Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia

Head of the House of Karađorđević

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Born 1945
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Updated 2026-06-09

He was crown prince of Yugoslavia for exactly four and a half months — born into a kingdom that vanished before he could walk. Now he heads a royal house with no throne, claiming a title the state erased in 1945.

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Born 17 July 1945 in the United Kingdom, Alexander is the only child of King Peter II and Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark. The monarchy was abolished that November, ending his brief tenure as heir to Democratic Federal Yugoslavia. Raised in Britain with King George VI and the future Queen Elizabeth II as godparents, he carries a double lineage from Queen Victoria through both parents. He styles himself Alexander II Karadjordjevic as pretender to the Serbian and Yugoslav thrones, advocating constitutional monarchism and engaging in humanitarian work from a position that exists entirely…

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