Peter, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia
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Hereditary Prince Peter was born February 5, 1980 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is the eldest son of Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia and Princess Maria da Gloria of Orléans-Braganza. Prince Peter is the grandson of HM King Peter II. His Godfather is HRH Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, son of HRH Prince Regent Paul of Yugoslavia.
Prince Peter lived in Chicago until the end of 1981, when he moved with his parents to Virginia. In 1983, he first attended morning pre-school in Tyson's Corner, Virginia, and in 1984, he went to day school. In 1988 at the age of eight, he was a student at one of London's top preparatory day schools. In June 1998, he graduated from The King's School, Canterbury in England having obtained three A-levels in Art, Spanish, and French, and ten GCSEs. In 1999, Prince Peter completed in London an art foundation course at Camberwell College of Arts (London Institute). In May 2000, Prince Peter concluded a series art programmes on the European continent mainly in Barcelona and Seville. Prince Peter spent a year 1999-2000 at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), a renowned art school on the East Coast of the United States. He is currently working in the field of graphic design and computer technologies.
Prince Peter speaks English, Spanish and French, and is continuing with his Serbian studies.
Prince Peter enjoys snowboarding, drawing and painting. He is interested in the arts, graphic design and music. Before the October 5, 2000 revolution, Prince Peter travelled to Serbia in 1991 and in July 2000. On July 17, 2001, Prince Peter and the Royal Family took up residence in the Royal Palace in Belgrade. He has travelled throughout Europe, the United States, and has visited the Middle East, South East Asia, Central and South America.
HRH Prince Peter is 89th in line for succession to the British throne. Prince Peter is a matrilineal 10th-generation descendant of Marie Leszczynska (1703-68), Princess of Poland, Queen Consort of France, through an unbroken line of nine House of Bourbon daughters who all married into their own house (except Peter's mother, the ninth). His ancestry among medieval monarchs of Balkan is presented at Nemanjic pedigree of the Royal House of Yugoslavia. Prince Peter is also the grandson of the late Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, the queen of Yugoslavia, herself daughter of Alexander I of Greece and Aspasia Manos, who trace their patrilineal from George I of Greece to the Komnenos Dynasty and their matrilineal from Queen Olga of Greece nee Olga Konstantinovna of Russia to the Royal House of Romanov.
| Preceded by Angelica Kreuger |
Line of Succession to the British Throne | Succeeded by Prince Philip of Yugoslavia |
| Preceded by Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia |
Line of succession to the Yugoslavia Throne | Succeeded by Prince Philip of Yugoslavia |
