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-{{Infobox Yugoslavian Royalty|prince
-| name = Prince Tomislav
-| title = Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia
-| styles = ''HRH'' Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia
-| image = HRH Tomislav Karadjordjevic.jpg
-| imgw = 150px
-| date of birth = {{birth date|1928|1|19}}
-| date of death = {{death date and age|2000|7|12|1928|1|19}}
-| father = [[Alexander I of Yugoslavia]]
-| mother = [[Maria of Romania]]
-| spouse = [[Princess Margarita of Baden]]<br>Linda Mary Bonney
-| issue = [[Prince Nikolas of Yugoslavia|Prince Nikolas]]<br>Princess Katarina<br>Prince George<br>Prince Michael
-}}
-'''Prince Tomislav Karageorgevich''' ([[Serbian language|Serbian]] [[Cyrillic]]: Томислав Карађорђевић) ([[Belgrade]], [[January 19]], [[1928]] – [[July 12]] [[2000]]) was a member of the [[House of Karageorgevich]].
-==Early life and education==
-Prince Tomislav was born on January 19, 1928, on [[Epiphany (Christian)|Epiphany]] according to the Julian calendar used by the [[Serbian Orthodox Church]], at 1 A.M., as the second son of the sovereign of the then [[Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]] (later the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]]), [[Alexander I of Yugoslavia|King Aleksandar I Karađorđević]] (1888-1934) and [[Princess Mary of Romania|Queen Maria]] (1900-1961), the second daughter of [[Ferdinand I of Romania|Romanian King Ferdinand (Hohenzollern)]] (1865-1927) and [[Princess Marie of Edinburgh|Romanian Queen Maria]] (1875-1938).
-He was [[baptized]] on January 25 in a salon of the New Palace in Belgrade, by the British Crown's Minister at the Palace, Kennard, representing [[George VI of the United Kingdom|King George VI]], with water from the [[Vardar]] and [[Danube]] rivers and the [[Adriatic Sea]].
-He began his elementary education at the Belgrade Palace. From 1937-1941, he attended Sandroyd School in [[Cobham, Surrey|Cobham]], [[England]], then [[Oundle School]] from 1941-1946 and [[Clare College]], [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] in 1946-1947.
-Near the end of the war, in early 1945, under pressure from British Prime Minister [[Churchill]], [[Peter II of Yugoslavia|King Petar II]] transferred his royal powers to a regency controlled by the later Yugoslav communist president, [[Josip Broz Tito]], under whose rule the Yugoslav Constitutional Assembly of [[November 29]], [[1945]], abolished the monarchy (to be followed, on March 8, 1947, with the revocation of citizenship and confiscation of the property of the entire royal family).
-==Life in exile==
-After [[Cambridge]], Prince Tomislav decided to devote himself to fruit growing. While he attended agricultural college, he worked summers as an ordinary field hand in an orchard in Kent. In 1950, he bought a farm in [[West Sussex]], and subsequently specialized in growing apples, having at one point 17,000 trees on 80 hectares of land.
-Prince Tomislav was highly active in the life of the Serb emigration, organizing numerous celebrations and gatherings at his farm, and participating in numerous humanitarian organizations and initiatives. Among others, he was president of the ''Yugoslav Committee for Providing Aid to Old Warriors'', the Protector of the ''Lazarica Church'' in [[Birmingham]] and the President of the Committee for the Restoration of the [[Hilandar]] Monastery on [[Mt. Athos]]. He was also a high official of the British [[Order of St. John|Order of the Knights of St. John]].
-During the schism in the [[Serbian Orthodox Church]], during the 1960s and all the way up to its end in 1992, he stood firmly with the Patriarchate in Belgrade, publicly supporting it throughout the Serb emigration.
-In 1990, he refused the offer of the Belgrade-based [[Democratic Party (Serbia)|Democratic Party]] to be its presidential candidate in the first post-war elections scheduled for December of that year.
-==Return to Yugoslavia==
-He was the first member of the ex-royal family who permanently moved back to [[Serbia]], in early 1992, making his residence at the [[Peter I of Serbia|King Peter I]] Foundation Complex in [[Oplenac]], [[Serbia]], which soon became a mecca for all who wished to personally meet a living prince and the last living son of [[Alexander I of Yugoslavia|King Alexander I]].
-He soon became a highly popular figure, especially due to his frequent visits to the Serb soldiers in [[Republika Srpska]] and the [[Republic of Serb Krajina]], and the aid he dispensed along with his wife, Princess Linda. There were initiatives for him to be crowned Prince of the Serb-held part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which were, however, rejected by the local political leadership.
-After publicly accusing then Serbian president [[Slobodan Milošević]] for having "betrayed" the [[Republic of Serb Krajina]], after it fell to the joint Croatian Army operation "Storm" at the beginning of August 1995, his media presence was drastically reduced.
-The last five years of his life were marked by a battle with terminal illness; however, he turned down offers for surgery abroad at the time [[NATO]] forces began their bombing of the [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] on March 24, 1999, choosing to remain and share the lot of the nation, touring bombing sites even while seriously ill.
-He died on July 12, 2000, on [[Feast of Saints Peter and Paul|Ss. Peter and Paul Day]] in the [[Julian Calendar]], the patron saints of the family crypt on [[Oplenac]], where he was buried, in a funeral attended by a crowd of several thousand.
-==Marriage & Issue==
-He was married on [[June 7]], [[1957]], in [[Salem, Bodensee|Salem]] ([[Baden-Württemberg|Baden]], [[West Germany]]), to [[Princess Margarita of Baden]]. Tomislav and Margarita were divorced in 1981. They had two children;
-* Prince Nikola of Yugoslavia (born [[15 March]] [[1958]] [[London]]); married to Ljiljana Licanin on [[August 30]], [[1992]] in [[Denmark]]. They have a daughter, Princess Marie (b. [[31 August]] [[1993]])
-* Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia (born [[28 November]] [[1959]] [[London]]). She is married to [[Desmond Lorenz de Silva|Sir Desmond de Silva QC]] (b. [[13 December]] [[1939]] [[Sri Lanka]]) and has a daughter, Victoria Marie Esme de Silva (b. September 1991).[http://www.thepeerage.com/p10153.htm#i101529]
-On [[October 16]], [[1982]] he married Linda Mary Bonney (born [[22 June]] [[1949]] [[London]]), out of which marriage were born two sons;
-* Prince George of Yugoslavia (born [[May 25]], [[1984]] at [[The Portland Hospital]],[[London]]). He has also run a fireworks company in the past and his interests include engineering and motor sport.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
-* Prince Michael of Yugoslavia (born [[15 December]] [[1985]] [[London]])
-==External links==
-*[http://www.princetomislav.org/ Prince Tomislav Karageorgevich Fund]
-*[http://www.royal.rs/ Royal Family of Serbia personal website]
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-[[Category:Yugoslav princes]]
-[[Category:Serbian princes]]
-[[Category:House of Karađorđević]]
-[[Category:Serbian nobility]]
-[[Category:1928 births]]
-[[Category:2000 deaths]]
-[[Category:Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge]]
-[[de:Tomislav von Jugoslawien]]
-[[no:Tomislav av Jugoslavia]]
-[[sr:Принц Томислав Карађорђевић]]

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