- Born
- Birth nameAleksandar Karadjordjevic
- Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia was born on July 17, 1945 in London, England, UK. He is a producer, known for From Exile to Return (2025), Aleksandar II (2022) and Around the World in 80 Days (2009). He has been married to Katherine Batis since September 20, 1985. He was previously married to Maria of Orléans-Braganza.
- SpousesKatherine Batis(September 20, 1985 - present)Maria of Orléans-Braganza(July 1, 1972 - 1985) (divorced, 3 children)
- Parents
- RelativesMarija Karadjordjevic(Grandparent)King Peter of Serbia(Great Grandparent)King Ferdinand of Romania(Great Grandparent)Queen Marie of Romania(Great Grandparent)King Constantine(Great Grandparent)King Alexander of Yugoslavia(Grandparent)
- Current pretender to the abolished thrones of Yugoslavia and Serbia, and the only child of King Peter II of Yugoslavia and Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark. On 4 March 2007, Alexander announced plans to move his father's remains to Belgrade. Peter is the only foreign monarch to be buried in the US.
- The British Government temporarily ceded sovereignty over the suite of Claridge's Hotel in London where Aleksandar was born to Yugoslavia so that he would be born on Yugoslav territory; law dictated that an heir could not assume the throne unless he was born on Yugoslav soil.
- Grandson of King Alexander of Yugoslavia. Great-grandson of King Peter of Serbia, and King Ferdinand of Romania and Queen Marie of Romania, and King Constantine. 2nd great-grandson of King George of Greece and Queen Olga. 3rd great-grandson of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
- After the revolution that ousted former Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic in 2000, the Serbian government allowed the royal family to return and live in the palace.
- He was once in line to the British throne, albeit low on the list. He forfeited that birthright upon his first marriage, to a Roman Catholic.
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