Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia

Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia was the youngest child of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Maria of Yugoslavia.

Personal life

In 1934, when he was only five, Prince Andrew's father, Alexander I, was assassinated and his elder brother Peter succeeded to the throne as King Peter II of Yugoslavia.
After the fall of the monarchy in Yugoslavia, Prince Andrew went into exile in London, where, after graduating in mathematics from Clare College, Cambridge University, he became an insurance broker.
In 1947, Prince Andrew was a guest at the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten.
Andrew was a prominent Rotarian.

On 2 August 1956, he married his third cousin once removed Princess Christina of Hesse, in Kronberg im Taunus, Germany. She was the eldest child of Prince Christoph of Hesse and Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark. They had two children, both of whom were godchildren of their uncle the Duke of Edinburgh:

Princess Maria Tatiana of Yugoslavia, married 30 June 1990 Gregory Per Edward Anthony Michael Thune-Larsen. They had two daughters:
* Sonia Tatiana Thune-Larsen.
* Olga Kristin Thune-Larsen.
Prince Christopher, 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, daughter of Karl, Prince of Leiningen, and Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia. They had three children:

Princess Lavinia Marie of Yugoslavia, born while her father was still married to Princess 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 and secondly on 4 October 1998 Austin Prichard-Levy. They had three children:
* Nadya Marie George, illegitimate; fathered by Roy Rexford Finnimore, her surname was changed to Sidiropoulos in 1990.
* Andrej Aristotle Sidiropoulos.
* Luca Orlando Christopher Prichard-Levy.
Prince Karl Vladimir Cyril Andrej of Yugoslavia, married 18 April 2000 Brigitte Müller.
Prince Dimitri Ivan Mihailo of Yugoslavia.

They were divorced in Frankfurt am Main on 10 July 1972.
Andrej married thirdly Eva Maria Anđelković, on 30 March 1974 in Palm Springs, California, USA. The couple had no issue.

Andrew was found dead in his car in Irvine, California, 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, 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.

Andrew's paternal grandparents were King Peter I of Serbia and Princess Zorka of Montenegro, while his maternal grandparents were King Ferdinand of Romania and Princess Marie of Edinburgh.