HOW THE KING OF SERVIA WON HIS BRIDE.
. The marriage of King Peter of Servia Was' one of the most romantic episodes in bis extraordinarily adventurous *»reer. Many years ago he served as a. volunteer in' the war of the. Montenegrins against the Turks, and one dav the Turks captured the Princess Zorka. daughter of Prince Nicholas of Montenegro. The future King of Servia.set out in hot pursuit with a few picked .men, and succeeded in rescuing the terrified Princess from her captor*. The ladywas so thankful to her deliverer thatsha fell in love with him, and eventually they were married. The Princess died in 1800, an event from the effects of which her widower has never quite recovered.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 98, 22 May 1909, Page 5
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119HOW THE KING OF SERVIA WON HIS BRIDE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 98, 22 May 1909, Page 5
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