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REFERENCE TITLE NAME BORN DIED   TITLE NAME BORN DIED COMMENTS
7 Prince Alexander of Serbia 1806 1885   Persida Nenadovich 1813 1873 The history of Serbia in the 19 th and 20 th Century is somewhat complex due to rivalry between two feuding families from the Houses of Karageorgievich and Obrenovich. Prince Alexander was from the House of Karageorgievich and a son of Djordje (Black George) Petrovic (1752-1817) founder of the Karadjordjevic dynasty. Prince Alexander was elected Prince of Serbia in 1842 but was forced to abdicate in 1859 in favour of Prince Milosh (1780-1860) from the House of Obrenovich. Serbia which became a Kingdom in 1882 was ruled by the House of Obrenovich until 10 June 1903 when its King, Alexander I (1876-1903) and his wife Queen Drago were murdered in their palace during an army revolt. The rule of Serbia returned to the House of Karageorgievich in the shape of Peter I
7.1 Princess Polexia of Serbia 1833 1914   Constantine Nikolarevic 1821 1877 Constantine was murdered
7.1 Princess Polexia of Serbia 1833 1914   Alexander Preshern ? 1914  
7.2 Princess Cleopatra of Serbia 1835 1855   Milan Avrama Petronyevic ? ?  
7.3 Prince Alexa of Serbia 1836 1841          
7.4 Prince Svetozer of Serbia 1841 1847          
7.5 King Peter I of Serbia 1844 1921 Princess Zorka of Montenegro 1864 1890 See 40.1 - Peter became King of Serbia on 15 June 1903 following the murder of King Alexander I of Serbia (from the unrelated House of Obrenovich) and his wife Queen Drago in their palace during an army revolt. The Kingdom of Serbia was renamed the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1918.
7.51 Princess Elena of Serbia 1884 1962 Prince Ioann "Ivan" of Russia 1886 1918 See 4.9641
7.52 Princess Milena of Serbia 1886 1887          
7.53 Crown Prince George of Serbia 1887 1972   Radmila Radonyich 1907 1993 Prince George was mentally and emotionally unstable and was forced to renounce the right to the throne on 12 March 1909 on account of him being accused of the killing of a servant.
Some of his escapades were reported in The New York Times in 1908.
7.54 King Alexander I of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes 1888 1934 Princess Marie "Mignon" of Roumania 1900 1961 See 6.123 - The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was renamed the Kingdom of Yugoslavia on 3 October 1929. King Alexander along with the French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou was assassinated on 9 October 1934 in Marseilles at the start of a state visit to France by Velucko KerinVelucko Kerin a Macedonian revolutionary, working with Croat revolutionists. The assassin who was shot during the affray died a few hours later. Marie escaped possible assassination as she was recovering from an illness and being a poor sailor had travelled separately from Yugoslavia to France by train. For strategic purposes Alexander had travelled by boat from Yugoslavia to Marseilles and was due to meet up with his wife in Dijon/Lyon for the final journey to Paris.
7.541 - QVD King Peter II of Yugoslavia 1923 1970 Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark 1921 1993 See 16.121 - Peter succeeded his father (under the Regency of his uncle Prince Paul of Yugoslavia) when he was only 10 years old. He had to flee the Country in 1941 when it was invaded by Hitler. Yugoslavia was proclaimed a Republic on 29 November in 1945 and the monarchy abolished without Referendum. Peter died in Denver Hospital Colorado following a liver transplant, and he was buried at the St. Sava Monastery Church in Libertyville Illinois the only king to be buried in the United States. He was almost destitute having turned to alcohol. Some sources erroneously shows Peter died in California.
7.5411 - QVD Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia 1945   Princess Maria da Gloria of Orleans-Bragança 1946   See 12.472122 - Prince Alexander is the present Head of the Royal House of Yugoslavia. He was born in the family suite in Claridges Hotel, London. The British Government had declared the hotel suite to be Yugoslavian territory, this was to meet the requirement of the Yugoslavian Constitution which stipulated that Monarchs had to be born on Yugoslavian territory
7.5411 - QVD Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia 1945     Katherine Batis 1943   Prince Alexander is the present Head of the Royal House of Yugoslavia
7.54111 - QVD Prince Peter of Yugoslavia 1980            
7.54112 - QVD Prince Philip of Yugoslavia 1982           Prince Philip and Prince Alexander are twins
7.54113 - QVD Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia 1982           Prince Philip and Prince Alexander are twins
7.542 - QVD Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia 1928 2000 Princess Margarita of Baden 1932   See 32.55221
7.542 - QVD Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia 1928 2000   Linda Bonney 1949    
7.5421 - QVD Prince Nikolas of Yugoslavia 1958     Ljiljana Licanin 1959    
7.54211 - QVD Princess Marija of Yugoslavia 1993            
7.5422 - QVD Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia 1959     Desmond de Silva 1939    
7.54221 - QVD   Victoria Maria de Silva 1991            
7.5423 - QVD Prince George of Yugoslavia 1984            
7.5424 - QVD Prince Michael of Yugoslavia 1985            
7.543 - QVD Prince Andrej of Yugoslavia 1929 1990 Princess Christina of Hesse-Cassel 1933   See 45.414561 - Prince Andrej committed suicide
7.543 - QVD Prince Andrej of Yugoslavia 1929 1990 Princess Kira Melita of Leiningen 1930 2005 See 39.21233 - Prince Andrej committed suicide
7.543 - QVD Prince Andrej of Yugoslavia 1929 1990   Eva Andjelovich 1926   Prince Andrej committed suicide
7.5431 - QVD Princess Maria Tatiana of Yugoslavia 1957     Gregory Thune-Larsen 1953    
7.54311 - QVD   Sonja Thune-Larsen 1992            
7.54312 - QVD   Olga Thune-Larsen 1995            
7.5432 - QVD Prince Christopher of Yugoslavia 1960 1994         Prince Christopher was killed in a bicycle accident in Glenegedale, Scotland
7.5433 - QVD Princess Lavina of Yugoslavia 1961     Erastos Sidiropoulos 1943    
7.5433 - QVD Princess Lavina of Yugoslavia 1961     Austin Pritchard-Levy 1953    
7.54331 - QVD   Nadia-Marie Sidiropoulos 1987           Nadia-Marie's parents are Princess Lavina and Roy Finnimore. Her surname was changed to Sidiropoulos by Deed Poll in 1990
7.54332 - QVD   Andrej Aristotle Sidiropoulos 1990            
7.54333 - QVD   Luca Pritchard-Levy 2000            
7.5434 - QVD Prince Karl Wladimir of Yugoslavia 1964     Brigitte Muller 1956    
7.54341 - QVD Prince Kirill of Yugoslavia (stillborn) 2001 2001          
7.5435 - QVD Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia 1965            
7.55 Prince Andrej of Serbia 1890 1890          
7.6 Princess Helen of Serbia 1846 1867   Djordje Simic 1843 1921 Most sources on the Internet omits the year of birth of Djordje Simic. Following some investigation by me on the Internet in which I identified a Djordje Simic Prime Minister of Serbia I posted a query on the "The Russian-Balkan Royals Message Board" on 29 August 2005. Sam Dotson was kind enough to respond " The excellent genealogical table of the Karageorgevich family which appears in the book - Rodoslovne Tabelitse i Grbovi - published by Nova Kniga, Belgrade, 1987 confirms that the husband of Princess Jelena, Djordje Simic (1843-1921), was, in fact, prime minister ("ministar predcednik")."
7.7 Prince Andrej of Serbia 1848 1864          
7.8 Princess Elizabeth of Serbia 1850 1850          
7.9 Prince Djordje of Serbia 1856 1889          
7.J Prince Arsen of Serbia 1859 1938 Princess Aurore Demidoff di San Donato 1873 1904 See 50.113 
7.J1 Prince Paul of Yugoslavia 1893 1976 Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark 1903 1997 See 16.41 - Prince Paul acted as Regent (9 October 1934 to 27 March 1941) for his cousin King Peter II who was only 10 years old when he succeeded his father King Alexander
7.J11 Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia 1924   Princess Maria Pia of Savoy 1934   See 8.12131
Birth registration of Prince Alexander
7.J11 Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia 1924   Princess Barbara of Liechtenstein 1942   See 41.534
7.J111 Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia 1958           Prince Dimitri and Prince Michael are twins
7.J112 Prince Michael of Yugoslavia 1958           Prince Dimitri and Prince Michael are twins
7.J113 Prince Sergius "Serge" of Yugoslavia 1963     Sophia de Toledo 1962   Prince Sergius and Princess Helen are twins
7.J113 Prince Sergius "Serge" of Yugoslavia 1963     Eleonora Rajneri 1968?   Prince Sergius and Princess Helen are twins
7.J114 Princess Helene of Yugoslavia 1963     Thuerry Gaubert 1951   Prince Sergius and Princess Helen are twins
7.J1141   Milena Gaubert 1988            
7.J1142   Nastasia Gaubert 1991            
7.J1143   Leopold Gaubert 1997            
7.J115 Prince Dushan of Yugoslavia 1977            
7.J12 Prince Nicholas of Yugoslavia 1928 1954         Prince Nicholas was killed in a car accident near Windsor, England
Birth registration of Prince Nicholas
Death Registration of Prince Nicholas
7.J13 Princess Elisabeth of Yugoslavia 1936     Howard Oxenberg 1919    
7.J13 Princess Elisabeth of Yugoslavia 1936     Neil Balfour 1944    
7.J13 Princess Elisabeth of Yugoslavia 1936     Manuel Ulloa y Elias 1922 1992 Manuel Ulloa y Elias was Prime Minister of Peru 1980 to 1982.
Obituary of Manuel Ulloa Elias
7.J131   Catherine Oxenberg 1961     Robert Evans 1938   Catherine Oxenberg is the actress who starred in the US soap opera "Dynasty".
Newspaper cutting of Catherine Oxenberg's birth
7.J131   Catherine Oxenberg 1961     Casper Van Dien 1968   Catherine Oxenberg is the actress who starred in the US soap opera "Dynasty"
7.J1311   India Riven Oxenberg 1991            
7.J1312   Maya Van Dien 2001            
7.J1313   Celeste Alma Van Dien 2003            
7.J132   Christina Oxenberg 1962     Damian Elwes 1962    
7.J133   Nicholas Balfour 1970     Stephanie de Brouwer 1971    
7.J1331   India Lily Alexandra Balfour 2002            
7.J1332   Grace Elizabeth Balfour 2005            

Note - QVD against a reference number indicates the first named individual is a descendant of Queen Victoria.

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