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Royal Profile: Crown Princess Katherine of Yugoslavia

Crown Princess Katherine of Yugoslavia was born Katherine Clairy Batis on 13 November 1943 as the daughter of Robert and Anna Batis { Source }. Crown Princess Katherine had a worldly education, studying in Greece, Switzerland, and the United States. Her primary educational years were spent in Greece and Switzerland{ Source }. She studied business at the University of Denver, Colorado and the University of Dallas, Texas { Source }. After graduation, she spent a few years working in business in the United States { Source }. In 2007, Crown Princess Katherine was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of Sheffield{ Source }. She has been married twice{ Source }. Her second marriage was to Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia . Crown Princess Katherine has two children and five grandchildren from her first marriage, as well as three stepsons, a step-daughter-in-law and a stepgrandson from her second marriage{ Source }. Her children, grandchildren and stepchildren are{ S...

Royal Profile: Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia

Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia was born on 17 July 1945 as the only son of Queen Alexandra and King Peter of Yugoslaiva { Source }. He was baptized shortly after his birth, with the following as his godparents{ Source }: King George VI Queen Elizabeth II (then Princess Elizabeth of York, age 9) After the end of WWII, his family was illegially prevented form re-entering Yugoslavia by the communist regime { Source }. Thus, Crown Prince Alexander grew up mostly in exile in the United States, France, Italy and England { Source }. He attended to his education in Switzerland, the United States, Scotland, and England. He attended Marie-José and Le Rosey in Switzerland, Culver Military Academy in the United States, Gordonstoun School in Scotland and Millfield School in England { Source }. Upon his final graduation, he enrolled in the British Royal Military Academy, and thus became a commissioned officer in the British Army in 1966 { Source }. His military career lead him to become a me...

Royal Profile: Prince Michel of Yugoslavia

Prince Michel of Yugoslavia was born 18 June 1958 as the son of Prince Alexander of Yugoslaiva and his first wife, Princess Maria Pia of Savoy { Source }. He has four brothers and a sister, one of who is his twin and a younger brother who is his half-brother, as well as a brother-in-law, two nieces and a nephew { Source }: Prince Sergius Wladimir Emanuel Marie of Yugoslavia (1963) Princess Helene Olga Lydia Tamara Maria of Yugoslavia (1963) Thierry Gaubert (m. 1988) Milena Maria-Pia Angelique Armaule Gaubert (1988) Nastasia Marie-José Tania Vanessa Isabelle Gaubert (1991) Leopold Umberto Armand Michel Gaubert (1997) Prince Dushan Paul of Yugoslavia (1977, half brother) From his mother's side, he has the following stepsiblings, stepsiblings-in-law, and stepnieces and newphews from his mother's marriage to Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma : Princess Inès Marie Josephe Marguerite Yolande Tatiana of Bourbon-Parma (1952-1981) Miss Marie Mélodie de Bourbon (1977, adopted 1982, by he...

Royal Profile: Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia

Prince Dimitrije "Dimitri" of Yugoslavia was born 18 June 1958 as the son of Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia and his first wife, Princess Maria Pia of Savoy { Source }. He has a twin brother, and two younger siblings, a brother-in-law, as well as a half brother{ Source }: Prince Sergius Wladimir Emanuel Marie of Yugoslavia (1963) Princess Helene Olga Lydia Tamara Maria of Yugoslavia (1963) Thierry Gaubert (m. 1988) Milena Maria-Pia Angelique Armaule Gaubert (1988) Nastasia Marie-José Tania Vanessa Isabelle Gaubert (1991) Leopold Umberto Armand Michel Gaubert (1997) Prince Dushan Paul of Yugoslavia (1977, half brother) On his mother's side, he has the following stepsiblings and their families: Princess Inès Marie Josephe Marguerite Yolande Tatiana of Bourbon-Parma (1952-1981) Miss Marie Mélodie de Bourbon (1977, adopted 1982, by her grandfather Prince Michael of Bourbon-Parma) Prince Erik Marie Joseph René Michael Pierre of Bourbon-Parma (1953) Countess Lydia afHolstein-...

Royal Profile: Prince Sergius of Yugoslavia

Prince Sergius Vladimir Emanuel Marie of Yugoslavia was born 12 March 1963 as the youngest son of Prince Alexander of Yugoslaiva and his first wife, Princess Maria Pia of Savoy { Source }. He has four brothers and a sister, one of who is his twin and a younger brother who is his half-brother { Source }: Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia (1958) Prince Michael of Yugoslavia (1958) Princess Helene Olga Lydia Tamara Maria of Yugoslavia (1963) Thierry Gaubert (m 1988) Milena Maria-Pia Angelique Armaule Gaubert (1988) Nastasia Marie-José Tania Vanessa Isabelle Gaubert (1991) Leopold Umberto Armand Michel Gaubert (1997) Prince Dushan Paul of Yugoslavia (1977, half brother from their father's second marriage) On his mother's side, he has the following stepsiblings and their families through his stepfather, ,  Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma : Princess Inès Marie Josephe Marguerite Yolande Tatiana of Bourbon-Parma (1952-1981) Miss Marie Mélodie de Bourbon (1977, adopted 198...

Royal Profile: Princess Helene of Yugoslavia

Princess Helene Olga Lydia Tamara Maria of Yugoslavia was born 12 March 1963 as the only daughter of Prince Alexander of Yugoslaiva and his first wife, Princess Maria Pia of Savoy { Source }. She has four brothers, one of who is her twin and a younger brother who is her half-brother as well as several nieces and nephews: Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia (1958) Prince Michael of Yugoslavia (1958) Prince Sergius Wladimir Emanuel Marie of Yugoslavia (1963) Sophia de Toledo (m. 1985-1986, div) Christiane Galeotti Umberto Emmanuel Dimitri of Yugoslavia (2018) Prince Dushan Paul of Yugoslavia (1977, half brother) Valerie De Muzio (m. 2018) On her mother's side, she has the following stepsiblings and stepnieces and nephews from her stepfather, Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma : Princess Inès Marie Josephe Marguerite Yolande Tatiana of Bourbon-Parma (1952-1981) Miss Marie Mélodie de Bourbon (1977, adopted 1982, by her grandfather Prince Michael of Bourbon-Parma) Princ...

Royal Profile: Prince Stefan of Yugoslavia

Prince Stefan of Yugoslavia was born 25 February 2018 as the first child of Prince Philip of Yugoslavia and Princess Danica of Yugoslavia { Source }. This male birth is the first one in the Royal Family in Serbia for 90 years when HRH Prince Tomislav was born in Belgrade, who was the brother of HM King Peter II, the grandfather of HRH Prince Philip{ Source }. He was baptized on 15 December 2018, with the following godparents { Source }: Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (paternal uncle) Mrs. Petra Lazarevic (friend of his parents) Mr. Dusan Antunovic (friend of his parents) In honor of his first birthday, a new portrait was released { Source }. In honor of his second birthday, his parents released a new portrait with his paternal grandfather and stepgrandmother In addition to being in succession for the Yugoslavian throne, he is distantly in succession for the British throne after his father { Source }

Royal Profile: Peter, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia

Peter, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia was born on 5 February 1980 as the eldest son of Crown Prince Alexander and Princess Maria da Gloria d'Orléans-Braganza{ Source }. He is the stepson of Crown Princess Katherine of Yugoslavia { Source }. He has two younger brothers, and two maternal half-sisters{ Source }{ Source }: Prince Philip (1982) Danica Marinkovic (m. 2017) Prince Stefan of Yugosalvia (2018) Prince Alexander (1982) Sol María de la Blanca de Medina y Orléans-Braganza, 54th Countess of Ampurias (1986) Ana Luna de Medina y Orléans-Braganza, 17th Countess of Ricla (1988) The Hereditary Prince of Yugoslaiva's godfather is Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (his second cousin 2x removed via Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia){ Source }. He spent several years of his childhood abroad. He was born in the United States, where he lived in Chicago and Virginia{ Source }. In 1988, his family had moved to London, where he began attending one of London's top p...

Royal Profile: Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia

Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia was born 15 January 1982 as the youngest son of Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia and his wife Princess Maria da Gloria, Duchess of Segorbe { Source }. He has an older brother, a fraternal twin, a sister-in-law and nephew{ Source }: Hereditary Prince Philip (1980) Hereditary Princess Danica (m. 2017) Prince Stefan (2018) Prince Peter (1982, twin) His godparents are { Source }: Queen Sofia of Spain (his father's cousin) King Constantine of Greece (his father's cousin, brother of his godmother) The Duchess of Calabria He was educated in Spain, England and the United States. He first attended kindergarten in Spain, before attending one of London's top prep schools { Source }. In 2000, he graduated from King’s School Canterbury{ Source }.He obtained three “A” levels in Spanish, French, Government and Politics, and ten GCSE’s (General Certificate of Secondary Education){ Source }. He went to the University of San Francisco (USF)...

Royal Profile: Prince Philip of Yugoslavia

Prince Philip of Yugoslavia was born 15 January 1982 as the son of Crown Prince Alexander and Princess Maria da Gloria of Orleans Bragança { Source }. He has two brothers{ Source }: Hereditary Prince Peter (1980) Prince Alexander (1982, twin) His godparents are{ Source }: King Constantine II of Greece (his father's cousin) Queen Sofia of Spain (his father's cousin, sister of his godfather) The Duchess of Calabria He grew up in the United States, and Europe. He attended kindergarten in Spain, before moving to England{ Source }. In June 2000, Prince Philip graduated from The King’s School Canterbury in England having obtained three “A” levels in Spanish, Politics, and Geography, and ten GCSE’s (General Certificate of Secondary Education) { Source }. Prince Philip graduated from University College London (UCL) with a Bachelor of Arts Honours in Humanities { Source }. After graduation, he worked for Landsbanki and Teather & Greenwood in London, before attending École ...

Royal Profile: Crown Princess Katherine of Yugoslavia

Crown Princess Katherine of Yugoslavia was born Katherine Clairy Batis on 13 November 1943 as the daughter of Robert and Anna Batis { Source }. Crown Princess Katherine had a worldly education, studying in Greece, Switzerland, and the United States. Her primary educational years were spent in Greece and Switzerland{ Source }. She studied business at the University of Denver, Colorado and the University of Dallas, Texas { Source }. After graduation, she spent a few years working in business in the United States { Source }. In 2007, Crown Princess Katherine was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of Sheffield{ Source }. She has been married twice{ Source }. Her second marriage was to Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia . Crown Princess Katherine has two children and five grandchildren from her first marriage, as well as three stepsons, a step-daughter-in-law and a stepgrandson from her second marriage{ Source }. Her children, grandchildren and stepchildren are{ ...

Royal Profile: Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia

Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia was born on 17 July 1945 as the only son of Queen Alexandra and King Peter of Yugoslaiva { Source }. He was baptized shortly after his birth, with the following as his godparents{ Source }: King George VI Queen Elizabeth II (then Princess Elizabeth of York, age 9) After the end of WWII, his family was illegially prevented form re-entering Yugoslavia by the communist regime { Source }. Thus, Crown Prince Alexander grew up mostly in exile in the United States, France, Italy and England { Source }. He attended to his education in Switzerland, the United States, Scotland, and England. He attended Marie-José and Le Rosey in Switzerland, Culver Military Academy in the United States, Gordonstoun School in Scotland and Millfield School in England { Source }. Upon his final graduation, he enrolled in the British Royal Military Academy, and thus became a commissioned officer in the British Army in 1966 { Source }. His military career lead him...

Royal Profile: Prince Michel of Yugoslavia

Prince Michel of Yugoslavia was born 18 June 1958 as the son of Prince Alexander of Yugoslaiva and his first wife, Princess Maria Pia of Savoy { Source }. He has four brothers and a sister, one of who is his twin and a younger brother who is his half-brother, as well as a brother-in-law, two nieces and a nephew { Source }: Prince Sergius Wladimir Emanuel Marie of Yugoslavia (1963) Princess Helene Olga Lydia Tamara Maria of Yugoslavia (1963) Thierry Gaubert (m. 1988) Milena Maria-Pia Angelique Armaule Gaubert (1988) Nastasia Marie-José Tania Vanessa Isabelle Gaubert (1991) Leopold Umberto Armand Michel Gaubert (1997) Prince Dushan Paul of Yugoslavia (1977, half brother) From his mother's side, he has the following stepsiblings, stepsiblings-in-law, and stepnieces and newphews: Princess Inès Marie Josephe Marguerite Yolande Tatiana of Bourbon-Parma (1952-1981) Miss Marie Mélodie de Bourbon (1977, adopted 1982, by her grandfather Prince Michael of Bourbon-Parm...

Royal Profile: Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia

Prince Dimitrije "Dimitri" of Yugoslavia was born 18 June 1958 as the son of Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia and his first wife, Princess Maria Pia of Savoy { Source }. He has a twin brother, and two younger siblings, a brother-in-law, as well as a half brother{ Source }: Prince Sergius Wladimir Emanuel Marie of Yugoslavia (1963) Princess Helene Olga Lydia Tamara Maria of Yugoslavia (1963) Thierry Gaubert (m. 1988) Milena Maria-Pia Angelique Armaule Gaubert (1988) Nastasia Marie-José Tania Vanessa Isabelle Gaubert (1991) Leopold Umberto Armand Michel Gaubert (1997) Prince Dushan Paul of Yugoslavia (1977, half brother) On his mother's side, he has the following stepsiblings: Princess Inès Marie Josephe Marguerite Yolande Tatiana of Bourbon-Parma (1952-1981) Miss Marie Mélodie de Bourbon (1977, adopted 1982, by her grandfather Prince Michael of Bourbon-Parma) Prince Erik Marie Joseph René Michael Pierre of Bourbon-Parma (1953) Countess Lydia af ...

Royal Profile: Prince Sergius of Yugoslavia

Prince Sergius Vladimir Emanuel Marie of Yugoslavia was born 12 March 1963 as the youngest son of Prince Alexander of Yugoslaiva and his first wife, Princess Maria Pia of Savoy { Source }. He has four brothers and a sister, one of who is his twin and a younger brother who is his half-brother { Source }: Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia (1958) Prince Michael of Yugoslavia (1958) Princess Helene Olga Lydia Tamara Maria of Yugoslavia (1963) Thierry Gaubert (m 1988) Milena Maria-Pia Angelique Armaule Gaubert (1988) Nastasia Marie-José Tania Vanessa Isabelle Gaubert (1991) Leopold Umberto Armand Michel Gaubert (1997) Prince Dushan Paul of Yugoslavia (1977) On his mother's side, she has the following step-siblings and step-nieces and nephews from his stepfather,  Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma : Princess Inès Marie Josephine Marguerite Yolande Tatiana of Bourbon-Parma (1952-1981) Miss Marie Mélodie de Bourbon (1977, adopted 1982, by her grandfather Prince Michael of Bourbo...

Royal Profile: Princess Helene of Yugoslavia

Princess Helene Olga Lydia Tamara Maria of Yugoslavia was born 12 March 1963 as the only daughter of Prince Alexander of Yugoslaiva and his first wife, Princess Maria Pia of Savoy { Source }. She has four brothers, one of who is her twin and a younger brother who is her half-brother as well as several nieces and nephews: Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia (1958) Prince Michael of Yugoslavia (1958) Prince Sergius Wladimir Emanuel Marie of Yugoslavia (1963) Sophia de Toledo (m. 1985-1986, div) Prince Dushan Paul of Yugoslavia (1977, half brother) On her mother's side, she has the following stepsiblings and stepnieces and nephews from her stepfather, Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma : Princess Inès Marie Josephe Marguerite Yolande Tatiana of Bourbon-Parma (1952-1981) Miss Marie Mélodie de Bourbon (1977, adopted 1982, by her grandfather Prince Michael of Bourbon-Parma) Prince Erik Marie Joseph René Michael Pierre of Bourbon-Parma (1953) Countess Lydia afHolstein-Ledrebo...

Royal Profile: Prince Stefan of Yugoslavia

Prince Stefan of Yugoslavia was born 25 February 2018 as the first child of Prince Philip of Yugoslavia and Princess Danica of Yugoslavia { Source }. This male birth is the first one in the Royal Family in Serbia for 90 years when HRH Prince Tomislav was born in Belgrade, who was the brother of HM King Peter II, the grandfather of HRH Prince Philip{ Source }. He was baptized on 15 December 2018, with the following godparents { Source }: Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (paternal uncle) Mrs. Petra Lazarevic (friend of his parents) Mr. Dusan Antunovic (friend of his parents) In honor of his first birthday, a new portrait was released { Source }. In addition to being in succession for the Yugoslavian throne, he is distantly in succession for the British throne after his father { Source }

Royal Profile: Peter, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia

Peter, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia was born on 5 February 1980 as the eldest son of Crown Prince Alexander and Princess Maria da Gloria d'Orléans-Braganza{ Source }. He is the stepson of Crown Princess Katherine of Yugoslavia { Source }. He has two younger brothers, and two maternal half-sisters{ Source }{ Source }: Prince Philip (1982) Danica Marinkovic (m. 2017) Prince Stefan of Yugosalvia (2018) Prince Alexander (1982) Sol María de la Blanca de Medina y Orléans-Braganza, 54th Countess of Ampurias (1986) Ana Luna de Medina y Orléans-Braganza, 17th Countess of Ricla (1988) The Hereditary Prince of Yugoslaiva's godfather is Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (his second cousin 2x removed via Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia){ Source }. He spent several years of his childhood abroad. He was born in the United States, where he lived in Chicago and Virginia{ Source }. In 1988, his family had moved to London, where he began attending one of London's top ...

Royal Profile: Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia

Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia was born 15 January 1982 as the youngest son of Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia and his wife Princess Maria da Gloria, Duchess of Segorbe { Source }. He has an older brother, a fraternal twin, a sister-in-law and nephew{ Source }: Hereditary Prince Philip (1980) Hereditary Princess Danica (m. 2017) Prince Stefan (2018) Prince Peter (1982, twin) His godparents are { Source }: Queen Sofia of Spain (his father's cousin) King Constantine of Greece (his father's cousin) The Duchess of Calabria He was educated in Spain, England and the United States. He first attended kindergarten in Spain, before attending one of London's top prep schools { Source }. In 2000, he graduated from King’s School Canterbury{ Source }.He obtained three “A” levels in Spanish, French, Government and Politics, and ten GCSE’s (General Certificate of Secondary Education){ Source }. He went to the University of San Francisco (USF), graduated with ...

Royal Profile: Prince Philip of Yugoslavia

Prince Philip of Yugoslavia was born 15 January 1982 as the son of Crown Prince Alexander and Princess Maria da Gloria of Orleans Bragança { Source }. He has two brothers{ Source }: Hereditary Prince Peter (1980) Prince Alexander (1982, twin) His godparents are{ Source }: King Constantine II of Greece (his father's cousin) Queen of Spain (his father's cousin) The Duchess of Calabria He grew up in the United States, and Europe. He attended kindergarten in Spain, before moving to England{ Source }. In June 2000, Prince Philip graduated from The King’s School Canterbury in England having obtained three “A” levels in Spanish, Politics, and Geography, and ten GCSE’s (General Certificate of Secondary Education) { Source }. Prince Philip graduated from University College London (UCL) with a Bachelor of Arts Honours in Humanities { Source }. After graduation, he worked for Landsbanki and Teather & Greenwood in London, before attending École hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) Sw...