Prince Nikola of Yugoslavia (born 1958)

Prince Nikola of Yugoslavia
Born (1958-03-15) 15 March 1958
London, England
Spouse
Ljiljana Licanin (m. 1992)
Issue Princess Marija
House Karađorđević
Father Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia
Mother Princess Margarita of Baden
Yugoslav royal family

HRH The Crown Prince
HRH The Crown Princess

Extended royal family

Prince Nikola of Yugoslavia (born 15 March 1958)[1], also known as Nikola Karađorđević (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Карађорђевић), is a member of the House of Karadordevic. Currently fifth in the line of succession to the defunct Yugoslavian throne,[2] he is also in the line of succession to the British throne as a great-grandson of Princess Marie of Edinburgh, herself a granddaughter of Victoria of the United Kingdom.

Life

Prince Nikola was born in London to Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia, the second son of Alexander I, the first king of Yugoslavia, and his first wife, Princess Margarita of Baden. His name was registered at birth as Nicholas Karageorgevitch (Serbian: Никола Карађорђевић / Nikola Karađorđević) in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index.[3][4]. Both his mother and father were descendants of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Through his mother, he is a great-grandson of Princess Alice of Battenberg, great-granddaughter of Victoria, and through his father, he is a great-grandson of Princess Marie of Edinburgh, Victoria's granddaughter. He has one sister, Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia and Serbia, and two half-brothers, Prince George and Prince Michael. He is a first cousin of Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia. Also through his mother, Princess Margarita of Baden, Nikolas is a great-nephew of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Consort of Queen Elizabeth II), and a first cousin once removed of Charles, Prince of Wales.

He married Ljiljana Licanin (born 12 December 1957 in Zemun, Serbia) on 30 August 1992 in Denmark in a civil ceremony. A religious ceremony was performed in Düsseldorf-Lichtenbroich, Germany on 22 November 1992. Their only child is Princess Marija of Yugoslavia, born 31 August 1993 in Belgrade. Marija has allegedly a son of uncertain paternity, named Enzio who is believed to have been born in 2012[5]. Through Queen Victoria's 2nd daughter Alice, Enzio would have been the first 6x-great-grandchild of Queen Victoria, however, due to intermarriage he is actually only a 5x great-grandchild of the Queen - through her second son Alfred.

Descent From Queen Victoria

Prince Nikola's family descent from Queen Victoria is as follows:

Queen Victoria (1819-1901) - Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844-1900)- Princess Marie of Edinburgh (1875-1938) - Maria of Yugoslavia (1900-1961) - Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia (1928-2000) - Prince Nikola (1958-) - Marija (1993-) - Enzio? (2012-)

Queen Victoria - Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (1843-1878) - Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (1863-1950) - Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885-1969) - Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906–1969) - Princess Margarita of Baden (1932-2013) - Prince Nikola (1958-) - Marija (1993-) - Enzio? (2012-)

Honours

Styles of
Prince Nikola of Yugoslavia
Reference style His Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Royal Highness
Alternative style Sir

Family dynastic honour

Ancestry

References

  1. ↑ Shaw, edited by Charles Kidd ; assistant editor Christine (2007). Debrett's peerage & baronetage : comprises information concerning the royal family, the peerage and baronetage ([147th ed.] ed.). Richmond, Surrey: Debrett's. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-870520-80-5. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
  2. ↑ http://www.royalfamily.org/royal-family/order-of-line-of-succession/
  3. ↑ www.findmypast.com
  4. ↑ https://search.ancestry.co.uk/
  5. ↑ https://search.ancestry.co.uk/
  6. ↑ http://www.royalfamily.org/crown-prince-awards-royal-orders-to-royal-family-members/?lang=cir
Yugoslavian royalty
Lines of succession
Preceded by
Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia		 Line of succession to the British throne
descended from Alfred, son of Victoria		 Succeeded by
Princess Marija of Yugoslavia
Line of succession to the Yugoslavian throne
5th position		 Succeeded by
Prince George of Yugoslavia
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