In 1889, king Milan Obrenović donated the estate (inherited from his grandfather Jevrem Obrenović) to the Great School in Belgrade for the purpose of the construction of botanical garden, provided that it be named "Jevremovac" (Serbian for "Jevrem's garden"), after his grandfather.
He died suddenly of a heart attack on April 5, 1873, and was buried in the family tomb of Jevrem Obrenović in Rakovica.