Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia (b. 1958)

Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia (b. 1958)
Prince Dimitri
Father Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia
Mother Princess Maria Pia of Savoy
Born 18 June 1958 (1958-06-18) (age 53)
Boulogne-sur-Seine, France
Styles of
Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia
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Reference style His Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Royal Highness
Alternative style Sir
Yugoslav Royal Family
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HRH The Crown Prince*
HRH The Crown Princess*


HRH Princess Linda*

  • HRH Prince Nikolas*
    HRH Princess Ljiljana*
    • HRH Princess Marija*
  • HRH Princess Katarina
  • HRH Prince George*
  • HRH Prince Michael*

HRH Princess Eva*

  • HRH Princess Maria Tatiana*
  • HRH Princess Lavinia-Marie*
  • HRH Prince Karl Wladimir*
    HRH Princess Brigitte*
  • HRH Prince Dimitri*


HRH Prince Alexander*
HRH Princess Barbara*

HRH Princess Elisabeth

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Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia (born 18 June 1958 in Boulogne-sur-Seine, France), also known as Dimitri Karageorgevich[1] or Dimitri Karađorđević, is founder, president and creative director of the jewelry firm bearing his name, "Prince Dimitri Company". He was formerly senior vice president of the jewelry department of the Sotheby's auction house. He was named to the International Best Dressed List's Hall of Fame in 1994.

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Life and career

Prince Dimitri was raised in Versailles, attending boarding schools in France and Switzerland. He graduated from the University of Paris with a degree in business law. He then moved to New York City. Originally pursuing a career on Wall Street, he decided to move into the field of jewelry. He was offered a position in Sotheby's jewelry department, eventually rising to senior vice president. During his 15 years with Sotheby's, he also became an appraiser and studied gemology. Prince Dimitri began designing jewelry in 1999, with a collection of gemstone cufflinks that was sold at Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue. He also designed a line of women's jewelry for Barneys New York and Neiman Marcus. In 2002, he moved to the Phillips de Pury & Luxembourg auction house to head their jewelry department. In 2007, he and business partner Todd Morley founded the Prince Dimitri Company, which opened a salon in Manhattan in 2008. His jewelry has also been sold at auction by Christie's.[2][3][4]

Family

Prince Dimitri & Prince Michael of Yugoslavia are the first set of twins born to Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia and his first wife, Princess Maria Pia of Savoy, the eldest daughter of Umberto II of Italy in 1958.[5] Alexander and Maria Pia had a second set of twins, Prince Sergius and Princess Helene of Yugoslavia in 1963.[5] Prince Michael has a younger half-brother, Prince Dushan of Yugoslavia, from his father's second marriage to Princess Barbara of Liechtenstein.[5]

Prince Dimitri belongs to the cadet branch of the Royal House of Yugoslavia, descending from Prince Regent Paul of Yugoslavia. He is a third cousin of Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia.

His maternal grandmother was Princess Marie José of Belgium, whose father was Albert I, King of the Belgians. His paternal grandmother was Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark (sister of Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent). His paternal great-grandfather was Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, an avid oil painter and son of George I (1845–1913), King of the Hellenes. His paternal great-great grandfather was the Grand Duke Vladimir of Russia, patron of the avant-garde, who spurred the creation of the Ballet Russes. From here, Prince Dimitri’s lineage of creativity can be followed, as can his curiosity and love for fine gems and jewelry. It was his paternal grandmother who related firsthand the magnificence of the jewelry collection of her mother and grandmothers. His great-grandmother Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia had inherited all of the diamonds belonging to her mother, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, a collection renowned the world over for its lavish, exquisite breadth.

Prince Dimitri is also a first cousin of Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice, the son and heir of the pretender to the throne of Italy, and also first cousin of the actress Catherine Oxenberg. Through Prince Dimitri's parents he is related to every royal family in Europe, making him 1375th in the line of succession to the British throne.

Ancestors

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Alexander I, Prince of Serbia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Prince Arsen of Yugoslavia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Persida Nenadović
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Prince Paul of Yugoslavia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Prince Paul Demidov
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Princess Aurora Demidov
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Princess Elena Trubetskoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. King George I of the Hellenes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Prince Nicholas of Greece
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna of Russia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Princess Olga of Greece
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Princess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. King Umberto I of Italy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Princess Margaret of Italy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. King Umberto II of Italy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. King Nicholas I of Montenegro
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Princess Elena of Montenegro
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Milena Vukotić
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Princess Maria Pia of Italy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Prince Philippe of Belgium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Albert I, King of the Belgians
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Princess Marie José of Belgium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Duke Karl-Theodor in Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Infanta Maria José of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. ^ Haughney, Christine (23 April 2010). "Getting the Royal Treatment". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/25/nyregion/25royals-ready.html. 
  2. ^ "Prince Dimitri". Afghanistan World Foundation. http://www.afghanistanworldfoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=71&Itemid=80. Retrieved 25 April 2010. 
  3. ^ "Biography from 2008 jewelry auction". Christie's. 11 December 2008. http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5166398. 
  4. ^ "Biography from 2009 jewelry auction". Christie's. 13 May 2009. http://www.christiesinternational.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5203647. 
  5. ^ a b c Paul Theroff. "YUGOSLAVIA". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/yugoslavia.html. Retrieved 4 August 2010. 

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Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia (b. 1958)
Preceded by
Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia
Line of Succession to the British throne
1375th position
Succeeded by
Prince Michael of Yugoslavia



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