Prince Andrew | |
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Prince of Yugoslavia | |
Born |
Bled, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (now in Slovenia) |
28 June 1929
Died | 7 May 1990 Irvine, California, U.S. |
(aged 60)
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) |
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 youngest child of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (1888–1934) and Maria of Yugoslavia (1900–1961), daughter of King Ferdinand of Romania (1865–1927) and Marie of Edinburgh (1875–1938).
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.
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 eldest child of Prince Christoph of Hesse and his wife Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, her mother being a sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. They had two children:
The couple divorced in London on 31 May 1962.
On 18 September 1963, he married his second 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: