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Prince Andrej of Yugoslavia
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Prince Andrej of Yugoslavia (Serbian Cyrillic: Андреј Карађорђевић) (June 28, 1929 - 7 May 1990) was the third son of the sovereign of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, King Aleksandar I Karađorđević (1888-1934) and Queen Maria (1900-1961), the second daughter of King Ferdinand of Romania (1865-1927) and Queen Maria (1875-1938).
He was married on August 1, 1956, in Kronberg im Taunus, Germany, to Princess Christina of Hesse (born 1933), out of which marriage were born Princess Tatiana (born 1957) and Prince Christopher (1960-1993).
After his divorce in 1962, he married Her Serene Highness Princess Kira of Leiningen (1930-2005), out of which marriage were born two sons, Prince Karl Wladimir (born 1964) and Prince Dimitri (born 1965).
After their marriage, Prince Andrej and Princess Kira adopted a four-year-old girl Princess Lavina (born 1961) who was their biological child born while Andrej was still married to Christina. Kira and Andrej divorced in 1972.
Andrej married thirdly Eva Maria Andjelkovich (born 1926) in 1974. There were no children from this marriage.
He was found dead in his car in Irvine, California on 7 May 1990.