The New International Encyclopædia/Natalie

NATALIE, nȧ′tȧ′lē̇′ (1859—). A Queen of Servia, the daughter of a Russian officer named Keshko. In 1875 she married Prince Milan, afterwards King of Servia, but their married life was unhappy, and in 1888 Milan procured a divorce. After King Milan's abdication in 1889 she returned to Belgrade and remained for some time with her son, King Alexander, but the National Assembly having requested her to leave the country in the interest of internal harmony, she withdrew in 1891, though with the masses of the people she enjoyed immense popularity, owing partly to her beauty. In 1893 she became reconciled to King Milan. In the following year she was restored by royal decree to all her rights as a member of the royal family, and in 1895 she returned to Belgrade and was received with great enthusiasm. Since then she has mainly lived in Biarritz, France. In 1902 she joined the Roman Catholic Church. After the assassination of her son Alexander, in 1903, she was forbidden to enter the Kingdom of Servia.