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{{Short description|Ruling dynasty of the Kingdom of Serbia from 1815–42 and 1858–1903}}
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{{Royal house
| surname          = House of Obrenović
| type             = <!-- Royal house, noble house, etc. -->
| native_name      = Династија Обреновића
| native_name_lang = sr
| other_name       = 
| coat of arms     = Grb_Kneževskog_Doma_Obrenovića.png
| coat_of_arms_size= 200
| coat_of_arms_caption = Great Pavilion Arms of the House of Obrenović
| country          = {{country|Principality of Serbia}}<br />{{country|Kingdom of Serbia}}
| parent house     =
| titles           = 
* [[Prince of Serbia]]
* [[King of Serbia]]
| founder          = [[Miloš Obrenović I|Miloš I]]
| final ruler      = [[Alexander I of Serbia|Alexander I]]
| founding year    = {{Start date and years ago|1815}}
| deposition       = [[May Coup (Serbia)|1903]]
| cadet branches   =
}}

The '''House of Obrenović''' or '''Obrenović Dynasty''' ({{langx|sr|Династија Обрeновић|Dinastija Obrenović}}, {{small|[[plural|pl.]]}} Обрeновићи / Obrenovići, {{IPA|sh|obrěːnoʋitɕ|pron}}) was a [[Serbs|Serbian]] [[dynasty]] that ruled [[Kingdom of Serbia|Serbia]] from 1815 to 1842, and again from 1858 to 1903. 

They came to power through the leadership of their progenitor [[Miloš Obrenović]] in the [[Second Serbian Uprising|Serbian Uprising of 1815–1817]] against the [[Ottoman Empire]], which led to the formation of the [[Principality of Serbia]] in 1817. The Obrenović dynasty were traditionally allied with [[Austria-Hungary]] and opposed the [[Russian Empire|Russian]]-supported [[House of Karađorđević]].

The family's rule came to an end in a [[May Coup (Serbia)|coup d’état]] by the military conspirators, often known today as the [[Black Hand (Serbia)|Black Hand]],<ref>{{cite book |author1=Pallardy |first=Richard |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dragutin-Dimitrijevic |title=Dragutin Dimitrijevic |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Online |access-date=8 September 2016}}</ref> who invaded the royal palace and murdered King [[Alexander I of Serbia|Alexander I]], who died without an heir.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Tikkanen |first=Amy |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-king-of-Serbia |title=Alexander |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Online |access-date=8 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite book|author1=Thomas M. Poulsen|author2=John R. Lampe|author3=John B. Allcock|title=Serbia|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Online|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Serbia/Government-and-society|access-date=8 September 2016}}</ref> The National Assembly of Serbia invited [[Peter I of Serbia|Peter Karađorđević]] to become king of Serbia.<ref name="auto"/>

Like [[Kingdom of Montenegro|Montenegro]] and unlike other Balkan states such as [[Kingdom of Greece (Glücksburg)|Greece]], [[Kingdom of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]], or [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]], Serbia did not import a member of an existing European royal family (mostly German dynasties) to take its throne; the Obrenović dynasty, like its Karađorđević rival, was an indigenous Serbian family.

==List of monarchs==
{{See also|List of Serbian monarchs|List of heads of state of Serbia}}
Unlike most other dynasties in Europe, where a regnal number is used to distinguish different monarchs who shared the same given name, the Obrenović dynasty assigned subsequent regnal numbers to each ruling prince. Thus, there was never a Milan I, Milan III, a Michael I or a Michael II. Milan II and Michael III were simply the second and third ruling prince from the Obrenović dynasty. This practice was discontinued when prince Milan IV proclaimed himself king and declared the principality of Serbia a kingdom (1882).

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! style="width:12%;" | <small>Title</small><br>Name
! style="width:15%;" | Birth
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! style="width:13%;" | Spouse
! style="width:15%;" | Death
! style="width:15%;" | Claim
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|[[File:Knez Milos Obrenovic.jpg|100px]] || <sup>[[Revolutionary Serbia|Grand Vožd]]</sup><br><sup>[[Principality of Serbia|Prince]]</sup><br> <big>'''[[Miloš Obrenović, Prince of Serbia|Miloš I]]'''</big> || 18 March 1780 or 1783<br>[[Gornja Dobrinja]] near [[Požega (Serbia)|Požega]], [[Ottoman Empire]] || 23 April 1815<br>{{ndash}}<br>25 June 1839<br><hr>({{age in years and days|1815|4|23|1839|6|25}}) || [[Ljubica Vukomanović]] || 26 September 1860<br>[[Belgrade]], [[Principality of Serbia|Serbia]], Ottoman Empire <br>(aged 77 or 80) || Leader of the [[Second Serbian Uprising]].
|Abdicated.
|-
|[[File:Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia.jpg|100px]] || <sup>Prince</sup><br /> <big>'''[[Milan Obrenović, Prince of Serbia|Milan II]]'''</big> || 21 October 1819 <br>[[Kragujevac]], [[Principality of Serbia|Serbia]] || 25 June 1839<br>{{ndash}}<br>8 July 1839<br><hr>({{age in years and days |1839|6|25|1839|7|8}}) || — || 8 July 1839 <br> [[Belgrade]], Serbia<br>(aged 19) || 1st son of [[Miloš Obrenović, Prince of Serbia|Miloš I]]<br>and [[Ljubica Vukomanović]] || Died in office.
|-
|[[File:Jovan Popović, Prince Mihailo Obrenović 1841.jpg|100px]] || <sup>Prince</sup><br /> <big>'''[[Mihailo Obrenović, Prince of Serbia|Michael III]]'''</big> || 16 September 1823<br>[[Kragujevac]], [[Principality of Serbia|Serbia]] || 8 July 1839<br>{{ndash}}<br>14 September 1842<br><hr>({{age in years and days |1839|7|8|1842|9|14}}) || [[Júlia Hunyady de Kéthely]] || 10 June 1868<br>[[Belgrade]], Serbia<br>(aged 44) || 2nd son of [[Miloš Obrenović, Prince of Serbia|Miloš I]]<br>and [[Ljubica Vukomanović]] || Deposed by the [[Defenders of the Constitution]].
|-
|colspan=8|Out of power for {{age in years and days |1842|9|14|1858|12|23}}.
|-
|[[File:MilosObrenovic 1848.jpg|100px]] || <sup>Prince</sup><br> <big>'''[[Miloš Obrenović, Prince of Serbia|Miloš I]]'''</big> || 18 March 1780 or 1783<br>Gornja Dobrinja, Ottoman Empire || 23 December 1858<br>{{ndash}}<br>26 September 1860<br><hr>({{age in years and days|1858|12|23|1860|9|26}}) || Ljubica Vukomanović || 26 September 1860<br>Belgrade, Serbia, Ottoman Empire <br>(aged 77 or 80) || Elected by the National Assembly.
|Died in office.
|-
|[[File:Knez Mihajlo III Obrenovic.jpg|100px]] || <sup>Prince</sup><br> <big>'''[[Mihailo Obrenović, Prince of Serbia|Michael III]]'''</big> || 16 September 1823<br>Kragujevac, Serbia || 26 September 1860<br>{{ndash}}<br>10 June 1868<br><hr>({{age in years and days |1860|9|26|1868|6|10}}) || Júlia Hunyady de Kéthely || 10 June 1868<br>Belgrade, Serbia<br>(aged 44) || Son of Miloš I<br>and Ljubica Vukomanović || Assassinated in Belgrade. 
|-
|[[File:KraljMilanObrenovic.jpg|100px]] || <sup>Prince;</sup><br><sup>[[Kingdom of Serbia|King]]</sup><br /> <big>'''[[Milan I of Serbia|Milan IV <br> Milan I]]'''</big> || 22 August 1854<br>[[Mărășești]], [[Moldavia]] || 10 June 1868<br>{{ndash}}<br>6 March 1889<br><hr>({{age in years and days |1868|6|10|1889|3|6}}) || [[Natalie of Serbia|Natalie Keshko]] || 11 February 1901<br>[[Vienna]], [[Austria-Hungary]]<br>(aged 46) || Elected by the National Assembly. <br>Cousin of [[Mihailo Obrenović, Prince of Serbia|Mihailo III]]. || [[Milivoje Blaznavac]] acted as regent until the age of majority. <br>Abdicated.
|-
|[[File:AleksandarObrenovic.jpg|100px]] || <sup>King</sup><br> <big>'''[[Alexander I of Serbia|Alexander I]]'''</big> || 14 August 1876<br>[[Belgrade]], Serbia || 6 March 1889<br>{{ndash}}<br>11 June 1903<br><hr>({{age in years and days |1889|3|6|1903|6|11}}) || [[Draga Mašin]] || 11 June 1903<br>Belgrade, Serbia<br>(aged 26) || Son of [[Milan I of Serbia|Milan I]]<br>and [[Natalie of Serbia|Natalie Keshko]] || [[Jovan Ristić]] acted as regent until the age of majority. <br>[[May Coup (Serbia)|Assassinated]] in Belgrade. 
|}

==Male descendants of Baba Višnja==
[[File:Skupstina_grada.jpg|thumb|right|[[Stari dvor|Stari Dvor]] royal residence, Belgrade]]

{{Tree list}}
* [[Baba Višnja]] (1737–1817)
**{{Tree list/branching}}
***Jakov Obrenović (1767–1811)<ref>{{cite web |title=Потомци Господар Јакова |url=https://jakovljevici-srbija.blogspot.com/2010/01/blog-post.html |website=jakovljevici-srbija.blogspot.com |access-date=14 June 2022}}</ref>
****''From whom are descended the Jakovljevićs, among whom some [[self-proclaimed]] themselves as princes in the 2010s.''<ref>{{cite web |title=Royal Court Council House of Obrenović |url=https://www.royalhouseofobrenovic.org/index.php?rp=4334&r=4340&np=Royal%20House&n=Royal%20Court%20Council |website=royalhouseofobrenovic.org |access-date=14 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Naslednik: Želim da povratim slavu i ugled Obrenovića |url=https://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/reportaze/aktuelno.293.html:438874-Naslednik-Zelim-da-povratim-slavu-i-ugled-Obrenovica |website=novosti.rs |access-date=8 February 2024}}</ref>
***[[Milan Obrenović (revolutionary)|General Milan Obrenović]] ({{circa}}1770–1810)
****Hristifor Obrenović (N/a–1825)
**{{Tree list/branching}}
***[[Image:Princely crown.svg|25px]] [[Miloš Obrenović I of Serbia|Prince Miloš I]] (1783–1860)
****[[Image:Princely crown.svg|25px]] [[Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia|Prince Milan II]] (1819–1839)
****[[Image:Princely crown.svg|25px]] [[Mihailo Obrenović|Prince Mihailo III]] (1823–1868)
*****<small>([[illegitimate|illegit.]])</small> [[Velimir Mihailo Teodorović]] (1849–1898) 
****Prince Todor (N/a)
***[[Jovan Obrenović|General Jovan Obrenović]] (1786–1850)
****Obren Obrenović (1818–1826)
***[[Jevrem Obrenović|Prince Jevrem]] (1790–1856)
****Miloš Obrenović (1829–1861)
*****[[Image:Crown of Petar I.svg|25px]] [[Milan I of Serbia|King Milan I]] (1854–1901)
******[[Image:Crown of Petar I.svg|25px]] [[Alexander I of Serbia|King Alexander I]] (1876–1903)
******Prince Sergei (1878–1878)
******<small>([[illegitimate|illegit.]])</small> [[George Obrenović]] (1890–1925)<ref>{{Citation | title = Ex-King Milan | volume = LV | issue = 6 | newspaper = [[The Evening Post (New Zealand)|The Evening Post]] | pages = 5 | date = 8 January 1898 }}</ref>
*******Stefan Obrenović (N/a)
********Panta Obrenović (1945–2002)
{{Tree list/end}}

==Other family members==
*[[Ljubica Vukomanović]], wife of Prince Miloš I and mother of Prince Milan II and Prince Michael III
*[[Princess Anka Obrenović]], daughter of Prince Jevrem Obrenović
*[[Katarina Konstantinović]], daughter of Princess Anka Obrenović and [[Royal mistress|mistress]] of her cousin, Prince Michael III
*[[Júlia Hunyady de Kéthely]], wife of Prince Michael III
*[[Natalija Konstantinović|Natalia Konstantinović]], granddaughter of Princess Anka Obrenović and wife of [[Prince Mirko of Montenegro]]
*[[Marija Obrenović|Elena Maria Catargiu-Obrenović]], mother of King Milan I
*[[Natalie of Serbia|Queen Natalie of Serbia]], wife of King Milan I and mother of King Alexander I
*[[Draga Mašin|Queen Draga of Serbia]], wife of King Alexander I and former [[lady-in-waiting]] to his mother

==See also==
* [[List of Serbian monarchs]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Obrenović dynasty}}
* [https://www.royalhouseofobrenovic.org/index.php?lang=en The Royal House of Obrenović]

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