Prince Andrej of Yugoslavia
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Prince Andrej of Yugoslavia (Serbian Cyrillic: Андреј Карађорђевић) (Bled, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, June 28, 1929 - 7 May 1990) was the third son of the sovereign of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, King Aleksandar I Karađorđević (1888-1934) and Queen Maria (1900-1961), the second daughter of King Ferdinand of Romania (1865-1927) and Queen Maria (1875-1938).
[edit] First marriage
He was married on August 1, 1956, in Kronberg im Taunus, Germany, to Princess Christina of Hesse (born 10 January 1933), out of which marriage were born Princess Tatiana (born 18 July 1957) and Prince Christopher (4 February 1960-14 May 1994). The couple divorced in 1962.
[edit] Second marriage
On September 18, 1963 he married Her Serene Highness Princess Kira of Leiningen (18 July 1930 - 24 September 2005), daughter of Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia. The couple had two sons, Prince Karl Wladimir (born 11 March 1964) and Prince Dimitri (born 21 April 1965).
After their marriage, Prince Andrej and Princess Kira adopted a four-year-old girl Princess Lavinia Maria (born 18 October 1961) who was their biological child born while Andrej was still married to Christina. Kira and Andrej divorced on July 10, 1972.
[edit] Third marriage and death
Andrej married thirdly Eva Maria Andjelkovich (born 1926) in 1974.
He was found dead in his car in Irvine, California on 7 May 1990.
