Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia

Prince Andrew
Prince of Yugoslavia
Born (1929-06-28)28 June 1929
Bled, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (now in Slovenia)
Died 7 May 1990(1990-05-07) (aged 60)
Irvine, California, U.S.
Burial New Gračanica Monastery, Third Lake, Illinois (1990–2013)
Saint George's Church, Oplenac
(since 2013)
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 1990)
Issue Princess Maria Tatiana
Prince Christopher
Princess Lavinia Marie
Prince Karl Vladimir
Prince Dimitri
House Karađorđević
Father Alexander I of Yugoslavia
Mother Maria of Yugoslavia

Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia (Serbian Cyrillic: Андреј Карађорђевић; 28 June 1929 – 7 May 1990) was born in Bled, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, subsequently Kingdom of Yugoslavia, now Slovenia. He was the third son and youngest child 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).[1]

Exile

After the fall of the monarchy in Yugoslavia, he went into exile in London, where, after graduating in mathematics from Clare College, Cambridge University, he became an insurance broker.

Marriages and Issue

On 2 August 1956, he married his third cousin-once-removed Princess Christina Margarethe of Hesse (10 January 1933 - 21 November 2011), in Kronberg im Taunus, Germany. She was the first child and daughter of Prince Christoph of Hesse and his wife Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, by side of her mother is the niece of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. They had two children:[2]

The couple divorced in London on 31 May 1962.[2]

On 18 September 1963, he married his third cousin Princess Kira of Leiningen (18 July 1930 – 24 September 2005), daughter of Karl, Prince of Leiningen and Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia. They had three children:[2]

They were divorced in Frankfurt am Main on 10 July 1972.[2][3]

Andrej married thirdly Eva Maria Andjelkovich (born 26 August 1926 in Serbia) on 30 March 1974 in Palm Springs, California, USA.[3] The couple had no issue.

Coat of arms of Price Andrew

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.[9][3] His remains were initially buried in New Gračanica Monastery, Third Lake, Illinois. They remained there until 2013, when his they were returned to Serbia and buried in Saint George's Church, Oplenac on 26 May 2013.

Royal Monogram of Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia

Ancestry[3]

References

  1. ↑ Family Tree of the Royal House of Yugoslavia [retrieved 17 February 2016].
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Genealogy of the Royal Family of Serbia and Yugoslavia: HRH Prince Andrej and his descendants [retrieved 17 February 2016].
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Eilers, Marlene (1997). Queen Victoria's Descendants. Sweden: Rosvall Royal Books. pp. 67–68. ISBN 91-630-5964-9.
  4. ↑ Genealogy of the House of Karageorgevich in: genealogy.euweb.cz [retrieved 17 February 2016].
  5. ↑ Princess Lavinia of Yugoslavia in: royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.pe [retrieved 17 February 2016].
  6. ↑ Descendants of Queen Victoria's siblings [retrieved 17 February 2016].
  7. ↑ Monarchies of Europe: Yugoslavian Royal Family [retrieved 17 February 2016].
  8. ↑ [1.htm Prince Karl Wladimir of Yugoslavia in: www.1066.co.nz] [retrieved 17 February 2016].
  9. ↑ http://www.thepeerage.com/p10152.htm
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