YUGOSLAVIA
I. House of KARAGEORGEVICH
The present members of this family bear the title Prince[ss]
of Yugoslavia
(Royal Highness).
DJORDJE Petrovic, called Kara Djordje (Karageorge), was chosen as Hospdar
of the Serbs 5 Feb 1804,
but was forced to flee 2 Sep
1813. He was b.Vishevats 14 Sep 1752 and was murdered at Radovanje 13 Jul 1817. He m.Jelena Jovanovic (1764-8 Feb 1842).
1a) Sima, b.and d.ca 1788
2a) Sava (1793-1847); m.before Apr
1807 Anton Ristic (d.1832)
3a) Sara (Sarka) (1795-ca 1852); m.1st Nikola Karamarkovic, Voivode
(d.1816); m.2d Tosa Boyanic (d.1847)
4a) Pola (1797-1812); m.Jovica Milanovic, Voivode
5a) Stamenka (1799-1875); m.1st Dimitri Pistic (d.1834); m.2d Ilija
Carapic, Voivode (d.1844)
6a) Alexa (1801-1830); m.Marija Trokin (d.1827)
1b) Djordje (1827-Paris 14
Aug 1884); m.10 May 1856 Sarka Anastasijevic (1832/7-1931)
1c) Alexa, who claimed the
Serbian throne (10 Jun
1859-Paris 15
Feb 1920); m.Myra Abigail Pankhurst (Cleveland, Ohio
1859-1938)
2c) Bozidar (11 Jan 1862-14 Apr 1908 [1903?])
7a) ALEXANDER I, Pr of Serbia, so elected 15 Sep 1842,
abdicated 3 Jan 1859
(Topola 11 Oct 1806-Temesvár 3 May 1885); m.Hotin, Bessarabia
1 Jun 1830
Persida Nenadovic (Valvejo 15 Feb 1813-Vienna 29 Mar 1873)
1b) Polexia (1 Feb 1833-5 Dec 1914);
m.1st 21 Oct 1849
Konstantin Nikolajevic (1821-murdered 13 Oct 1877); m.2d Alexander Preshern (d.Dec
1914)
2b) Cleopatra (26 Nov 1835-13 Jul 1855); m.8 Feb 1855 Milan
Avrama Petronijevic
3b) Alexa (23 Mar 1836-21 Apr 1841)
4b) Svetozar (1841-17 Mar 1847)
5b) PETER I, elected King of Serbia 15 Jun 1903,
proclaimed King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia)
24 Nov 1918
(Belgrade 11 Jul 1844-Belgrade 16 Aug 1921); m.Cetinje 1 Aug 1883 Zorka Pss of Montenegro
(Cetinje 23 Dec 1864-Cetinje 28 Mar 1890)
1c) Jelena (Rijeka 4 Nov
1884-Nice 16 Oct 1962); m.Peterhof 3
Sep 1911 Ivan Pr of Russia
(Pavlovsk 5 Jul 1886-murdered at Alapaievsk 18 Jul 1918)
2c) Milena (28 Apr 1886-21 Dec 1887)
3c) George, Crown Pr of Serbia,
renounced his rights 28 Mar
1909 (Rijeka 8 Sep 1887-Belgrade 17 Oct 1972); m.(morganatically) (civ) 1949 (rel) Belgrade
1955 Radmila Radonjic (4 Jul
1907-Belgrade 9
May 1993)
4c) ALEXANDER, King of Yugoslavia
(Cetinje 16 Dec 1888-assassinated at Marseilles 9 Oct 1934); m.Belgrade 8 Jun 1922 Marie Pss of Romania
(Gotha 8 Jan 1900-London 22 Jun 1961)
1d) PETER II, King of Yugoslavia
until the monarchy was abolished 29
Nov 1945 (Belgrade 6 Sep 1923-Denver, Colorado 3 Nov 1970);
m.London 20 Mar 1944 Alexandra Pss of Greece
and Denmark
(Athens 25 Mar 1921-Burges Hills, nr Lewes 30 Jan 1993)
1e) ALEXANDER,
Crown Pr of Yugoslavia
(b.London 17 Jul 1945);
m.1st Seville, Spain
1 Jul 1972
(div 1985) Maria da Gloria Pss of Orléans-Braganza (b.Petrópolis 13 Dec 1946); m.2d London
21 Sep 1985
Katherine Clairy Batis (b.Athens 13
Nov 1943)
1f) Peter (b.Chicago 5 Feb 1980)
2f) Philip (b.Falls
Church, Virginia
15 Jan 1982)
3f) Alexander (b.Falls
Church 15 Jan 1982)
2d) Tomislav (Belgrade 19 Jan
1928-Oplenac 12 Jul 2000); m.1st Salem,
Baden 6 Jun 1957 (div 1982) Margarita Pss of Baden
(b.Salem 14 Jul 1932);
m.2d Bournville 16 Oct 1982
Linda Bonnay (b.London 22 Jun
1949)
1e) Nikolas (b.London 15 Mar 1958);
m.Düsseldorf-Lichtenbroich 22
Nov 1992 Ljiljana Licánin (b.Zemun, Yugoslavia
27 Dec 1959)
1f) Marija (b.Belgrade 4 Aug 1993)
2e) Katerina (b.London 28 Nov 1959); m.London 5 Dec 1987 Desmond de Silva
(b.Sri Lanka 13 Dec 1939)
1f)
Victoria Maria Esmé Margarita de Silva, b.London 6 Sep 1991
3e) George (b.London 25 May 1984)
4e) Michael (b.London 15 Dec 1985)
3d) Andrej (Bled 28 Jun
1929-committed suicide by carbon monoxide, Irvine, California 7 May 1990);
m.1st Kronberg 2 Aug 1956 (div 1962) Pss Christina of Hesse (b.Kronberg 10 Jan
1933); m.2d (civ) Langton Green, Kent 18 Sep 1963 (rel) Amorbach 12 Oct 1963
(div 1972) Kira Pss zu Leiningen (Coburg 18 Jul 1930-London 24 Sep 2005); m.3d
Palm Springs, California 30 Mar 1974 Eva Maria Andjelkovic (b.Vrnjacka-Banja,
Serbia 26 Aug 1926)
1e) Maria Tatiana (b.London 18 Jul 1957); m.30 Jun 1990
Gregory Thune-Larsen (b.London 11
Aug 1953)
1f)
Sonia Tatiana Thune-Larsen, b.Cagnes-sur-Mer 29 Oct 1992
2f) Olga Kristin
Thune-Larsen, b.Cagnes-sur-Mer 26 Oct 1995
2e) Pr Christopher (London 4
Feb 1960-k.in car wreck in Scotland 14 May 1994)
3e) Karl Vladimir (b.London 21 Mar 1964); m.London 18 Apr 2000 (rel) 20 May 2001 Brigitte Müller
(b.Bad Salzuflen 7 Jul 1956)
1f) Kirill Andrej (b.and
d.Lemgo 18 Jun 2001)
4e) Dimitri (b.London 12 Apr 1965)
5e) [born to Pss
Kira zu Leiningen before her marriage to Andreas, but apparently Andrej's
child; he adopted her 15 Feb 1965] "Pss" Lavinia Marie (b.London 18 Oct 1961); m.1st 20 May 1989 (div 1993) Erastos Sidiropolous (b.Alexandria 31 Mar 1943); m.2d London 4 Oct 1998 Austin Prichard-Levy (b.Roma, Queensland 20 Jan 1953)
1f)
Andrej Aristotle Sidiropolous, b.London 22 Feb 1990
2f) Nadia-Marie
Sidiropolous, b.London 11 Dec 1987 [born before marriage, and purportedly Lavinia's daughter by one Roy
Rexford Finnimore]
3f) Luca Orlando
Christopher Prichard-Levy, b.London 14 Feb 2000
6b) Jelena (18 Oct 1846-26
Jul 1867); m.1867 Djordje Simic (d.1921)
7b) Andrej (15 Sep 1848-12 Jul 1864)
8b) Jelisabetta (ca 27 Feb 1850-ca 1 Jun 1850)
9b) Djordje (11 Oct 1856-5 Jan 1889)
10b) Arsen (Temesvár 16 Apr 1859-Paris 19 Oct 1938);
m.St.Petersburg 1 May 1892
(div 1896) Aurora Demidov Pss de San Donato (Kiev 15 Nov 1873-Turin 28 Jun
1904)
1c) Paul, Pr Regent of Yugoslavia
1934-1941 (St.Petersburg 27 Apr 1893-Paris 14 Sep 1976); m.Belgrade 22 Oct 1923 Olga Pss of Greece
and Denmark
(Tatoi 11 Jun 1903-Paris 16 Oct 1997)
1d) Alexander (b.White Lodge, Richmond,
Surrey 13 Aug 1924); m.1st Cascais 12 Feb 1955 (div 1967)
Maria Pss of Savoy
(b.Naples 24 Sep 1934);
m.2d Paris 2 Nov 1973 Barbara Pss von
und zu Liechtenstein
(b.Mährisch-Sternberg 9 Jul 1942)
1e) Dimitri Umberto Anton Peter
Maria (b.Boulogne-sur-Seine 18
Jun 1958)
2e) Michael Nicolas Paul George Maria
(b.Boulogne-sur-Seine 18 Jun
1958)
3e) Sergius Wladimir Emanuel Marie
(b.Boulogne-sur-Seine 12 Mar
1963); m.(civ)
Saint-Nom-la-Bretčche (rel) Merlinge, nr Geneva
30 Nov 1985
(div 1986) Sophie de Toledo (b.Boulogne-sur-Seine 1 Apr 1962); m.2d 18 Sep 2004 Eleonore
Rajneri
4e) Helene Olga Lydia
Tamara Maria (b.Boulogne-sur-Seine 12
Mar 1963); m.Neuilly-sur-Seine 12 Jan 1988 Thierry Alexandre Gaubert
(b.Paris 14 May 1951)
1f)
Milena Maria Pia Angelique Armaule Gaubert, b.Neuilly 8 Jul 1988
2f) Anastasia
Marie-José Tania Vanessa Isabelle Gaubert, b.Neuilly 22 Feb 1991
3f) Leopold Umberto
Armand Michel Gaubert, b.Neuilly 19 Jul 1997
5e) Dushan Paul (b.St.Gallen 25 Sep 1977)
2d) Nikola (London 29 Jun
1928-k.in car accident at Datchet, nr Windsor 12 Apr 1954)
3d) Elisabeth (b.Belgrade 7 Apr 1936); m.1st in Florida
21 May 1960
(div 1966) Howard Oxenberg (b.New York
1919); m.2d London 23 Sep 1969 (div) Neil
Balfour (b.Lima 12 Aug 1934);
m.3d New York 28 Feb 1987 [28 Aug 1987, per one
source] Manuel Ulloa y Elias (Lima 12 Nov 1922-Madrid 9 Aug 1992)
1e)
Catherine Oxenberg [the actress], b.New York City 22 Sep 1961; m.1st Beverly Hills CA 12 Jul 1998 (annulled Jul 1998) Robert Evans;
m.2d Las Vegas 8 May 1999, Casper Van Dien (b.Ridgefield, New Jersey 18 Dec 1968)
1f)
[by ?] India Riven Oxenberg, b.Los Angeles 7 Jun 1991
2f) Maya Van Dien,
b.Los Angeles 20 Sep 2001
3f) Celeste Alma
Van Dien, b.Los Angeles 3 Oct 2003
2e)
Christina Oxenberg, b.New York City 7 Dec 1962; m.Amman, Jordan Jun 1986 Damian Elwes (b.London 10 Aug 1962)
3e) Nicholas
Augustus Balfour, b.London 6 Jun 1970; m.Grimbergen, Belgium 24 May 2000 Stéphanie de Brouwer (b.Mortsel, Belgium 30 Apr 1971)
1f)
India Lily Alexandra Balfour, b.London 17 Oct 2002
2f)
Grace Elizabeth Balfour, b.2005
II. House of OBRENOVIC
Visnja, a Serbian peasant woman (d.30 Jun 1817) m.1st Obren Martinovic (d.ca
1780) and m.2d Todor Mihailovic (d.1802); her children by her second marriage
took the same patronymic surname as her children y the first: Obrenovic.
by 1st marriage:
1a) Milan,
d.Bucharest 16 Dec 1810;
m.Stoja N (d.1813)
1b) Christifor (d.30 Jun 1825)
2a) Jakov, d.1811
3a) Stana; m.Sava N
by 2d marriage:
4a) MILOSH Obrenovic, elected Pr of Serbia 6 Nov 1817, abdicated in favor
of his son 25 Jun 1839;
resumed the throne 23 Dec 1858
(Dobrinjé 18 Mar 1780-Belgrade 26 Sep 1860); m.1805 Ljubica Vukomanovic (Sep
1788-Vienna 26 May 1843)
1b) Petrija (5 Aug 1808-1870); m.6 Jun
1834 Todor Bajic de Varadija, ennobled in Austria
as Teodor Baich de Varadia)
2b) Savka (Jelisabeta) (28 Mar 1814-5 Oct 1848); m.16 Oct
1831 Jovan Nikolic, ennobled in Austria
1854 as Freiherr Nicolic de Rudna (d.10 May 1880)
3b) Gabriel, d.young
4b) Marija, d.young
5b) Todor, d.young
6b) MILAN,
Pr of Serbia
from 25 Jun 1839
(21 Oct 1819-Belgrade
8 Jul 1839)
7b) MIHAILO, Pr of Serbia 8 Jul 1839 until he was
deposed 6 Sep 1842, and again from 26
Sep 1860 till his death (16 Sep 1823-assassinated at Belgrade
10 Jun 1868);
m.1 Aug 1853 Julia Gfn Hunyady von Kéthely (Vienna 26 Aug 1831-19 Feb 1919)
5a) Jovan (1787-3 Feb 1850); m.1st ca 1814 Kruna Mihailovic
(d.18 Jan 1835); m.2d 1835 Anna Joksic (14 Mar 1818-21 Jun 1880)
1b) Obren (1818-1826)
2b) Savka (Jelisabetta) (1 Oct 1828-5 Oct 1834)
3b) Anastasija (Stana) (9 Nov 1839-27 Feb 1933); m.2 Jun 1858
Todor Aleksic de Maďna (1825-19 Oct 1891)
4b) Ermila (3 Feb 1844-Jun 1918); m.1st 2 Nov 1860 Nikola Cupic;
m.2d 1867 Tihomil (Tesa) Nikolic (1832-25 Sep 1886)
6a) Jevrem (1790-20 Sep 1856); m.1816 Thomanija Bogicevic
(1796-13 Jun 1881)
1b) Jelena (Jelka) (6 May 1818-18__); m.18 Feb
1834 Constantin Hadija
2b) Simka (6 May 1818-1837); m.2 Mar 1834 Janac
Ghermani
3b) Anka (Anna) (1 Apr 1821-assassinated at Belgrade
10 Jun 1868);
m.1842 Alexander Constantinovic
4b) Jekaterina (9 Jul 1826-Vienna 6 Aug 1848)
5b) Stana (Anastasia) 24 Mar 1828-Sep 1842)
6b) Milosh (25 Nov 1829-20 Nov 1861); m.Bucharest 22 Apr 1851 (div 1855)
Elena Maria Catargiu (1831-Jassy 28
Jun 1879); NOTE: there is
some evidence that Milosh had a daughter, but her name does not appear in any
sources. A correspondent has sent me the following note: "I got my
information out of the August 1998 issue of Royalty Digest. The article
on the Obrenovics is on pg. 48 in the "Glimpses" section, and the
article itself is an excerpt from a book called "A Soldier-Diplomat,"
by John Murray (c. 1927). This book consists of the memoirs of
Brigadier-General Sir Douglas Dawson, a British militay attache. Dawson's
visit to King Milan took place in 1886, and with him went another officer,
Major Wortley.
The section of the article pertinent to the
sister is as follows:
"Milan is certainly a good talker and
raconteur. At this first audience he gave us a detailed description of an
attack which had been made on him and his sister when as children playing in
the Topchida Park in Belgrade, instigated, he said, by supporters of the rival
dynasty of Kara-Georgevitch...He enlarged on the bitter feud which for many
years had existed between the Obrenovitch and the Kara-Georgevitch dynasties,
and Wortley and I were initiated that day into much which was soon to make
history.
"The King invited us to a State ball which
was given that evening at the Palace, and to this day I have some favours which
Queen Nathalie gave me in the cotillion. Her majesty was a
striking-looking lady, very much the Eastern type of beauty. During the
ball the King presented me to his sister, whom he described as "full of
lead," for as a child she had been wounded in the head, body, and legs
during the assault above referred to."
1c) MILAN, Pr of Serbia 10 Jun
1868, became King of Serbia 6 Mar 1882, abdicated 6 Mar 1889 (Marasesci, Romania 22 Aug
1854-Vienna 11 Feb 1901); m.Belgrade 17 Oct 1875 (div 1888) Natalija Kesko
(Florence 14 May 1859-Paris 8 May 1941); m.2d 7 Mar 1893 his first wife
1d) ALEXANDER, King of Serbia
from his father's abdication (Belgrade 15 Aug 1876-assassinated at Belgrade 10
Jun 1903); m.Belgrade 5 Aug 1900
Draga Lunjevic (Jornji Milanovac 23 Sep 1867-assassinated at Belgrade 10 Jun
1903)
2d) Sergei (Belgrade 14 Sep 1878-Belgrade 19
Sep 1878)
3d) [by
Artemisia Christic] Obren Christic (1889- ), who took the
name Prince George Obrenovic; he attempted to gain the throne in 1906