Prince Alexander, Duke of Vastergotland

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HRH The Duke of Vastergotland
Titles Prince of Sweden

Duke of Vastergotland

Prince of Yugoslavia

Biographical Information
Born 15 January 1982 (age 43)

Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Spouse Ingrid, Crown Princess of Sweden

(m. 2013)

Issue Victoria, Hereditary Princess

Princess Louise

Princess Alice

Name Alexander
House Karadordevic
Father Alexander II, King of Yugoslavia
Mother Princess Maria da Gloria of Brazil
Religion Eastern Orthodox

Prince Alexander, Duke of Vastergotland (born Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia on 15 January 1982) is a member of the Swedish Royal Family as the son-in-law of Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden. He is also a member of the British Royal Family as the nephew-in-law of James IV, King of the United Kingdom, as well as the Yugoslavian Royal Family as the son of Alexander II, King of Yugoslavia.

Life

Alexander was born the third child and youngest son of Alexander II, King of Yugoslavia and Princess Maria da Gloria of Brazil.

Marriage and Issue

On 14 September 2013, Alexander married Ingrid, Crown Princess of Sweden in Stockholm. Alexander and Ingrid have three daughters, Victoria, Louise, and Alice.

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Victoria, Hereditary Princess 15 August 2015
Princess Louise 13 April 2017
Princess Alice 7 May 2020

Residences

Titles and Honours

  • 1982-2013 Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia
  • 2013-present Prince Alexander, Duke of Vastergotland

National Honours

Order of the Seraphim (2023)

Order of Vasa (2013)

Foreign Honours

Order of the Star of Karadorde (2000) (Yugoslavia)

Ancestry

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Alexander II, King of Yugoslavia King Alexander I of Yugoslavia

Princess Maria of Romania

King Peter I of Yugoslavia

Princess Zorka of Montenegro

King Ferdinand of Romania

Princess Marie of Edinburgh

Alexander, Prince of Serbia

Persida Nenadovic

King Nicholas I of Montenegro

Milena Vukotic

Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern

Infanta Antonia of Portugal

Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia

Princess Maria da Gloria of Brazil King Alexander of Greece

Aspasia Manos

King Constantine I of Greece

Princess Sophia of Prussia

Petros Manos

Maria Argyropoulos

King George I of Greece

Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia

Emperor Frederick III of Germany

Victoria, Princess Royal

Thrasyboulos Manos

Roxane Mavromikhali

Iakobos Argyropoulos

Aspasia Petraki

Lines of Succession

Prince Alexander, Duke of Vastergotland

House of Karadordevic

Born: 15 January 1982

Lines of Succession
Preceded by
Succession to the Yugoslavian throne
Followed by
Princess Marija of Yugoslavia
5th in the line of succession
Victoria, Hereditary Princess of Sweden