Katherine Karađorđević
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Katherine Karađorđević (Serbian: Катарина Карађорђевић; née Batis, Template:Langx; born 13 November 1943), is married to Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, the pretender to the throne of the defunct Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
Biography
Katherine is one of the two daughters of Robert Batis (1916–2011), a factory owner and director and President then Honorary President of the Fostiras Football Club,[1] and wife Anna Dosti (1922–2009).Script error: No such module "Unsubst". She was educated in Athens and in Lausanne, Switzerland. She studied business at the University of Denver and the University of Dallas. She worked in business for several years in the United States.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
On 25 November 1962, Katherine married Jack Walter Andrews (1933–2013).[2]Template:BSN They divorced in 1984.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Her son and grandson are godchildren of former President of Greece Prokopis Pavlopoulos.[3]
She met her second husband, Alexander, in Washington, DC, in 1984, and they were married in London, civilly on 20 September 1985 and religiously the next day 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.[4]
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 HRH Crown Princess Katherine Foundation in Belgrade.[5]
On 17 July 2001, after the democratic revolution in Serbia, she and her husband took up residence in the Royal Palace in Belgrade.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Honours
National and Dynastic
- File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia: Grand Cross of the Order of Karadjordje’s Star[6]
- Royal House of Karadjordjevic: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Saint Sava
Awards
- Honorary Degree as Doctor of Letters of the University of Sheffield[7]
- Serbian Orthodox Church: Member of the Decoration of Emperor Constantine the Great Template:WebarchiveScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
References
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- ↑ Royal Family of Serbia
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- ↑ CROWN PRINCESS KATHERINE’S INTERVIEW FOR POLITIKA – RECEIVING THE ORDER OF KARADJORDJE’S STAR
- ↑ Neomagazine
External links
- Official biography of HRH The Crown Princess
- Royal Mausoleum Oplenac Template:Webarchive
- Lifeline Humanitarian Organization
- Lifeline Humanitarian Organization Chicago
- Royal Family
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