Prince Andrej of Yugoslavia

Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia (; 28 June 1929 – 7 May 1990) was the youngest child of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Maria of Yugoslavia.

Personal life 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.

Marriages and issue 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:

Princess Maria Tatiana ("Tania") of Yugoslavia (18 July 1957), married 30 June 1990 Gregory Per Edward Anthony Michael Thune-Larsen. They had two daughters: Sonia Tatiana Thune-Larsen (29 October 1992). Olga Kristin Thune-Larsen (26 October 1995). Prince Christopher (4 February 1960 – 14 May 1994), a science teacher who died in a bicycle accident.

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:

Princess Lavinia Marie of Yugoslavia (18 October 1961), born while her father was still married to Princess Christina of Hesse and registered as Lavinia Maria Lane; she was adopted legally by her parents on 15 November 1965, enabling her to be recognized a legitimate member of the Royal House of Yugoslavia.