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The firstborn son of H.R.H.
Prince-Regent Pavle Karageorgevich of Yugoslavia and H.R.H. Princess Olga; the
grandson of H.R.H. Prince Arsen Karageorgevich, younger brother of H.R.H. King
Peter I Karageorgevich - The Liberator of The Serbs, Croats and Slovenes;
great-grandson of H.S.H. Prince Aleksandar I Karageorgevich of Serbia and
great-great-grandson of the Supreme Leader and Commander of the Serbs, Grand
Duke George Petrovich – Karageorge.
According to the Family Regulations of the Royal House from 1930, H.R.H. Prince
Aleksandar Karageorgevich bears the Title of the Prince of Yugoslavia.
H.R.H. Prince Aleksandar Karageorgevich is the Head of the junior Princely
Branch of the Royal House of Karageorgevich.
Grand Cross Royal Order of The Star of Karageorge, Grand Cross Royal Order of
The White Eagle, Grand Cross Royal Order of The Yugoslavian Crown; Grand Cross
Royal Order of Saint Sava; Knight Supreme Order of The Annunziata...
H.R.H. Prince Aleksandar Karageorgevich was born August 13th 1924 in White Lodge
(United Kingdom). On his mother’s lineage, he is a descendant of the Holy
Russian Imperial Dynasty of Romanov, of the Greek and Danish Kings and
Princes... His five children are also descendants of the Italian Royal Dynasty
of Savoy, Holy Montenegrene Royal Dynasty of Petrovich-Njegosh, Princely Dynasty
of Leichtenstein.... His grandmother was H.I.H. Elena Vladimirovna, Grand
Duchess of Russia, and his great-grandmother was H.I.H. Grand Duchess of Russia,
Olga Konstantinovna. His maternal grandfather, H.R.H. Prince Nicholaos of Greece
was the third son of Prince Wilhelm of Danmark – H.R.H. King Georgios I of
Greece.
From his first marriage, with H.R.H. Princess Maria Pia of Savoy, daughter of
HM King Umberto II of Italy and H.R.H. Princess Marie Jose of Belgium, has
issue: H.R.H. Prince Dimitrije Karageorgevich, H.R.H. Prince Mihailo
Karageorgevich, H.R.H. Prince Sergije Karageorgevich and H.R.H. Princess Jelena
Karageorgevich (m Thierry Gaubert).
From his second marriage, with H.R.H. Princess Barbara, daughter of H.S.H.
Prince Johannes von and zu Leichtenstein and Countess Karoline von
Ledebur-Wicheln, has a son – H.R.H. Prince Dushan Karageorgevich.
H.R.H. Prince Aleksandar Karageorgevich is the godfather to H.R.H. Hereditary
Prince Petar Karageorgevich.
H.R.H. Prince Aleksandar Karageorgevich studied at Eton College (United
Kingdom). In exile since end of March 1941: Greece, Egypt, Kenya... In the World
War Two he fought as a volunteer-pilot in the British Royal Air Force. After the
war worked as a civilian pilot (6000 hours in the air). Managed several compnies,
and is a chairman to an international airlines company. Lives in Belgrade and
Paris.
H.R.H. Prince Aleksandar Karageorgevich is the Vicechairman of the Admistrative
Committee of the Western-European Eparchy of the Serbian Orthodox Church,
honorary pilot of the Serbian Army Air Force, Liutenant (ret.) British Royal Air
Force and the High Patron of The Center for Research of Orthodox Monarchism.
H.R.H. Prince Aleksandar Karageorgevich is the Heraldic Heir of his late father,
who has assumed these arms following the terrorist assassination of H.R.H. King
Aleksandar I Karageorgevich of Yugoslavia (1934), and upon his assumption of the
duty of the Prince-Regent, and with the consent of H.R.H. Queen Marija
Karageorgevich and her son – H.R.H. King Petar II Karageorgevich.
On the
23rd
October 2006, H.R.H. Prince Aleksandar Karageorgevich has accepted the proposed
changes in his coat of arms (escutheon), made by Nenad M. Jovanovich,
The Herald
of The Princely Branch of The Serbian Royal Family Karageorgevich. |
