Peter II

American  

noun

1. 1923–70, king of Yugoslavia 1934–45.

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The dramatic dynamic is this: Catherine, who became ruler of Russia by overthrowing her own husband, Peter II, in a coup d'état, is beset by various challenges to the throne.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2019

Both of my parents were born as subjects to a teen-age heir, Peter II, who escaped the German invasion, in 1941, to end up in the United States.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 5, 2019

Peter II, the last king of Yugoslavia, suffered a less drastic fate in 1945 at the hands of the prime minister, Josip Broz Tito.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 30, 2019

Crown Prince Alexander's office says Churchill's offer was "most likely" made in May 1945, during a meeting with King Peter II.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2016

Peter II, of Spain, in the year 1338, publicly commanded the paper-makers of Valencia and Xativa to make their paper of a better quality and equal to that of an earlier period.

From Forty Centuries of Ink or, a chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink. by David Nunes Carvalho