Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia ( sr-cyr, Андреј Карађорђевић; 28 June 1929 – 7 May 1990) was the youngest child of King

Alexander I of Yugoslavia Alexander I ( sr-Cyrl, Александар I Карађорђевић, Aleksandar I Karađorđević, ) ( – 9 October 1934), also known as Alexander the Unifier, was the prince regent of the Kingdom of Serbia from 1914 and later the King of Yug ...

and

Maria of Yugoslavia Maria of Yugoslavia (born Princess Maria of Romania; 6 January 1900 – 22 June 1961), known in Serbian as Marija Karađorđević ( sr-cyr, Марија Карађорђевић), was Queen of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, later Queen of Yugo ...

Personal life

In 1934, when he was only five, Prince Andrew's father,

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, was assassinated and his elder brother Peter succeeded to the throne as King

Peter II of Yugoslavia Peter II ( sr-Cyrl, Петар II Карађорђевић, Petar II Karađorđević; 6 September 1923 – 3 November 1970) was the last king of Yugoslavia, reigning from October 1934 until his deposition in November 1945. He was the last r ...

. After the fall of the monarchy in Yugoslavia, Prince Andrew went into exile in

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, where, after graduating in mathematics from

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University, he became an

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. In 1947, Prince Andrew was a guest at the

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. Andrew was a prominent

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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

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, Germany. She was the eldest child of

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and his wife,

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(a sister of

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, the husband of

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). They had two children,''Genealogy of the Royal Family of Serbia and Yugoslavia: HRH Prince Andrej and his descendants''
etrieved 17 February 2016 both of whom were godchildren of the Duke of Edinburgh: * Princess Maria Tatiana ("Tania") of Yugoslavia (18 July 1957), married 30 June 1990 Gregory Per Edward Anthony Michael Thune-Larsen. ** 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. 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 Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia (2 February 1907 – 25 October 1951) was the eldest daughter of Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia and Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna. She was born in Coburg when her parents were in exile be ...

. They had three children: * Princess Lavinia Marie of Yugoslavia (18 October 1961), born while her father was still married to Princess Christina of

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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). ** Nadya Marie George (11 December 1987), illegitimate; fathered by Roy Rexford Finnimore, her surname was changed to Sidiropoulos in 1990. ** 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 Kirill of Yugoslavia (stillborn July/August 2001). *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

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, USA. The couple had no issue.

Death

Andrew was found dead in his car in

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, 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 New Gračanica Monastery ( sr, Манастир Нoва Грачаница, Manastir Nova Gračanica) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery complex is located in Third Lake, Illinois, United States, a suburb of Chicago. The complex houses a scaled-up ...

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. 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 Peter I ( sr-Cyr, Петар I Карађорђевић, Petar I Кarađorđević; – 16 August 1921) was the last king of Serbia, reigning from 15 June 1903 to 1 December 1918. On 1 December 1918, he became the first king of the Serbs, ...

(1844–1921) and

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(1864–1890), while his maternal grandparents were King

Ferdinand of Romania Ferdinand (Ferdinand Viktor Albert Meinrad; 24 August 1865 – 20 July 1927), nicknamed ''Întregitorul'' ("the Unifier"), was King of Romania from 1914 until his death in 1927. Ferdinand was the second son of Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern and ...

(1865–1927) and Princess

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(1875–1938).Family Tree of the Royal House of Yugoslavia
etrieved 17 February 2016

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