Father Robert Batis Parents Robert Batis | Name Katherine, Princess Mother Anna Dosti Children Alison Andrews | |
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Issue David AndrewsAlison Andrews Similar People Alexander - Crown Prince of, Peter - Hereditary Prince of, Prince Philip of Yugoslavia, Peter II of Yugoslavia, Alexandra of Yugoslavia | ||
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.
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- Biography
- Titles and styles
- National dynastic honours
- Foreign honours
- Honorary degrees
- Religious awards
- National awards
- Arms
- Foreign
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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. 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 and styles
National dynastic honours
Foreign honours
Honorary degrees
Religious awards
National
Foreign
National awards
Arms
the red losange the white double-headed eagle in flight, both heads crowned with heraldic crown Serbia, beak, tongue and feet of gold on the chest eagle red shield with a cross to the edge between which are the coat working surfaces facing the vertical shaft baptism all white in bottom shield two golden lily. The shield is crowned with a crown of HRH King Peter I with a lily blue in the center.