Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (b. 1982)

Infobox Yugoslavian Royalty|prince
name = Prince Alexander
title =Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia
styles = "HRH" Prince Alexander


spouse =
issue =
royal house = House of Karađorđević
father =Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
mother =Princess Maria da Gloria, Duchess of Segorbe
date of birth = birth date and age|1982|1|15
place of birth = Fairfax, Virginia|

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royal name=HRH Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia
dipstyle=His Royal Highness
offstyle=Your Royal Highness
altstyle=Sir|

Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (b. January 15, 1982 in Fairfax, Virginia) is a member of the Yugoslavian royal family. [http://www.royal.rs/family/alex_bio.htm] .

He is the son of Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia and Princess Maria da Gloria of Orléans Bragança, and the fraternal twin of Prince Philip of Yugoslavia. He would be third in the line to the Throne after his elder brother, Prince Peter of Yugoslavia. Alexander's paternal grandparents were Peter II of Yugoslavia and Alexandra of Greece, daughter of Alexander I of Greece and Aspasia Manos, who trace their patrilineal from George I of Greece to the Komnenos and their matrilineal from Olga Konstantinovna of Russia to the Romanovs. His maternal grandparents are Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza and Princess Maria de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. As such, he is of Greek, Danish, German, and Spanish descent. His Godparents are Queen Sofia of Spain, Constantine II of Greece, and Princess Anne, Duchess of Calabria.

Alexander lived in Virginia until 1984. He attended school in London with his twin brother. In June 2000, he graduated from The King's School, Canterbury. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Media from the University of San Francisco in 2004.Prince Alexander is currently in graduate school at an American university completing a Master of Fine Arts Degree (MFA) in Advertising (Art Direction).

On July 17, 2001, the Royal Family took up residence in the Royal Palace Kraljevski Dvor in Belgrade. His ancestry among medieval monarchs of the Balkans is presented at Nemanjic pedigree of the Royal House of Yugoslavia. Alexander is in line for succession to the British throne.

Ancestors

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1= 1. Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia
2= 2. Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
3= 3. Princess Maria da Gloria of Orléans-Braganza
4= 4. Peter II of Yugoslavia
5= 5. Alexandra of Greece and Denmark
6= 6. Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza
7= 7. Princess Maria de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
8= 8. Alexander I of Yugoslavia
9= 9. Maria of Romania
10= 10. Alexander I of Greece
11= 11. Aspasia Manos
12= 12. Prince Pedro de Alcantara of Orléans-Braganza
13= 13. Countess Elisabeth Dobrzensky de Dobrzenicz
14= 14. Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
15= 15. Princess Louise of Orléans
16= 16. Peter I of Serbia
17= 17. Zorka of Montenegro
18= 18. Ferdinand I of Romania
19= 19. Marie of Edinburgh
20= 20. Constantine I of Greece
21= 21. Sophia of Prussia
22= 22. Petros Manos
23= 23. Maria Argyropoulos
24= 24. Prince Gaston, Count of Eu
25= 25. Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil
26= 26. Count Johann Dobrzensky de Dobrzenicz
27= 27. Elisabeth Kottulinsky von Kottulin
28= 28. Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta
29= 29. Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
30= 30. Prince Philippe, Count of Paris
31= 31. Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans

External links

* [http://www.royal.rs/family/alex_bio.htm Royal.rs - Prince Alexander]