Prince Nikola of Yugoslavia (b. 1958)

Prince Nikolas
Spouse	Ljiljana Licanin
Issue	Princess Marija
House	House of Karađorđević
Father	Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia
Mother	Princess Margarita of Baden
Born	(1958-03-15) 15 March 1958 London, England

Styles of Prince Nikolas of Yugoslavia

Reference style	His Royal Highness
Spoken style	Your Royal Highness
Alternative style	Sir

Prince Nikolas of Yugoslavia (born 15 March 1958) is a prince of Yugoslavia^[1] and a member of the House of Karadordevic. Currently fourth in the line of succession to the defunct Yugoslavian throne, he is also in the line of succession to the British throne as a great-grandson of Princess Marie of Edinburgh, herself a granddaughter of Victoria of the United Kingdom.

**Yugoslav Royal Family**

HRH The Crown Prince^* HRH The Crown Princess^* HRH The Hereditary Prince^* HRH Prince Philip^* HRH Prince Alexander^* Extended royal family HRH Princess Linda^* HRH Prince Nikolas^* HRH Princess Ljiljana^* HRH Princess Marija^* HRH Princess Katarina HRH Prince George^* HRH Prince Michael^* HRH Princess Eva^* HRH Princess Maria Tatiana HRH Princess Lavinia-Marie HRH Prince Karl Wladimir^* HRH Princess Brigitte^* HRH Prince Dimitri^* HRH Prince Alexander^* HRH Princess Barbara^* HRH Prince Dimitri^* HRH Prince Michael^* HRH Prince Sergius^* HRH Princess Helene HRH Prince Dušan^* HRH Princess Elizabeth^* * Member of the Royal House

Prince Nikolas was born in London to Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia, second son of Alexander I, the first king of Yugoslavia, and Princess Margarita of Baden. Both his mother and father were descendants of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Through his mother he is a great-grandson of Princess Alice of Battenberg, great-granddaughter of Victoria, and through his father he is a great-grandson of Princess Marie of Edinburgh, Victoria's granddaughter. He has one sister, Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia and Serbia, wife of Sir Desmond Lorenz de Silva, and two half-brothers, Prince George and Prince Michael. He is a first cousin of Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia. Also through his mother, Princess Margarita of Baden, Nikolas is a great-nephew of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Consort of Queen Elizabeth II), and a first cousin once removed of Charles, Prince of Wales.

He married Ljiljana Licanin (born 12 December 1957 in Zemun, Serbia) on 30 August 1992 in Denmark in a civil ceremony. A religious ceremony was performed in Düsseldorf-Lichtenbroich, Germany on 22 November 1992. Their only child is Princess Marija of Yugoslavia, born 31 August 1993 in Belgrade.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Prince Nikola of Yugoslavia (b. 1958)

16. Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia

8. Peter I of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

17. Persida Nenadović

4. Alexander I of Yugoslavia

18. Nicholas I of Montenegro

9. Zorka of Montenegro

19. Milena Vukotić

2. Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia

20. Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern

10. Ferdinand I of Romania

21. Infanta Antónia of Portugal

5. Maria of Romania

22. Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

11. Marie of Edinburgh

23. Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia

1. Prince Nikolas of Yugoslavia

24. Prince Wilhelm of Baden

12. Prince Maximilian of Baden

25. Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg

6. Berthold, Margrave of Baden

26. Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover

13. Princess Marie Louise of Hanover

27. Princess Thyra of Denmark

3. Princess Margarita of Baden

28. George I of Greece

14. Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark

29. Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna of Russia

7. Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906–1969)

30. Prince Louis of Battenberg

15. Princess Alice of Battenberg

31. Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine

References

↑ Shaw, edited by Charles Kidd ; assistant editor Christine (2007). Debrett's peerage & baronetage : comprises information concerning the royal family, the peerage and baronetage. ([147th ed.] ed.). Richmond, Surrey: Debrett's. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-870520-80-5. Retrieved 20 January 2011.

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Genealogy of Prince Nikola

Yugoslavian royalty
Lines of succession
Preceded by Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia	Line of succession to the British throne descended from Alfred, son of Victoria	Succeeded by Princess Marija of Yugoslavia
Preceded by Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia	Line of succession to the Yugoslavian throne 4th position	Succeeded by Prince George of Yugoslavia