Marshal of the Court (Serbia, Yugoslavia)

The Marshal of the Court (Serbian: Маршал Двора, romanized: Maršal Dvora), 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.[1] The position was honoured upon a high-ranking member of the military or a senior diplomat.[2] 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.[1]

Marshal of the Court Маршал Двора Maršal Dvora
Residence	Maršalat
Seat	Novi dvor, Belgrade
Final holder	Boško Čolak-Antić
Abolished	1941

The last Marshal of the Court of Yugoslavia was Boško Čolak-Antić (1935—1941), 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.[3]

List of Marshals of the Court since 1904

Marshall of the Court Slavko Grujić (third from left) with Peter II, King of Yugoslavia (center) c.1935

Portrait	Name	Tenure	Monarch	Notes
	Boško Čolak-Antić	1904—1907	Peter I of Serbia	Acting Marshal of the Royal Court of Serbia[4]
	Petar Živković	1917–1918	Peter I of Serbia	Marshal of the Royal Court of Serbia[5]
	Jevrem Damjanović	1918–1927	Peter I of Serbia Alexander I of Yugoslavia	Marshal of the Royal Court of Yugoslavia[1]
	Aleksandar Dimitrijević	1927–1934	Alexander I of Yugoslavia	Marshal of the Royal Court of Yugoslavia[1]
	Slavko Grujić	1934—1935	Peter II of Yugoslavia	Marshal of the Royal Court of Yugoslavia[6]
	Boško Čolak-Antić	1935—1941	Peter II of Yugoslavia	Marshal of the Royal Court of Yugoslavia[7]

References

Citations

1. Telegraf 2018.
2. Čedomir Popov & Dragoljub Živojinović 2013.
3. Marie-Janine Calic 2019, p. 275.
4. Novica Rakočević 1981, p. 35.
5. Mile Bjelajac 2007.
6. Stephen Taylor 1935, p. 336.
7. Robert L. Jarman 1997, p. 668.

Sources

• Mile Bjelajac (2007). Generals and Admirals of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1918-1941 (in Serbian). Serbian Institute of History. ISBN 978-86-7005-039-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Marie-Janine Calic (2019). A History of Yugoslavia. Purdue University Press. ISBN 978-1-55753-838-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Čedomir Popov; Dragoljub Živojinović (2013). Two Centuries of Modern Serbian Diplomacy (in Serbian). Balkan Institute SANU. ISBN 978-86-7179-079-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Robert L. Jarman (1997). Yugoslavia: 1927-1937. Archive Editions Limited. ISBN 978-1-85207-950-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Stephen Taylor (1935). Who's who in Central and East Europe. Central European Times Publishing Company.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Telegraf (2018). "The building of the Marshal of the Court: Why did the communists demolish the building of Pioneer Park in 1957?". Telegraf.rs (in Serbian).CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Novica Rakočević (1981). Political relations between Montenegro and Serbia, 1903-1918 (in Serbian). Istorijski institut SR Crne Gore u Titogradu.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)