Prince Peter of Yugoslavia (born 1980)

Peter
Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia
Born	(1980-02-05) February 5, 1980 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
House	Karađorđević
Father	Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
Mother	Princess Maria da Gloria of Orléans-Braganza

Peter, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia (born February 5, 1980), also known as Peter III Karađorđević (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар III Карађорђевић / Petar III Karađorđević), is the eldest son of Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, and Princess Maria da Gloria of Orléans-Braganza. Prince Peter is the grandson of King Peter II.

Education and career

Peter was born in Chicago and lived there until the end of 1981, when he moved with his parents to Virginia. In 1983, he first attended morning pre-school in Tysons Corner, Virginia, and in 1984, he went to day school. 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, he completed in London an art foundation course at Camberwell College of Arts (London Institute). He spent the 1999–2000 year at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). In May 2000, he concluded a series of art programmes on the European continent mainly in Barcelona and Seville.

On July 17, 2001, he and the Royal Family took up residence in the Royal Palace in Belgrade.

His godfather was Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia.

National dynastic honours

• House of Karađorđević: Knight Grand Cordon of the Royal Order of the Star of Karađorđe.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Prince Peter of Yugoslavia (born 1980)

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

References

• "HRH Hereditary Prince Peter". Official Website of The Serbian Royal Family.
• Royal Mausoleum Oplenac