Marshal of the Court (Serbia, Yugoslavia)

The Marshal of the Court (Serbian: Маршал Двора, romanized: Maršal Dvora), was a senior royal official of the Serbian and Yugoslav royal household, in charge of managing the protocol and the functions of the Court, such as ceremony, audiences and travels of the King.[1] The position was honoured upon a high-ranking member of the military or a senior diplomat.[2] The building of the Marshal of the Court was called Maršalat, it was located in the middle of the Palace Garden, it had a characteristic semicircular base in the shape of a horseshoe, it was demolished in 1957.[1]

Marshal of of the Court
Маршал Двора
Maršal Dvora
ResidenceMaršalat
SeatNovi dvor, Belgrade
Final holderBoško Čolak-Antić
Abolished1941

The last Marshal of the Court of Yugoslavia was Boško Čolak-Antić (1935—1941), the position disappeared when Germany invaded and occupy Yugoslavia in 1941 and was abolished after the War and the creation of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.[3]

List of Marshals of the Court since 1918
Marshall of the Court Slavko Grujić (third from left) with Peter II, King of Yugoslavia (center) c.1935
Portrait Name Tenure Monarch Notes
1904—1907 Peter I of Serbia Acting Marshal of the Royal Court of Serbia[4]
1917–1918 Peter I of Serbia Marshal of the Royal Court of Serbia[5]
Jevrem Damjanović
 1918–1927 Peter I of Serbia
Alexander I of Yugoslavia		 Marshal of the Royal Court of Yugoslavia[1]
Aleksandar Dimitrijević
 1927–1934 Alexander I of Yugoslavia Marshal of the Royal Court of Yugoslavia[1]
1934—1935 Peter II of Yugoslavia Marshal of the Royal Court of Yugoslavia[6]
1935—1941 Peter II of Yugoslavia Marshal of the Royal Court of Yugoslavia[7]

References

Citations
  1. Telegraf 2018.
  2. Čedomir Popov & Dragoljub Živojinović 2013.
  3. Marie-Janine Calic 2019, p. 275.
  4. Novica Rakočević 1981, p. 35.
  5. Mile Bjelajac 2007.
  6. Stephen Taylor 1935, p. 336.
  7. Robert L. Jarman 1997, p. 668.

Sources
  • Mile Bjelajac (2007). Generals and Admirals of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1918-1941 (in Serbian). Serbian Institute of History. ISBN 978-86-7005-039-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Marie-Janine Calic (2019). A History of Yugoslavia. Purdue University Press. ISBN 978-1-55753-838-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Čedomir Popov; Dragoljub Živojinović (2013). Two Centuries of Modern Serbian Diplomacy (in Serbian). Balkan Institute SANU. ISBN 978-86-7179-079-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Robert L. Jarman (1997). Yugoslavia: 1927-1937. Archive Editions Limited. ISBN 978-1-85207-950-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Stephen Taylor (1935). Who's who in Central and East Europe. Central European Times Publishing Company.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Telegraf (2018). "The building of the Marshal of the Court: Why did the communists demolish the building of Pioneer Park in 1957?". Telegraf.rs (in Serbian).CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Novica Rakočević (1981). Political relations between Montenegro and Serbia, 1903-1918 (in Serbian). Istorijski institut SR Crne Gore u Titogradu.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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