Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia

Who is Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia?

Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, is the eldest son of late Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, who acted as Regent of Yugoslavia in the 1930s, and his wife, Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark.

Alexander was born at White Lodge, Richmond Park, United Kingdom, and is currently 1374th in the Line of succession to the British throne.

On 12 February 1955, Alexander married Princess Maria Pia of Savoy, daughter of King Umberto II of Italy and of his wife, Princess Marie-José of Belgium. The marriage took place at Cascais in Portugal where the bride's father was living in exile. The couple had met on the 22 August 1954 royal cruise of the Agamemnon hosted by King Paul and Queen Frederika of the Hellenes.

Alexander and Maria Pia have a pair of twin sons born in 1958, a second pair of twins being born during the marriage five years later:

⁕Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia

⁕Prince Michael of Yugoslavia

⁕Prince Sergius Wladimir Emanuel Marie of Yugoslavia

⁕Princess Helene Olga Lydia Tamara Maria of Yugoslavia, married Thierry Gaubert

Alexander and Maria Pia divorced in 1967, and in 2003 she married Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma, himself divorced from Princess Yolande de Broglie-Revel.