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Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia
Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia (Serbian Cyrillic: Андреј Карађорђевић; 28 June 1929 – 7 May 1990) was the youngest child of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Maria of Yugoslavia.
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 (10 January 1933 – 21 November 2011), in Kronberg im Taunus, Germany. She was the eldest child of Prince Christoph of Hesse and Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (elder sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II). They had two children, both of whom were godchildren of their uncle the Duke of Edinburgh:
The couple divorced in London on 31 May 1962.
On 18 September 1963, he married his second cousin Princess Kira Melita of Leiningen (18 July 1930 – 24 September 2005), daughter of Karl, Prince of Leiningen, and Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia. They had three children:
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Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia
Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia (Serbian Cyrillic: Андреј Карађорђевић; 28 June 1929 – 7 May 1990) was the youngest child of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Maria of Yugoslavia.
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 (10 January 1933 – 21 November 2011), in Kronberg im Taunus, Germany. She was the eldest child of Prince Christoph of Hesse and Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (elder sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II). They had two children, both of whom were godchildren of their uncle the Duke of Edinburgh:
The couple divorced in London on 31 May 1962.
On 18 September 1963, he married his second cousin Princess Kira Melita of Leiningen (18 July 1930 – 24 September 2005), daughter of Karl, Prince of Leiningen, and Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia. They had three children: