Marshal of the Court (Serbia, Yugoslavia)


The Marshal of the Court, 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. The position was honoured upon a high-ranking member of the military or a senior diplomat.
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.
The last Marshal of the Court of Yugoslavia was Boško Čolak-Antić, 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.

List of Marshals of the Court since 1904

PortraitNameTenureMonarchNotes
Boško Čolak-Antić
1904—1907Peter I of SerbiaActing Marshal of the Royal Court of Serbia
Petar Živković
1917–1918Peter I of SerbiaMarshal of the Royal Court of Serbia
Jevrem Damjanović
1918–1927Peter I of Serbia
Alexander I of Yugoslavia
Marshal of the Royal Court of Yugoslavia
Aleksandar Dimitrijević
1927–1934Alexander I of YugoslaviaMarshal of the Royal Court of Yugoslavia
Slavko Grujić
1934—1935Peter II of YugoslaviaMarshal of the Royal Court of Yugoslavia
Boško Čolak-Antić
1935—1941Peter II of YugoslaviaMarshal of the Royal Court of Yugoslavia

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