Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia


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

Exile

After the fall of the monarchy in Yugoslavia, he went into exile in London, where, after graduating in mathematics from Clare College, Cambridge University, he became an insurance broker.

Marriages and issue

On 2 August 1956, he married his third cousin-once-removed Princess Christina Margarethe of Hesse, in Kronberg im Taunus, Germany. She was the eldest child of Prince Christoph of Hesse and his wife Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, her mother being a sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, They had two children:
The couple divorced in London on 31 May 1962.
On 18 September 1963, he married his second cousin Princess Kira of Leiningen, daughter of Karl, Prince of Leiningen and Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia. They had three children:
They were divorced in Frankfurt am Main on 10 July 1972.
Andrej married thirdly Eva Maria, on 30 March 1974 in Palm Springs, California, USA. The couple had no issue.

Death

He was found dead in his car in Irvine, California, US 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.

Ancestry