Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia

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Dimitri
Prince of Yugoslavia
Born (1958-06-18) 18 June 1958 (age 65)
Catholic
House of Karađorđević

The Crown Princess

Extended royal family

Princess Linda

  • Prince Nicolas
    Princess Ljiljana
    • Princess Marija
  • Princess Katarina
  • Prince George
    Princess Fallon
  • Prince Michael
    Princess Ljubica
    • Princess Natalija
    • Princess Isidora
  • Princess Maria Tatiana
  • Princess Lavinia-Marie
  • Prince Karl Wladimir
    Princess Brigitte
  • Prince Dimitri Ivan

Princess Barbara

  • Prince Dimitri
  • Prince Michael
  • Prince Sergius
    Princess Eleonora
  • Princess Helene
  • Prince Dušan
    Princess Valerie

Princess Elizabeth

Prince Dimitri Nicholas Paul George Maria of Yugoslavia (born 18 June 1958), also known as Dimitri Karageorgevich

International Best Dressed List
's Hall of Fame in 1994.

Life and career

Born in

Versailles, attending boarding schools in France and Switzerland. He graduated from the University of Paris with a degree in business law and moved to New York City in 1983.[2]

Originally pursuing a career on

Phillips de Pury & Luxembourg auction house to head their jewellery department. In 2007, he and business partner Todd Morley founded the Prince Dimitri Company, which opened a salon in Manhattan. His jewelry has also been sold at auction by Christie's.[3][4][5][6]

Family

Prince Dimitri and Prince Michael of Yugoslavia are the first set of twins born to Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia and his first wife, Princess Maria Pia of Savoy, the eldest daughter of Umberto II of Italy in 1958.[7] Maria Pia had a second set of twins, Prince Serge and Princess Helene of Yugoslavia in 1963.[7] They have a younger half-brother, Prince Dushan of Yugoslavia, from their father's second marriage to Princess Barbara of Liechtenstein.[7]

Honours

Ancestry

Through his paternal grandmother, Prince Dimitri is a first cousin once removed of:

Harald V of Norway. Through his paternal grandfather, Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, Dimitri is a member of the House of Karađorđević cadet branch. He is a grand-grand-grandson of the Prince Alexander of Serbia (Reign 1842–1858). Through his father, Dimitri descends from kings George I of Greece, Alexander II of Russia, and Christian IX of Denmark
.

Princess Olga was the sister of Princess Marina, who married Prince George, Duke of Kent (an uncle of Queen Elizabeth II). Olga and Marina were also paternal first cousins of the Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II. They were also related to brothers Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark

Through his maternal grandmother,

Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Albert I of Belgium, and furthermore from Nicholas I of Montenegro and Miguel I of Portugal
.

References

  1. ^ Haughney, Christine (23 April 2010). "Getting the Royal Treatment". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "Why European Royalty and Aristocrats are flocking to New York". Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Prince Dimitri". Afghanistan World Foundation. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  4. ^ "Biography from 2008 jewelry auction". Christie's. 11 December 2008.
  5. ^ "Biography from 2009 jewelry auction". Christie's. 13 May 2009. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011.
  6. ^ William Norwich (17 November 2011). "Western Union: Lauren Bush and David Lauren's Wedding". Vogue. Archived from the original on 15 June 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  7. ^ a b c Chantal de Badts, Guy Coûtant de Saisseval, Le Petit Gotha (2002), p875-877
  8. ^ Order of the Crown
  9. ^ Elenco dei Cavalieri dell'Ordine supremo della Santissima Annunziata

External links

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