Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia (b. 1958)
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Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia, also known as Dimitri Karadjordjevic (born June 18, 1958) is the vice president, creative director of the jewelry firm Assael International. He was formerly a senior vice president of the New York branch of Sotheby's, the auction house.
[edit] Family
Born in Boulogne-sur-Seine, France, he is the younger of the twin sons of Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia and his first wife, Princess Maria Pia of Savoy, a daughter of Umberto II of Italy. He belongs to the cadet branch of the Royal House of Yugoslavia, descending from Prince Regent Paul of Yugoslavia. He is a third cousin of Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, and 101st in line of succession to the British throne.
His paternal grandmother was Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark (sister of Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent). Dimitri is also a first cousin to Filiberto Emanuele, Prince of Venice, the son and heir of the pretender to the throne of Italy, a second cousin to Constantine II of Greece, and also first cousin of the actress Catherine Oxenberg.
| Preceded by: Prince Karl Wladimir of Yugoslavia |
Line of Succession to the British throne | Followed by: Princess Maria Tatiana of Yugoslavia, Mrs Thune-Larsen |
[edit] External links
- Genealogy of the Royal House of Karageorgevich of Serbia and Yugoslavia at chivalricorders.org
- Entry on Dimitri at thePeerage.com
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