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Prince Nikola of Yugoslavia (born 1958)

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Issue
  
Princess Marija

Name
  
Prince of

Spouse
  
Ljiljana Licanin

House
  
House of Karadordevic

Role
  
B. 1958

Uncles
  
Peter II of Yugoslavia

Born
  
15 March 1958 (age 66) London, England (
1958-03-15
)

Father
  
Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia

Mother
  
Princess Margarita of Baden

Parents
  
Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia, Princess Margarita of Baden

Grandparents
  
Alexander I of Yugoslavia, Maria of Yugoslavia

Cousins
  
Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia

Similar People
  
Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia, Princess Margarita of Baden, Princess Katarina of Yugoslavi, Maria of Yugoslavia, Alexander I of Yugoslavia

Prince Nikolas of Yugoslavia (born 15 March 1958) is a prince of Yugoslavia and a member of the House of Karadordevic. Currently fourth in the line of succession to the defunct Yugoslavian throne, he is also in the line of succession to the British throne as a great-grandson of Princess Marie of Edinburgh, herself a granddaughter of Victoria of the United Kingdom.

Prince Nikolas was born in London to Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia, second son of Alexander I, the first king of Yugoslavia, and Princess Margarita of Baden. Both his mother and father were descendants of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Through his mother he is a great-grandson of Princess Alice of Battenberg, great-granddaughter of Victoria, and through his father he is a great-grandson of Princess Marie of Edinburgh, Victoria's granddaughter. He has one sister, Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia and Serbia, and two half-brothers, Prince George and Prince Michael. He is a first cousin of Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia. Also through his mother, Princess Margarita of Baden, Nikolas is a great-nephew of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Consort of Queen Elizabeth II), and a first cousin once removed of Charles, Prince of Wales.

He married Ljiljana Licanin (born 12 December 1957 in Zemun, Serbia) on 30 August 1992 in Denmark in a civil ceremony. A religious ceremony was performed in Düsseldorf-Lichtenbroich, Germany on 22 November 1992. Their only child is Princess Marija of Yugoslavia, born 31 August 1993 in Belgrade.

Honours

  • Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Karađorđe from Karađorđević dynasty (16/08/2016).
  • References

    Prince Nikola of Yugoslavia (born 1958) Wikipedia