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Đorđe Karađorđević (Serbian: Ђорђе Карађорђевић; 1887–1972), known in English as George, was a Serbian prince and at first designated crown prince, a member of the Karađorđević dynasty as the eldest son of King Peter I of Serbia (r.  1903–1921) and the older brother of the succeeding king, Alexander I (r.  1921–1934). After beating his servant who died, and the media circus, he gave up his claim to the throne. He distinguished himself in the Royal Serbian Army, fighting in the Balkan Wars and World War I in the 1910s. His brother, now king, had him interned and diagnosed with schizophrenia. He remained in asylum for almost two decades, until released by the German Army upon their occupation of Yugoslavia in 1941. Germany wished to use him as their puppet, but he refused, and lived in peace at Beli Dvor during the war. He was the only member of the dynasty that was not sent into exile and declared enemy of the state by the Yugoslav Communists that won the war.

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