Prince Andrew 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:

• Princess Maria Tatiana ("Tania") (born 18 July 1957), married 30 June 1990 Gregory Per Edward Anthony Michael Thune-Larsen.
  • Sonia Tatiana Thune-Larsen (born 29 October 1992).
  • Olga Kristin Thune-Larsen (born 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 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:

• Princess Lavinia Marie (born 18 October 1961), born while her father was still married to 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).
  • Nadya Marie George (born 11 December 1987), illegitimate; fathered by Roy Rexford Finnimore, her surname was changed to Sidiropoulos in 1990.
  • Andrej Aristotle Sidiropoulos (born 22 February 1990).
  • Luca Orlando Christopher Prichard-Levy (born 14 February 2000).
• Prince Karl Vladimir Cyril Andrej (born 11 March 1964), married 18 April 2000 Brigitte Müller.
  • Prince Kirill (stillborn July/August 2001).
• Prince Dimitri Ivan Mihailo (born 21 April 1965).

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

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

Coat of arms of Price Andrew

He was found dead in his car in Irvine, California, US 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.

Royal Monogram of Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia