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Marshal of the Court
Marshal of the Court
Маршал Двора; Maršal Dvora
	The building of the Marshal of the Court (center) in Belgrade c. 1930
Residence	Building of the Marshal of the Court known as Maršalat
Seat	Novi dvor, Belgrade
Appointer	The Monarch
Formation	1904
First holder	Boško Čolak-Antić
Final holder	Boško Čolak-Antić
Abolished	1941

The Marshal of the Court (Serbian Cyrillic: Маршал Двора, romanized: Maršal Dvora), was a senior official of the royal household of the Kingdom of Serbia and Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The Marshal of the Court was in charge of managing the protocol and the functions of the Court, such as the reception of foreign representatives and the organisation of the monarch's travels abroad.^[2] The position, wielding considerable influence, was usually honoured upon a high-ranking member of the military or upon a senior diplomat.^[3]

History

The office of Marshal of the Court was first established in 1904. Boško Čolak-Antić was the first acting Marshal of the Royal Court of Serbia appointed by King Peter I. The position was abolished during the German invasion of 1941, and not reinstated after the end of the war and the establishment of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.^[4] The last Marshal of the Court was also Čolak-Antić after he replaced Slavko Grujić.^[5] The building of the Marshal of the Court was called Maršalat. 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.^[2]

List of Marshals of the Court since 1904

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

Name	Tenure	Monarch	Notes
Boško Čolak-Antić	1904–1907	Peter I of Serbia	Acting Marshal of the Royal Court of Serbia^[6]
Petar Živković	1917–1918		Marshal of the Royal Court of Serbia^[7]
Jevrem Damjanović [sr]	1918–1927		Marshal of the Royal Court of Yugoslavia^[2]
Jevrem Damjanović [sr]	1918–1927	Alexander I of Yugoslavia	Marshal of the Royal Court of Yugoslavia^[2]
Aleksandar Dimitrijević [sr]	1927–1934	Alexander I of Yugoslavia	Marshal of the Royal Court of Yugoslavia^[2]
Slavko Grujić	1934–1935	Peter II of Yugoslavia	Marshal of the Royal Court of Yugoslavia^[8]
Boško Čolak-Antić	1935–1941	Peter II of Yugoslavia	Marshal of the Royal Court of Yugoslavia^[5]