Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia
| Prince Andrew | |
|---|---|
| Prince of Yugoslavia | |
 | |
| Spouse |
Princess Christina Margarethe of Hesse (m. 1956 - div. 1962) Princess Kira of Leiningen (m. 1963 - div. 1972) Eva Maria Andjelkovich (m. 1974 - his death) |
| Issue |
Princess Maria Tatiana Prince Christopher Princess Lavinia Maria Prince Karl Vladimir Prince Dimitri |
| Father | Alexander I of Yugoslavia |
| Mother | Maria of Yugoslavia |
| Born |
28 June 1929 Bled, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (now in Slovenia) |
| Died |
7 May 1990 (aged 60) Irvine, California, USA |
| Burial | New Gračanica Monastery, Third Lake, Illinois until 2013 when remains were returned to Serbia and buried in Saint George's Church, Oplenac on 26 May 2013. |
Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia (Serbian Cyrillic: Андреј Карађорђевић) (Bled, Slovenia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 28 June 1929 – 7 May 1990) was the third son of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (1888–1934) and Maria of Yugoslavia (1900–1961), the second daughter of King Ferdinand of Romania (1865–1927) and Marie of Edinburgh (1875–1938).
Exile
After the fall of monarchy in Yugoslavia he went to exile in London, where after graduating in mathematics from Clare College, Cambridge University, he became an insurance broker.
Marriage
He was married on 1 August 1956, in Kronberg im Taunus, Germany, to Princess Christina Margarethe of Hesse (10 January 1933 - 21 November 2011), daughter of Prince Christoph of Hesse and wife Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, out of which marriage were born Princess Maria Tatiana ("Tania") (born 18 July 1957) and Prince Christopher (4 February 1960 – 14 May 1994), a science teacher who died in a bicycle accident.[1] The couple divorced in London in 1962.
On 18 September 1963, he married his third cousin Princess Kira of Leiningen (18 July 1930 – 24 September 2005), daughter of Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia. The couple had a daughter and two sons:
- Lavinia Maria (b. 18 October 1961); born while her father was still married to Christina of Hesse (thus making it necessary for him to adopt her legally on 15 February 1965, after marrying her mother)[2][1]
- Prince Karl Vladimir Cyril Andrej (born 11 March 1964).
- Prince Dimitri Ivan Mihailo (born 21 April 1965).
Kira and Andrej divorced on 10 July 1972.[1]
Andrej married thirdly Eva Maria Andjelkovich (born 26 August 1926 in Serbia) on 30 March 1974 in Palm Springs, California, USA.[1] The couple had no issue.
Death
He was found dead in his car in Irvine, California, USA on 7 May 1990. The death was determined to be suicide by carbon monoxide.[3][1]
Ancestry[1]
| Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia | |||||||||||||
| Peter I of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | |||||||||||||
| Persida Nenadović | |||||||||||||
| Alexander I of Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||
| Nicholas I of Montenegro | |||||||||||||
| Zorka of Montenegro | |||||||||||||
| Milena Vukotić | |||||||||||||
| Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||
| Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern | |||||||||||||
| Ferdinand I of Romania | |||||||||||||
| Infanta Antónia of Portugal | |||||||||||||
| Maria of Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||
| Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | |||||||||||||
| Marie of Edinburgh | |||||||||||||
| Maria Alexandrovna of Russia | |||||||||||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Eilers, Marlene (1997). Queen Victoria's Descendants. Sweden: Rosvall Royal Books. pp. 67–68. ISBN 91-630-5964-9.
- ↑ Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy of the Karageorgevich family". Genealogy.EU.
- ↑ http://www.thepeerage.com/p10152.htm
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