3-052-912 - Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage Images

The assassination of Alexander I, King of Yugoslavia, Marseilles, France, 9 October 1934. Alexander I (1888-1934) ruled as King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from 1921-1929, then as King of Yugoslavia from 1929-1934. He was Commander-in-Chief of the Serbian army in World War I when he was Crown Prince of Serbia. In 1934, while on a state visit to France, Alexander was assassinated in Marseilles by a Macedonian in the pay of Croat nationalists. (Colorised black and white print).