Peter, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia

Infobox Yugoslavian Royalty|prince
name = Prince Peter
title =Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia
styles = "HRH" The Hereditary Prince


spouse =
issue =
royal house = House of Karađorđević
father =Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
mother =Princess Maria da Gloria, Duchess of Segorbe
date of birth = birth date and age|1980|2|5
place of birth = Chicago, Illinois|

Peter, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia (Serbian name: "Петар Карађорђевић") was born on 5 February 1980 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. He is the eldest son of Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia and Princess Maria da Gloria of Orléans Bragança. Prince Peter is the grandson of HM King Peter II. His Godfather is HRH Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, son of HRH Prince Regent Paul of Yugoslavia.

Prince Peter lived in Chicago until the end of 1981, when he moved with his parents to Virginia. In 1983, he first attended morning pre-school in Tyson's Corner, Virginia, and in 1984, he went to day school. In 1988 at the age of eight, he was a student at one of London's top preparatory day schools. In June 1998, he graduated from The King's School, Canterbury in England having obtained three A-levels in Art, Spanish, and French, and ten GCSEs. In 1999, Prince Peter completed in London an art foundation course at Camberwell College of Arts (London Institute). In May 2000, Prince Peter concluded a series art programmes on the European continent mainly in Barcelona and Seville. Prince Peter spent a year 1999-2000 at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), a renowned art school on the East Coast of the United States. He is currently working in the field of graphic design and computer technologies.

Prince Peter speaks English, Spanish and French, and is continuing with his Serbian studies.

Before the Serbian October 5, 2000 revolution, Prince Peter travelled to Serbia in 1991 and in July 2000. On July 17, 2001, Prince Peter and the Royal Family took up residence in the Royal Palace in Belgrade. He has travelled throughout Europe, the United States, and has visited the Middle East, South East Asia, Central and South America.

HRH Prince Peter is currently in line for succession to the British throne.Prince Peter is a matrilineal 10th-generation descendant of Marie Leszczynska, Queen of France (1703-68) through an unbroken line of nine House of Bourbon daughters who all married into their own house (except Peter's mother, the ninth).His ancestry among medieval monarchs of Balkan is presented at Nemanjic pedigree of the Royal House of Yugoslavia. Prince Peter is also the grandson of the late Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, Queen of Yugoslavia, herself daughter of Alexander I of Greece and Aspasia Manos, who trace their patrilineal from George I of Greece to the Komnenos Dynasty and their matrilineal from Queen Olga of Greece "nee" Olga Konstantinovna of Russia to the Imperial House of Romanov.

Ancestors

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1= 1. Peter, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia
2= 2. Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
3= 3. Princess Maria da Gloria of Orléans-Braganza
4= 4. Peter II of Yugoslavia
5= 5. Alexandra of Greece and Denmark
6= 6. Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza
7= 7. Princess Maria de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
8= 8. Alexander I of Yugoslavia
9= 9. Maria of Romania
10= 10. Alexander I of Greece
11= 11. Aspasia Manos
12= 12. Prince Pedro de Alcantara of Orléans-Braganza
13= 13. Countess Elisabeth Dobrzensky de Dobrzenicz
14= 14. Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
15= 15. Princess Louise of Orléans
16= 16. Peter I of Serbia
17= 17. Zorka of Montenegro
18= 18. Ferdinand I of Romania
19= 19. Marie of Edinburgh
20= 20. Constantine I of Greece
21= 21. Sophia of Prussia
22= 22. Petros Manos
23= 23. Maria Argyropoulos
24= 24. Prince Gaston, Count of Eu
25= 25. Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil
26= 26. Count Johann Dobrzensky de Dobrzenicz
27= 27. Elisabeth Kottulinsky von Kottulin
28= 28. Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta
29= 29. Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
30= 30. Prince Philippe, Count of Paris
31= 31. Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans
If Peter succeeds to the throne of Serbia, he will reign as Peter III.

External links

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royal name=HRH Peter, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia
dipstyle=His Royal Highness
offstyle=Your Royal Highness
altstyle=Sir|
* [http://www.royalf.rs/family/peter_bio.htm Royal.rs - Peter, Hereditary Prince]

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