ЗАОСТАВШТИНА КРАЉИЦЕ ДРАГЕ ОБРЕНОВИЋ
INHERITANCE OF QUEEN DRAGA OBRENOVIĆ

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents a critical edition of the document titled “List of Inheritance Items of Queen Draga in her Personal Ownership”, which is, together with other documents in the Queen’s inheritance, kept in the Archive of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SASA Archive 13585/1–14) and the Archive of Serbia (Presidency of the Ministerial Council, box 12). It was created several months after the murder of King Aleksandar Obrenović and Queen Draga in the May coup d’état in 1903. Belgrade lawyer Živojin Veličković, the proxy of Queen’s inheritors – sisters Hristina Petrović, Đurđina and Vojka-Ana Lunjevica, initiated the process of determining her property in July 1903. The inheritance estate consisted of a single immovable object, money, jewellery and yacht “Draga”. The sisters sold a part of the inherited jewellery at the Christie’s London auction in late November 1904. The public in Serbia was informed about it through short, succinct notes in Politika, Štampa and Pravda. Many valuable items from this and the entire inheritance of the Obrenovićs, which represent national cultural heritage, were sold, unfortunately, through illegal transactions as well.

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