Editing House of Karađorđević

{{Short description|Serbian and Yugoslav royal family}}
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{{Royal house
| surname = House of Karađorđević
| type = 
| native_name = {{nobold|Династија Карађорђевић}}
| native_name_lang = sr
| coat of arms = CoAKarageorgevich.jpg
| coat_of_arms_size = 200
| coat_of_arms_caption = Great Pavilion Arms of the House of Karađorđević
| country = {{country|Principality of Serbia}}<br />{{country|Kingdom of Serbia}}<br />{{country|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}
| titles = * [[Grand Vožd of Serbia|Grand Leader of Serbia]] {{small|(1804–1813)}}
* [[Prince of Serbia]] {{small|(1842–1858)}}
* [[King of Serbia]] {{small|(1903–1918)}}
* [[King of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]] {{small|(1918–1929)}}
* [[King of Yugoslavia]] {{small|(1929–1945)}}
| founder = [[Karađorđe]]
| final ruler = [[Peter II of Yugoslavia|King Peter II]]
| styles = [[Royal Highness]]
| current head = [[Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia|Crown Prince Alexander]]
| founding year = 1804
| distinctions = 
| deposition = 1945
| estate = [[Dedinje Royal Compound]], Belgrade<br/>[[Oplenac]], Topola
| cadet branches = 
}}
{{Yugoslav Royal Family}}
The '''House of Karađorđević''' or '''Karađorđević dynasty''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl-Latn|Династија Карађорђевић|Dinastija Karađorđević}}, {{IPA|sh|karadʑǒːrdʑevitɕ|IPA}}; {{plural form}} {{lang-sr-Cyrl-Latn|Карађорђевићи|Karađorđevići|label=none}}) was the former ruling [[Kingdom of Serbia|Serbian]] and deposed [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] royal family. 

The family was founded by [[Karađorđe|Karađorđe Petrović]] (1768–1817), the ''Veliki Vožd'' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Велики Вожд|lit=Grand Leader|link=no}}) of [[Revolutionary Serbia|Serbia]] during the [[First Serbian uprising]] of 1804–1813. In the course of the 19th century the relatively short-lived dynasty was supported by the [[Russian Empire]] and was opposed to the [[Austrian Empire|Austrian]]-supported [[House of Obrenović]]. The two houses subsequently vied for the throne for several generations. 

Following the [[May Coup (Serbia)|assassination]] of the Obrenović King [[Alexander I of Serbia]] in 1903, the [[National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia|Serbian Parliament]] chose Karađorđe's grandson, [[Peter I of Serbia|Peter I Karađorđević]], then living in exile, to occupy the throne of the [[Kingdom of Serbia]]. He was duly crowned as King Peter I, and shortly before the end of [[World War I]] in 1918, representatives of the three peoples proclaimed a [[Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]] with Peter I as sovereign. In 1929, the kingdom was renamed [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]], under [[Alexander I of Yugoslavia|Alexander I]], the son of Peter I. In November 1945 the family lost their throne when the [[League of Communists of Yugoslavia]] seized power during the reign of [[Peter II of Yugoslavia|Peter II]].

==Name==
In English, the family name can be [[anglicized]] as '''''Karageorgevitch''''' (e.g., as with [[Prince Bojidar Karageorgevitch]] and [[Philip, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia|Prince Philip Karageorgevitch]]) or [[Romanization of Serbian|romanised]] as '''''Karadjordjevic'''''. Its origin is as a [[Patronymic|patronym]] of the [[sobriquet]] ''Karađorđe'', bestowed upon the family's founder, [[Karađorđe|Đorđe Petrović]], at the end of the 18th century.  

In 1796, [[Osman Pazvantoğlu]], the renegade governor of the Ottoman [[Sanjak of Vidin]], who had rejected the authority of the [[Sublime Porte]], launched an invasion of the [[Sanjak of Smederevo|Pashalik of Belgrade]], governed by [[Hadji Mustafa Pasha]] since 1793. Overwhelmed, Mustafa Pasha formed a Serbian national militia to help stop the incursion.{{sfn|Singleton|1985|p=77}} Đorđe Petrović joined the militia and became a ''[[boluk-bashi]]'' ({{langx|sr|Buljukbaša|italics=yes|links=no}}),{{efn|''Boluk-bashi'' was equivalent to the rank of captain.{{sfn|Skrivanić|1982|p=310}}}} leading a [[Company (military unit)|company]] of 100 men.{{sfn|Jelavich|Jelavich|2000|p=29}} After the Serb militias joined the war on Mustafa Pasha's side, Pazvantoğlu suffered a string of defeats. He retreated to [[Vidin]], which was subsequently besieged.{{sfn|Jelavich|Jelavich|2000|pp=27–28}} The war against Pazvantoğlu marked the first time that Petrović had distinguished himself in the eyes of the Ottomans, who bestowed upon him the sobriquet "Black George" ({{langx|sr|Karađorđe|italics=yes|links=no}}; {{langx|tr|Kara Yorgi}}), partly because of his dark hair and partly because of his sinister reputation.{{sfn|Rehm|1992|p=392}}{{sfn|Pavlowitch|2002|p=29}}

==Ancestry==
[[File:Church of St. George in Topola (by Pudelek) 1.JPG|thumb|left|[[Oplenac]] is the [[mausoleum]] of the Karađorđević dynasty]]
According to some researchers, Karađorđe's paternal ancestors most likely migrated from the [[Brda, Montenegro|Highlands]] (in what is today Montenegro) to [[Šumadija]] during the Second [[Great Serb Migration]] in 1737–39 under the leadership of [[Serbian Patriarch|Patriarch]] [[Šakabenta]], as a result of the [[Austro-Turkish War (1737–1739)|Austro-Turkish War]] (in which Serbs took part).<ref name=Pastir-u-najmu>{{cite news|url=http://www.novosti.rs/dodatni_sadrzaj/clanci.119.html:276201-Pastir-u-najmu |title=Pastir u najmu}}</ref> Serbian historiography accepted the theory that Karađorđe's ancestors came from [[Vasojevići]].<ref name=Nasledje-Karadjordjevici/>

Some conjecture has arisen about where the family ended up after arriving in Šumadija. According to Radoš Ljušić, Karađorđe's ancestors most likely hailed from Vasojevići, but he has said there is no certain historical information on Karađorđe's ancestors or where they came from, folklore being the only real source. Most likely, Karađorđe's ancestors hailed from [[Vasojevići]].<ref name=SKG-1932-282>{{cite book|title=Srpski književni glasnik, Volumes 35–36|author=Bogdan Popović, Jovan Skerlić|year=1932|page=282}}</ref><ref name="Vesović">R-J. V. Vesović, 1935, "Pleme Vasojevići", Državna Štampa u Sarajevu, Sarajevo</ref><ref name=Kanitz-1987-334>Felix Phillip Kanitz 1987, p. 334: "Као што је доказао Ђукић10, велики српски борац за слободу угледао је свој први дан живота 1752. у Вишевцу, окруженом густом храстовом шумом, где се његов отац доселио из Васојевића у Црној Гори."</ref> Grigorije Božović (1880–1945) claimed that the family were ''Srbljaci'' (natives) in Vasojevići territory.<ref name=Nasledje-Karadjordjevici>{{cite journal|url=http://www.srpsko-nasledje.rs/sr-l/1998/01/article-09.html | journal = Srpsko Nasledje | title = Karađorđevi preci knezovi VOJINOVIĆI | first = Mile | last = Nedeljković }}</ref>{{full citation needed|date=December 2022}} Contributing to ''Srbljak'' theory is the fact that the family celebrated [[Pope Clement I|St Clement]] as their [[Slava (patron saint)|Slava]] until 1890, while the [[patron saint]] of Vasojevići, i.e. Vaso's descendants, is [[Michael (archangel)|Archangel Michael]]. King Peter I was allowed to change his Slava to [[Andrew the Apostle|St Andrew the First-called]] by [[Metropolitanate of Belgrade|Belgrade Metropolitan]] Mihailo in 1890, following the death of his wife, [[Princess Ljubica Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro|Princess Zorka]], thus honoring the date on the  [[Julian calendar]] when Serbian rebels [[Siege of Belgrade (1806)|liberated Belgrade]] during the First Serbian Uprising.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraf.rs/vesti/politika/1349512-misterija-slave-karadjordjevica-evo-kojim-svecima-su-se-molili-preci-karadjordja-foto|title=MISTERIJA SLAVE KARAĐORĐEVIĆA: Evo kojim svecima su se molili preci Karađorđa!|website=telegraf.rs|date=13 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Marjanović|first1=Z.|url=http://www.vesti-online.com/Vesti/Drustvo/455962/Cuvaju-slavu-velikog-vozda|title=Čuvaju slavu velikog vožda|work=Vesti-online|date=13 December 2014}}</ref> 

Furthermore, King Peter chose [[Voivode]] of Vasojevići Miljan Vukov Vešović to be his bridesman during his wedding to princess Zorka in 1883. Upon being asked by his future father-in-law [[Nicholas I of Montenegro|prince Nicholas]] why he chose Miljan amongst various [[Voivode]]s of Montenegro, he replied that he chose him because of ''heroism and relation'' describing him as ''Vojvode of my own blood and kin''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mojenovosti.com/lat/index.php?option=btg_novosti&idnovost=112734&-Karadjordjevici-porijeklom-iz-Vasojevica#.V1ilJr7sHug|title=Karađorđevići porijeklom iz Vasojevića|last=btgport.net|website=mojenovosti.com}}</ref> His son, [[Alexander I of Yugoslavia|Alexander]], who was born in [[Cetinje]] was nicknamed ''Montenegrin''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politikin-zabavnik.co.rs/pz/tekstovi/uskrs|title=Надимци старих Београђана – Politikin Zabavnik|website=politikin-zabavnik.co.rs}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=August 2023}} The [[Vasojevići]] tribe claim descent from [[Stefan Konstantin]] of the [[Nemanjić dynasty]].<ref name="Vesović"/> The Vasojevići were proud of Karađorđe, and saw him as their kinsman.<ref>{{cite book|title=Pregled, Volume 9|publisher=Nova tiskara Vrček i dr.|year=1933|language=sr|quote=Васојевићи нарочито радо причају о војводама Србије који су имали везе са њиховим племеном или из њега старином потичу. Говоре често о Карађорђу, зову га Карађоко и сматрају га као свој изданак.}}</ref> Montenegrin politician and Vasojević [[Gavro Vuković]], supported this theory.{{sfn|Vuković|1985|p=}}{{pn|date=August 2023}} Accordingly, [[Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia|Alexander Karađorđević]] (1806–1885) was given the title "Voivode of Vasojevići" by [[Petar II Petrović-Njegoš|Petar II]] in 1840.{{sfn|Vuković|1985|p=}}{{pn|date=August 2023}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Miladinović |first1=Ivan |website=Politika |url=http://www.politika.rs/scc/clanak/241093/Odakle-i-od-kog-roda-je-Karadordeva-starina | title=Његово мишљење је почетком прошлог века прихватио и историчар Вукићевић, прилажући као доказ диплому коју је 1840. године владика црногорски Петар II Петровић Његош издао Вождовом сину Александру Карађорђевићу, у којој се каже да Вожд потиче од "древних кнезова наше провинције Васојевића" |date=25 November 2012}}</ref> Other theories include: Montenegrin historian Miomir Dašić claimed that Karađorđe's family originated from the Gurešići from Podgorica in Montenegro.<ref name=Nasledje-Karadjordjevici/> Folklorist Dragutin Vuković believed that Tripko Knežević–Guriš was Karađorđe's great-grandfather;<ref name=Nasledje-Karadjordjevici/> Vukićević, writing in 1907, said that in the surroundings of Podgorica, there is a local claim that Karađorđe's ancestors initially came from Vranj.<ref>Vukićević 1907, p.&nbsp;5: "околини Подгорице и у селу Врању. А да је Карађорђе старинбм из села Врања, чуо је у Црној Гори још 1875 године г.</ref>

The family claimed descent from the [[Vasojevići]] tribe (in Montenegro) and had emigrated in the late 1730s or early 1740s.{{sfn|Király|Rothenberg|1982|p=23}} The family lived in [[Mačitevo]] (in [[Suva Reka]]), from where grandfather Jovan moved to Viševac, while Jovan's brother Radak moved to [[Mramorac]].<ref name=SKG-1932-282/><ref name="Vesović"/>

==List of monarchs==
{{See also|List of Serbian monarchs|List of heads of state of Serbia|List of heads of state of Yugoslavia}}
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|[[File:Karađorđe Petrović, by Vladimir Borovikovsky, 1816.jpg|100px]] || <sup>[[Revolutionary Serbia|Grand Vožd of Serbia]]</sup><br /> <big>'''[[Karađorđe]]'''</big> || {{OldStyleDate|16 November|1768|3 November}}<br> [[Viševac]], [[Sanjak of Smederevo]],<br>[[Rumelia Eyalet]], [[Ottoman Empire]] || 15 February 1804<br>{{ndash}}<br>21 September 1813<br><hr>({{age in years and days |1804|2|15|1813|9|21}}) || Jelena Jovanović || {{OldStyleDate|26 July|1817|14 July}}<br>[[Radovanje Grove]], Sanjak of Smederevo, Rumelia Eyalet, Ottoman Empire<br>(aged 48) || Leader of the [[First Serbian uprising]]
|[[Karađorđe Petrović#Collapse of the Uprising|Deposed]] and exiled to [[Austrian Empire|Austria]].
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|colspan=8|Out of power for {{age in years and days |1813|9|21|1842|9|14}}.
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|[[File:PrinceAlexander I w.jpg|100px]] || <sup>[[Principality of Serbia|Prince of Serbia]]</sup><br /> <big>'''[[Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia|Alexander]]'''</big> || 11 October 1806<br>[[Topola]], [[Revolutionary Serbia]] || 14 September 1842<br>{{ndash}}<br>23 December 1858<br><hr>({{age in years and days |1842|9|14|1858|12|23}}) || [[Persida Nenadović]] || 3 May 1885<br>[[Timișoara]], [[Austria-Hungary]]<br>(aged 78) || Elected by the National Assembly.<br><br>Son of [[Karađorđe|Karađorđe Petrović]]<br>and Jelena Jovanović || [[Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia#Abdication|Abdicated]].
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|colspan=8|Out of power for {{age in years and days |1858|12|23|1903|6|15}}.
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|[[File:PetarI-Karadjordjevic.jpg|100px]] || <sup>[[Kingdom of Serbia|King of Serbia]];</sup><br /><sup>[[King of Yugoslavia|King of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]]</sup><br> <big>'''[[Peter I of Serbia|Petar I]]'''</big> || {{OldStyleDate|11 July|1844|29 June}}<br> [[Belgrade]], [[Principality of Serbia|Serbia]] || 15 June 1903<br>{{ndash}}<br>16 August 1921<br><hr>({{age in years and days |1903|6|15|1921|8|16}}) || [[Princess Zorka of Montenegro|Zorka of Montenegro]] || 16 August 1921<br>[[Belgrade]], [[Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]]<br>(aged 77) || Elected by the National Assembly.<br><br>Son of [[Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia|Alexander]]<br>and [[Persida Nenadović]] || In exile from November 1915 due to the [[Serbian Campaign of World War I|Serbian Campaign]]. <br /> Proclaimed King of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1918.
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|[[File:Kralj aleksandar1.jpg|100px]] || <sup>[[King of Yugoslavia|King of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]];</sup><br /><sup>[[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|King of Yugoslavia]]</sup><br /> <big>'''[[Alexander I of Yugoslavia|Alexander I]]'''</big> || 16 December 1888<br>[[Cetinje]], [[Principality of Montenegro|Montenegro]] || 16 August 1921<br>{{ndash}}<br>9 October 1934<br><hr>({{age in years and days |1921|8|16|1934|10|9}}) || [[Maria of Yugoslavia|Maria of Romania]] || 9 October 1934<br>[[Marseille]], [[French Third Republic|France]]<br>(aged 45) || Son of [[Peter I of Serbia|Peter I]] and <br>[[Princess Zorka of Montenegro|Zorka of Montenegro]] ||Changed title to "King of Yugoslavia" in 1929.<br>Assassinated in [[Marseille]].
|- style="background:#F5F5DC;"
|[[File:Prince Paul of Yugoslavia.jpg|100px]] || <sup>[[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Prince regent of Yugoslavia]]</sup><br /> '''[[Prince Paul of Yugoslavia|Paul]]''' || 27 April 1893<br>[[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russian Empire]] ||  9 October 1934<br>{{ndash}}<br>27 March 1941<br><hr>({{age in years and days |1934|10|9|1941|3|27}}) || [[Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark|Olga of Greece and Denmark]] || 14 September 1976<br>Paris, France<br>(aged 83) || The Will of [[Alexander I of Yugoslavia|Alexander I]] || rowspan=2|Prince Paul acted as [[prince regent]] for Peter II until [[Yugoslav coup d'état|ousted in March 1941]]. 
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|rowspan=2|[[File:Peter II Karadordevic.jpg|100px]] || rowspan=2|<sup>[[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|King of Yugoslavia]]</sup><br /> <big>'''[[Peter II of Yugoslavia|Peter II]]'''</big> || rowspan=2|6 September 1923<br>[[Belgrade]], [[Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]] || rowspan=2|9 October 1934<br>{{ndash}}<br>29 November 1945<br><hr>({{age in years and days |1934|10|9|1945|11|29}}) || rowspan=2|[[Alexandra of Yugoslavia|Alexandra of Greece and Denmark]] || rowspan=2|3 November 1970<br>[[Denver]], Colorado, U.S.<br>(aged 47) || rowspan=2|Son of [[Alexander I of Yugoslavia|Alexander I]]<br>and [[Maria of Yugoslavia|Maria of Romania]] 
|-
|Exiled in April 1941, and deposed in 1945.
|}

==Heads of the House since 1945==
The Karađorđevići are active in Serbian society in various ways. There is a view{{Who|date=June 2024}} that constitutional parliamentary monarchy would be the ultimate solution for stability, unity, and continuity in Serbia. In addition, the family supports [[Serbia]] as a democratic country with a future in the [[European Union]].

[[Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia|The last crown prince of Yugoslavia, Alexander]], has lived in Belgrade at the [[Royal Palace (Belgrade)|Dedinje Royal Palace]] since 2001. As the only son of the last king, Peter II, who never abdicated, and the last official heir of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia he claims to be the rightful heir to the Serbian throne in the event of restoration.<ref name="mckinsey">{{cite news|last=McKinsey|first=Kitty|date=27 June 1997|title=Kings Try for Comeback|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|url=http://www.royalfamily.org/press/press-det/press-3.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113132535/http://www.royalfamily.org/press/press-det/press-3.htm|archive-date=13 November 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Luxmoore|first=Jonathan|date=8 December 2003|title=Serbian Orthodox Leader Calls For Monarchy To Be Reintroduced|publisher=Ecumenical News International|url=http://www.royalfamily.org/press/press-det/stampa-724.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061010045903/http://www.royalfamily.org/press/press-det/stampa-724.htm|archive-date=10 October 2006}}</ref> At the palace, Alexander regularly receives religious leaders and strives, as opportunity permits, to demonstrate his commitment to human rights and to democracy. The family are also much engaged in humanitarian work. [[Katherine, Crown Princess of Yugoslavia|Crown Princess Katherine]] has a humanitarian foundation while Crown Prince Alexander heads the Foundation for Culture and Education, whose activities include student scholarships, and summer camps for children.{{cn|date=August 2023}} 

On 27 April 2022, [[Prince Peter of Yugoslavia|Prince Peter Karageorgevitch]] renounced his title of [[Hereditary prince]] – for himself and his descendants – and his younger brother [[Philip, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia|Prince Philip]] became their father's heir apparent. The ceremony took place at [[Casa de Pilatos]] in [[Seville]], Spain. Present were Peter's and Philip's mother Princess Maria Da Gloria of Orléans-Braganza, Duchess of Segorbe and their stepfather [[Duke of Segorbe|Ignacio, 19th Duke of Segorbe]]; Philip's wife [[Danica, Hereditary Princess of Serbia|Princess Danica]]; their half-sister [[County of Ampurias|Sol, Countess of Ampurias]]; Ljubodrag Grujić, a member of the Crown Council and Chancellor of the Orders and Herald of the House of Karađorđević; and Nikola Stanković, Chief of Staff of the Crown Prince.<ref>{{cite web |title=Crown Prince Petar Karađorđević Abdicates In Favour Of Prince Philip |url=https://cordmagazine.com/news/crown-prince-petar-karadordevic-abdicates-in-favour-of-prince-philip/ |website=cordmagazine.com |date=29 April 2022 |access-date=1 May 2022 |archive-date=8 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508060256/https://cordmagazine.com/news/crown-prince-petar-karadordevic-abdicates-in-favour-of-prince-philip/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Princ Petar saopštio da je abdicirao u korist brata Filipa |url=https://www.danas.rs/vesti/politika/princ-petar-saopstio-da-je-abdicirao-u-korist-brata-filipa/ |website=danas.rs |date=28 April 2022 |access-date=1 May 2022 |archive-date=1 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501170911/https://www.danas.rs/vesti/politika/princ-petar-saopstio-da-je-abdicirao-u-korist-brata-filipa/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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|[[File:Kralj Petar II.jpg|100px]] || '''[[Peter II of Yugoslavia|Peter II]]''' || 6 September 1923<br>[[Belgrade]], [[Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]] || 29 November 1945<br>{{ndash}}<br>3 November 1970<br><hr>({{age in years and days |1945|11|29|1970|11|3}}) || [[Alexandra of Yugoslavia|Alexandra of Greece and Denmark]]<br>20 March 1944<br>1 son || 3 November 1970<br>[[Denver]], Colorado, U.S.<br>(aged 47) || Deposed king of Yugoslavia
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|[[File:HRH Crown Prince Alexander II with Legion of Honour.jpg|100px]] || '''[[Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia|Crown Prince Alexander]]'''<br><small>('''Alexander II''')</small> || 17 July 1945<br>[[Claridge's]], [[Mayfair]], [[London]]{{efn|See paragraph one of "[[Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia#Birth_and_childhood|Birth and childhood]]"}}<br>(age {{age in years|1945|7|7}}) || 3 November 1970<br>{{ndash}}<br>present<br><hr>({{age in years and days|1970|11|3}}) || [[Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza#Marriage and children|Maria da Gloria of Orléans-Bragança]]<br>1 July 1972 – 19 February 1985<br>3 sons<hr>[[Katherine Karađorđević|Katherine Batis]]<br>20 September 1985<br>No children ||  || Son of [[Peter II of Yugoslavia|Peter II]] and [[Alexandra of Yugoslavia|Alexandra of Greece and Denmark]]
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;List of heirs
* [[Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia|Crown Prince Alexander]] (29 November 1945 – 3 November 1970), Son of [[Peter II of Yugoslavia|King Peter II]]
* [[Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia|Prince Tomislav]] (3 November 1970 – 5 February 1980), 2nd son of [[Alexander I of Yugoslavia|King Alexander I]]
* [[Prince Peter of Yugoslavia|Prince Peter]] (5 February 1980 – 27 April 2022), 1st son of Crown Prince Alexander
* [[Philip, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia|Prince Philip]] (27 April 2022 – present), 2nd son of Crown Prince Alexander

==Serbia and Yugoslavia==
{{See also|Kingdom of Serbia|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}
The Karađorđević family initially was a Serbian Royal House, then the Royal House of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and then the Royal House of Yugoslavia. When they last reigned they were called the Royal House of Yugoslavia.

Crown Prince Alexander was born in London but on property temporarily recognized by the United Kingdom's government as subject to the sovereignty of the Yugoslav crown, on which occasion it was publicly declared that the Crown Prince had been born on the native soil of the land he was expected to eventually rule.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/serbia/10103708/Crown-Prince-Alexander-II-the-man-who-would-be-king-of-Serbia.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/serbia/10103708/Crown-Prince-Alexander-II-the-man-who-would-be-king-of-Serbia.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Crown Prince Alexander II: the man who would be king of Serbia|work=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date=2017-07-06|language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===Heraldry===
{{See also|Coat of arms of Serbia|Coat of arms of Yugoslavia|Armorial of the House of Karađorđević}}
<gallery class="center">
File:Coat of arms of Serbia.svg|Coat of arms of Serbia
File:Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg|Coat of arms of Yugoslavia
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== Male descendants of Karađorđe ==
The list below includes male members of the Karađorđević dynasty.<ref>{{cite web |title=Enlarged Family Tree – RFS |url=https://royalfamily.org/royal-family/enlarged-family-tree/ |website=royalfamily.org |access-date=24 December 2021}}</ref> '''Bold''' denotes the current head of the House. Number in parentheses indicates the [[Order of succession|order of line of Succession]] to the throne, as of April 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Order of line of Succession – RFS |url=https://royalfamily.org/royal-family/order-of-line-of-succession/ |website=royalfamily.org |access-date=24 December 2021}}</ref> The order of line of Succession is not official.
{{Tree list}}
* [[Image:Crown of a Chevalier of France.svg|25px]] ''[[Karađorđe|Grand Leader Karađorđe]]'' (1768–1817)
**''Alexis'' (1801–1830)
***''George'' (1827–1884)
****''[[Prince Alexis Karageorgevich|Prince Alexis]]'' (1859–1920)
****''[[Prince Bojidar Karageorgevitch|Prince Bojidar]]'' (1862–1908)
**[[Image:Princely crown.svg|25px]] ''[[Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia|Prince Alexander]]'' (1806–1885)
***''Alexis'' (1836–1841)
***''Hereditary Prince Svetozar'' (1841–1847)
***[[Image:Crown of Petar I.svg|25px]] ''[[Peter I of Serbia|King Peter I]]'' (1844–1921)
****''[[George, Crown Prince of Serbia|Prince George]]'' (1887–1972)
****[[Image:Crown of Petar I.svg|25px]] ''[[Alexander I of Yugoslavia|King Alexander I]]'' (1888–1934)
*****[[Image:Crown of Petar I.svg|25px]] ''[[Peter II of Yugoslavia|King Peter II]]'' (1923–1970)
******[[Image:Crown of a Royal Prince of the Blood of France (variant).svg|25px]] '''[[Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia|Crown Prince Alexander]]''' (b. 1945)
*******[[Prince Peter of Yugoslavia|Prince Peter]] (b. 1980){{efn|See paragraph three of "[[Prince Peter of Yugoslavia#Birth_and_childhood|Public life]]"}}
*******'''(1)''' [[Philip, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia|Hereditary Prince Philip]] (b. 1982)
******** '''(2)''' [[Philip, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia#Marriage and issue|Prince Stephen]] (b. 2018)
*******'''(3)''' [[Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (born 1982)|Prince Alexander]] (b. 1982)
*****''[[Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia|Prince Tomislav]]'' (1928–2000)
******'''(4)''' [[Prince Nikola of Yugoslavia (born 1958)|Prince Nicholas]] (b. 1958)
******'''(5)''' [[Prince George of Yugoslavia (born 1984)|Prince George]] (b. 1984)
******'''(6)''' [[Prince Michael of Yugoslavia (born 1985)|Prince Michael]] (b. 1985)
*****''[[Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia|Prince Andrew]]'' (1929–1990)
******''Prince Christopher'' (1960–1994)
******'''(7)''' Prince Vladimir (b. 1964)
*******''Prince Kirill'' (2001–2001)
******'''(8)''' Prince Dimitri (b. 1965)
****''Prince Andrew'' (1890–1890)
***''Prince Andrew'' (1848–1864)
***''Prince George'' (1856–1889)
***''[[Prince Arsen of Yugoslavia|Prince Arsen]]'' (1859–1938)
****[[Image:Crown of a Prince of the Blood of France (variant).svg|25px]] ''[[Prince Paul of Yugoslavia|Prince Regent Paul]]'' (1893–1976)
*****''[[Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (1924–2016)|Prince Alexander]]'' (1924–2016)
******[[Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia|Prince Dimitri]] (b. 1958)
******[[Prince Michael of Yugoslavia (born 1958)|Prince Michael]] (b. 1958)
******Prince Sergius (b. 1963)
*******<small>([[illegitimate|illegit.]])</small> Umberto (b. 2018)
******Prince Dushan (b. 1977)
*****''[[Prince Nikola of Yugoslavia|Prince Nicholas]]'' (1928–1954)
{{Tree list/end}}

== See also ==
* [[List of heads of former ruling families]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources and further reading==

* {{cite book |last1=Jelavich |first1=Charles |last2=Jelavich |first2=Barbara |author-link2=Barbara Jelavich |year=2000 |title=The Establishment of the Balkan National States, 1804–1920 |volume=8 |edition=4th |publisher=University of Washington Press |location=Seattle, Washington |isbn=978-0-29580-360-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LBYriPYyfUoC }}
* {{cite book|title=Srbija: zemlja i stanovništvo od rimskog doba do kraja XIX veka, Volume 1|first = Felix Phillip | last = Kanitz|edition=3|publisher=Srpska književna zadruga|year=1987}}
* {{cite book|first1=Béla K.|last1= Király|author-link1=Béla K. Király|first2=Gunther E.|last2= Rothenberg|author-link2=Gunther E. Rothenberg|title=War and Society in East Central Europe: The first Serbian uprising 1804-1813|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KV_fAAAAMAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Brooklyn College Press|isbn=978-0-930888-15-2}}
* {{cite book |last=Pavlowitch |first=Stevan K. |author-link=Stevan K. Pavlowitch |year=2002 |title=Serbia: The History of an Idea |publisher=New York University Press |location=New York |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u46G_l3Cz20C |isbn=978-0-8147-6708-5 }}
* {{cite book |last=Rehm |first=Brendon A. |editor1-last=Dupuy |editor1-first=Trevor Nevitt |editor2-last=Johnson |editor2-first=Curt |editor3-last=Bongard |editor3-first=David L. |year=1992 |title=The Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography |url=https://archive.org/details/harperencycloped00dupu_0 |url-access=registration |chapter=Karageorge |publisher=Harper Collins |location=New York |isbn=978-0-78580-437-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/harperencycloped00dupu_0/page/392 392] }}
* {{cite book |last=Singleton |first=Frederick Bernard |year=1985 |title=A Short History of the Yugoslav Peoples |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0-521-27485-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/shorthistoryofyu0000sing |url-access=registration }}
* {{cite book |last=Skrivanić |first=Gavro |editor-last=Vucinich |editor-first=Wayne S. |year=1982 |title=The First Serbian Uprising, 1804–1813 |chapter=The Armed Forces in Karadjordje's Serbia |series=War and Society in East Central Europe |publisher=Columbia University Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0-930888-15-2 |pages=303–340 }}
* {{cite book|title=Karađorđe: 1752–1804|first=Milenko M. | last = Vukićević|publisher=Štampano u Državnoj štampariji Kraljevine Srbije|year=1907}}
* {{cite book|title=Memoari, Volume 2|last1=Vuković|first1=Gavro|editor=Slobodan Tomović|publisher=Obod|year=1985}}

==External links==
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*[http://www.lifelineaid.org/ Princess Katherine's Humanitarian Foundation]

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