Natalia (Natalija Keşco, 1859–1941 in history) is the queen consort of Serbia, wife of Milan I and mother of Aleksandar I. She appears at the Serbian royal court and in Paris, in exile. She is based on the historical Natalija Obrenović.
Life
- Born in Florence, daughter of the Russian colonel Piotr Ivanovich Keşco and the Moldavian princess Pulcheria Sturdza.
- Married her second cousin Milan on 17 October 1875. Two sons: Aleksandar I (godfather: Tsar Alexander II) and Sergio (died 1878).
- Queen consort from 1882. Marital crisis over the king’s affairs and Austrian favoritism.
- 1887: fled to Crimea with her eleven-year-old son; refused an ecclesiastical divorce.
- 1889: returned to Belgrade against orders and was expelled by force.
- 1893: reconciled with Milan; the Orthodox Church declared the divorce null. 1894: back in Belgrade.
- 1900: exiled again after the veto of Draga Machine.