Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia

{{Infobox royalty

| name = Prince Andrew

| image = AndrejKaradjordjevic.jpg

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|6|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bled, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (now Slovenia)

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1990|5|7|1929|6|28|df=y}}

| death_place = Irvine, California, U.S.

| place of burial = New Gračanica Monastery, Third Lake, Illinois (1990–2013)
Saint George's Church, Oplenac
(since 2013)

| house = Karageorgevich

| father = Alexander I of Yugoslavia

| mother = Maria of Yugoslavia

| spouse = {{plainlist|

{{marriage|Princess Christina of Hesse|1956|1962|end=div}}
{{marriage|Princess Kira Melita of Leiningen|1963|1972|end=div}}
{{marriage|Eva Maria Andjelkovich|1974}}

}}

| issue = Princess Maria Tatiana
Prince Christopher
Princess Lavinia Marie
Prince Karl Vladimir
Prince Dimitri

}}

Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia ({{lang-sr-cyr|Андреј Карађорђевић}}; 28 June 1929 – 7 May 1990) was the youngest child of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Maria of Yugoslavia.

Personal life

In 1934, when he was only five, Prince Andrew's father, Alexander I, was assassinated and his elder brother Peter succeeded to the throne as King Peter II of Yugoslavia.

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

In 1947, Prince Andrew was a guest at the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten.{{cite web|url=http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/microsites/royalwedding1947/object.asp?grouping=&exhibs=NONE&object=9000366&row=82|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231002453/http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/microsites/royalwedding1947/object.asp?grouping=&exhibs=NONE&object=9000366&row=82|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-12-31|title=A Royal Wedding 1947}}

Andrew was a prominent Rotarian.{{cite web |title=5 U.S. Residents Make It on List of British 'Royal 100' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-02-11-vw-42233-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |date=11 February 1988 |access-date=11 June 2022}}

=Marriages and issue=

On 2 August 1956, he married his third cousin once removed Princess Christina of Hesse (10 January 1933 – 21 November 2011), in Kronberg im Taunus, Germany. She was the eldest child of Prince Christoph of Hesse and Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (elder sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II). They had two children,{{CN|date=May 2024}} both of whom were godchildren of their uncle the Duke of Edinburgh:{{CN|date=May 2024}}

Princess Maria Tatiana ("Tania") of Yugoslavia (18 July 1957),{{cite book | title=Queen Victoria's Descendants | publisher=Rosvall Royal Books | author=Eilers, Marlene | year=1997 | location=Sweden | pages=67–68 | isbn=91-630-5964-9}} married 30 June 1990 Gregory Per Edward Anthony Michael Thune-Larsen. They had two daughters:
Sonia Tatiana Thune-Larsen (29 October 1992).
Olga Kristin Thune-Larsen (26 October 1995).
Prince Christopher (4 February 1960 – 14 May 1994), a science teacher who died in a bicycle accident.

The couple divorced in London on 31 May 1962.{{CN|date=May 2024}}

On 18 September 1963, he married his second cousin Princess Kira Melita 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:{{CN|date=May 2024}}

Princess Lavinia Marie of Yugoslavia (18 October 1961), born while her father was still married to Princess Christina of Hesse and registered as Lavinia Maria Lane; she was adopted legally by her parents on 15 November 1965, enabling her to be recognized a legitimate member of the Royal House of Yugoslavia. Married firstly 20 May 1989 Erastos Dimitrios Sidiropoulos (divorced 14 June 1993) and secondly on 4 October 1998 Austin Prichard-Levy (1953–2017). They had three children:
Nadya Marie George (11 December 1987), illegitimate; fathered by Roy Rexford Finnimore, her surname was changed to Sidiropoulos in 1990.{{CN|date=May 2024}}
Andrej Aristotle Sidiropoulos (22 February 1990).
Luca Orlando Christopher Prichard-Levy (14 February 2000).
Prince Karl Vladimir Cyril Andrej of Yugoslavia (11 March 1964), married 18 April 2000 Brigitte Müller.
Prince Dimitri Ivan Mihailo of Yugoslavia (21 April 1965).

They were divorced in Frankfurt am Main on 10 July 1972.

Andrej married thirdly Eva Maria Anđelković, (26 August 1926 – 13 December 2020) on 30 March 1974 in Palm Springs, California, USA. The couple had no issue.

Death

Andrew was found dead in his car in Irvine, California, U.S., on 7 May 1990. The death was determined to be suicide by carbon monoxide. His remains were initially buried in New Gračanica Monastery, Third Lake, Illinois. They remained there until 2013, when they were returned to Serbia and buried in Saint George's Church, Oplenac, on 26 May 2013.

Ancestry

Andrew's paternal grandparents were King Peter I of Serbia and Princess Zorka of Montenegro, while his maternal grandparents were King Ferdinand of Romania and Princess Marie of Edinburgh.[http://www.royalfamily.org/history/roots/familytree.html Family Tree of the Royal House of Yugoslavia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230019/http://www.royalfamily.org/history/roots/familytree.html |date=3 March 2016 }} [retrieved 17 February 2016].

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|1= 1. Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia

|2= 2. Alexander I of Yugoslavia

|3= 3. Princess Maria of Romania

|4= 4. Peter I of Serbia

|5= 5. Princess Zorka of Montenegro