The House of Obrenoviàor ObrenoviàDynasty (, ÃÂñÃÂeýþòøÃÂø / ObrenoviÃÂi, ) was a Serbian dynasty that ruled Serbia from 1815 to 1842, and again from 1858 to 1903.
They came to power through the leadership of their progenitor Miloà ¡ Obrenoviàin the Serbian Uprising of 1815âÂÂ1817 against the Ottoman Empire, which led to the formation of the Principality of Serbia in 1817. The Obrenoviàdynasty were traditionally allied with Austria-Hungary and opposed the Russian-supported House of KaraÃÂorÃÂeviÃÂ.
The family's rule came to an end in a coup dâÂÂétat by the military conspirators, often known today as the Black Hand, who invaded the royal palace and murdered King Alexander I, who died without an heir. The National Assembly of Serbia invited Peter KaraÃÂorÃÂeviàto become king of Serbia.
Like Montenegro and unlike other Balkan states such as Greece, Bulgaria, or Romania, Serbia did not import a member of an existing European royal family (mostly German dynasties) to take its throne; the ObrenoviÃÂ dynasty, like its KaraÃÂorÃÂeviÃÂ rival, was an indigenous Serbian family.
Unlike most other dynasties in Europe, where a regnal number is used to distinguish different monarchs who shared the same given name, the ObrenoviÃÂ dynasty assigned subsequent regnal numbers to each ruling prince. Thus, there was never a Milan I, Milan III, a Michael I or a Michael II. Milan II and Michael III were simply the second and third ruling prince from the ObrenoviÃÂ dynasty. This practice was discontinued when prince Milan IV proclaimed himself king and declared the principality of Serbia a kingdom (1882).