Katherine, Crown Princess of Yugoslavia

Katherine
Crown Princess of Serbia

Katherine at the celebrations of the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, 18 June 2010
Born (1943-11-13) 13 November 1943
Athens, Greece
Spouse Jack W. Andrews
(m. 1962; div. 1984)
Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
(m. 1985)
Issue David Andrews
Alison Andrews
Full name
Katherine Clairy Batis
Father Robert Batis
Mother Anna Dosti
Yugoslav Royal Family

HRH The Crown Prince
HRH The Crown Princess

Extended royal family

Katherine, Crown Princess of Yugoslavia, also named Katherine Karađorđević (Serbian: Катарина Карађорђевић; née Batis, Greek: Μπάτης; born in Athens on 13 November 1943), is the wife of Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia.

Biography

Katherine was educated in Athens and Lausanne, Switzerland. She studied business at the University of Denver, Colorado and the University of Dallas, Texas. She worked in business for a few years in the United States.

On 25 November 1962, Katherine married Jack W. Andrews (died in Maryland in 2013). From that marriage she has two children, David and Alison. Alison has four children: Amanda, Stephanie, Nicolas and Michael; David has a son Alexander, born 1 March 2008.[1] Both Alison and David live in Greece. Katherine has traveled extensively and has lived in Australia, Africa and the United States. She and Jack Andrews were divorced on 7 December 1984.

She met her second husband in Washington DC in 1984, and they were married in London, civilly on 20 September 1985 and religiously the next day, on 21 September 1985 at the St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church, Notting Hill. Their best man was Constantine II of Greece, and the witness was Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia, Crown Prince Alexander’s uncle.

She has dedicated much of her time to charitable activities since the conflict in the former Yugoslavia. She works in humanitarian relief, and is the patron of various humanitarian organizations including Lifeline Humanitarian Organization. In 2001 she established The Foundation of Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Katherine in Belgrade in order to expand her charitable works. In the United States of America the Foundation is a 501(C) (3) and registered as Lifeline Humanitarian Organization, donations are tax deductible according to the extent of the law. Lifeline Humanitarian Organization is also a registered charity in Canada No. 885426403, Greece No. 998317860 and the United Kingdom No.1027278.

In 1991, the Crown Prince famously traveled to Belgrade with his wife and sons. They were enthusiastically greeted by hundreds of thousands of supporters, most of whom advocated making the Karađorđević family the head of a constitutional parliamentary monarchy.

On 17 July 2001, after the democratic revolution in Serbia, the Crown Prince, Crown Princess, Hereditary Prince Peter, Prince Philip, and Prince Alexander took up residence in the Royal Palace in Belgrade.

Katherine speaks Greek, English, French, some Spanish, and now Serbian. She enjoys music, reading, cooking, theater and cross-country skiing.

Titles, styles, and honours

Titles and styles

National honours

Foreign honours

References

  1. ↑ HRH CROWN PRINCESS KATHERINE FIFTH TIME GRANDMOTHER

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Titles in pretence
Vacant
Title last held by
Draga Obrenović
as Queen consort of Serbia		 — TITULAR —
Queen consort of Serbia
4 February 2003 – present
Reason for succession failure:
Title abolished, merger of Kingdom of Serbia into Kingdom of Yugoslavia		 Incumbent
Yugoslavian royalty
Vacant
Title last held by
Princess Maria da Gloria of Orléans-Braganza		 — TITULAR —
Queen consort of Yugoslavia
21 September 1985 – 4 February 2003
Reason for succession failure:
Communists abolished the Kingdom in 1945		 Herself as titular queen consort of Serbia
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