HRH Prince Aleksandar passed away today, the 12th of May, 2016. in Paris. HRH Prince Aleksandar Karadjordjevic is the eldest son of HRH Prince Pavle Karadjordjevic and HRH Princess Olga, the grandson of HRH Prince Arsen, the younger brother of HRH King Petar I the Liberator, the great-grandson of HRH Prince Alexander, the youngest son of Vozd Karadjordje Petrovic, the founder of our Royal House.HRH Prince Aleksandar was born on August 13th, 1924, in White Lodge, United Kingdom. By his mother’s genealogy, HRH Prince Aleksandar is of the Russia’s Romanov dynasty and of Greek and Danish line of kings and princes. His grandmother is Her Imperial Highness Jelena Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia and his great-grandmother is HIH Grand Duchess of Russia Olga Konstantinovna. Maternal grandfather, HRH Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, was the third son of Prince William of Denmark, HRH Greek King George I. HRH Prince Aleksandar Karadjordjevic is the vice president of Board of Directors of the Western European Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church. On Vidovdan (St. Vitus Day), 2011, HRH Prince Aleksandar Karadjordjevic founded, and on the suggestion of Mr. Srdjan Stanisic and Mr. Dejan Damnjanovic, accepted to be the patron, protector and the Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of the Dragon, thus renewing the tradition of the old Order of the Dragon.

The funeral ceremony will be in Oplenac.

Farewell and rest in peace!