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The
firstborn son of H.R.H.
Prince-Regent Pavle
Karageorgevich of
Yugoslavia and H.R.H.
Princess Olga; the
grandson of H.R.H.
Prince Arsen
Karageorgevich, younger
brother of H.R.H. King
Peter I Karageorgevich -
The Liberator of The
Serbs, Croats and
Slovenes; great-grandson
of H.S.H. Prince
Aleksandar I
Karageorgevich of Serbia
and great-great-grandson
of the Supreme Leader
and Commander of the
Serbs, Grand Duke George
Petrovich – Karageorge.
According to the Family
Regulations of the Royal
House from 1930, H.R.H.
Prince Aleksandar
Karageorgevich bears the
Title of the Prince of
Yugoslavia.
H.R.H. Prince Aleksandar
Karageorgevich is the
Head of the junior
Princely Branch of the
Royal House of
Karageorgevich.
Grand Cross Royal Order
of The Star of
Karageorge, Grand Cross
Royal Order of The White
Eagle, Grand Cross Royal
Order of The Yugoslavian
Crown; Grand Cross Royal
Order of Saint Sava;
Knight Supreme Order of
The Annunziata...
H.R.H. Prince Aleksandar
Karageorgevich was born
August 13th 1924 in
White Lodge (United
Kingdom). On his
mother’s lineage, he is
a descendant of the Holy
Russian Imperial Dynasty
of Romanov, of the Greek
and Danish Kings and
Princes... His five
children are also
descendants of the
Italian Royal Dynasty of
Savoy, Holy Montenegrene
Royal Dynasty of
Petrovich-Njegosh,
Princely Dynasty of
Leichtenstein.... His
grandmother was H.I.H.
Elena Vladimirovna,
Grand Duchess of Russia,
and his
great-grandmother was
H.I.H. Grand Duchess of
Russia, Olga
Konstantinovna. His
maternal grandfather,
H.R.H. Prince Nicholaos
of Greece was the third
son of Prince Wilhelm of
Danmark – H.R.H. King
Georgios I of Greece.
From his first marriage,
with H.R.H. Princess
Maria Pia of Savoy,
daughter of HM King
Umberto II of Italy and
H.R.H. Princess Marie
Jose of Belgium, has
issue: H.R.H. Prince
Dimitrije
Karageorgevich, H.R.H.
Prince Mihailo
Karageorgevich, H.R.H.
Prince Sergije
Karageorgevich and
H.R.H. Princess Jelena
Karageorgevich (m
Thierry Gaubert).
From his second
marriage, with H.R.H.
Princess Barbara,
daughter of H.S.H.
Prince Johannes von and
zu Leichtenstein and
Countess Karoline von
Ledebur-Wicheln, has a
son – H.R.H. Prince
Dushan Karageorgevich.
H.R.H. Prince Aleksandar
Karageorgevich is the
godfather to H.R.H.
Hereditary Prince Petar
Karageorgevich.
H.R.H. Prince Aleksandar
Karageorgevich studied
at Eton College (United
Kingdom). In exile since
end of March 1941:
Greece, Egypt, Kenya...
In the World War Two he
fought as a
volunteer-pilot in the
British Royal Air Force.
After the war worked as
a civilian pilot (6000
hours in the air).
Managed several
compnies, and is a
chairman to an
international airlines
company. Lives in
Belgrade and Paris.
H.R.H. Prince Aleksandar
Karageorgevich is the
Vicechairman of the
Admistrative Committee
of the Western-European
Eparchy of the Serbian
Orthodox Church,
honorary pilot of the
Serbian Army Air Force,
Liutenant (ret.) British
Royal Air Force and the
High Patron of The
Center for Research of
Orthodox Monarchism.
H.R.H. Prince Aleksandar
Karageorgevich is the
Heraldic Heir of his
late father, who has
assumed these arms
following the terrorist
assassination of H.R.H.
King Aleksandar I
Karageorgevich of
Yugoslavia (1934), and
upon his assumption of
the duty of the
Prince-Regent, and with
the consent of H.R.H.
Queen Marija
Karageorgevich and her
son – H.R.H. King Petar
II Karageorgevich.
On the 23rd
October 2006, H.R.H.
Prince Aleksandar
Karageorgevich has
accepted the proposed
changes in his coat of
arms (escutheon), made
by Nenad M.
Jovanovich,
The Herald of
The Princely Branch of
The Serbian Royal
Family Karageorgevich.
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