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St George's Church (Serbian Cyrillic: Црква Св. Ђорђа) known also as Oplenac Church and Oplenac Mausoleum, is the Mausoleum of the Serbian and Yugoslav Royal House of Karađorđević located on top of the Hill Oplenac in city Topola, Serbia. The Foundation in Oplenac is named after King Peter I of Yugoslavia. ==Mausoleum== Apart from the two tombs inside the church (Karađorđe’s in the southern apse; and King Peter I in the northern apse), there are 26 other members of the Dynasty whose eternal place of rest is in this Mausoleum. Six generations of the Karađorđević family have been buried in this church. The first generation: Marica Živković, Karađorđe's mother. The second generation: Karađorđe (in the church's tomb) and his wife Jelena Jovanović (1764–1842). The third generation: Karađorđe's son Prince Alexander and his wife Princess Persida Nenadović (1813–1873). The fourth generation: Prince Alexander and Princess Persida's nine children. As follows: Kleopatra (1835-1855), Aleksije (1836-1840), Svetozar (1841-1847), Jelena (1846–1867), Andreja (1848–1864), Jelisaveta (1851–1852), Đorđe (1856–1888), Prince Arsen (1859–1938), and King Peter I (in the church's tomb) and his wife Princess Ljubica also known as Zorka (1864–1890), Princess of Montenegro (she is buried in the crypt). Out of the ten children of Prince Alexander and Princess Persida, only their oldest daughter, Poleksija (1833–1914), was not buried here. The fifth generation. King Peter I and Princess Zorka's children: Milena (1886–1887), Prince Đorđe (1887–1972) and his wife Radmila Radonjić (1907–1993), King Alexander I (1888–1934) and his wife Queen Maria (1900-1961) and Andrija (1890–1890, lived only for 23 days). And also Prince Arsen's son Prince Paul (1893–1976) and his wife Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark (1903–1997). The sixth generation: King Alexander I and Queen Maria's children: King Peter II (1923–1970) and his wife Queen Alexandra (1921–1993), Prince Tomislav (1928–2000), and Prince Andrew (1929–1990). And also Prince Paul's son Prince Nikola (1928–1954). Out of the 28 tombs of the Karađorđević Dynasty, six of them belong to rulers: Supreme Leader Karađorđe, Prince Alexander, King Peter I, King Aleksandar I, Prince Pavle, and King Peter II. It is an important place of Serbian history. On October 6, 2012, Prince Pavle, his wife Olga and his son Nikola were all buried here after their remains were exhumed from the cemetery in Lausanne, and returned to Serbia. On May 26, 2013, Queen Maria, her sons King Peter II and Prince Andrew, and Peter II's wife Queen Alexandra, were all buried here after their remains were exhumed from Frogmore in Britain, the Saint Sava Monastery in Libertyville, Illinois, the cemetery of New Gračanica, also in Illinois, and Tatoi Palace in Greece respectively, and returned to Serbia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oplenac」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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