Katherine Karađorđević

Katherine Karađorđević (Serbian: Катарина Карађорђевић; née Batis, Greek: Μπατής; born 13 November 1943 in Athens), is the wife of Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, the pretender to the throne of the defunct Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

Katherine Karađorđević
Crown Princess of Serbia (in pretense)
Katherine at the celebrations of the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, 18 June 2010
Born	Katherine Batis (1943-11-13) 13 November 1943 (age 80) Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Spouse	Jack Walter Andrews ​ ​ (m. 1962; div. 1984)​ Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia ​ ​ (m. 1985)​
Issue	David Andrews Alison Andrews
Father	Robert Batis
Mother	Anna Dosti

Biography

Katherine is one of the two daughters of Robert Batis (1916–2011) and Anna Dosti (1922–2009).^{[citation needed]} She was educated in Athens and in Lausanne, Switzerland. She studied business at the University of Denver and the University of Dallas. She worked in business for several years in the United States.^{[citation needed]}

On 25 November 1962, Katherine married Jack Walter Andrews (1933–2013).^{[1][better source needed]} They divorced in 1984.^{[citation needed]}

Her son and grandson are godchildren of former President of Greece Prokopis Pavlopoulos.^[2]

She met her second husband, Alexander, in Washington DC in 1984, and they were married in London, civilly on 20 September 1985 and religiously the next day 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.^[3]

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 HRH Crown Princess Katherine Foundation in Belgrade.^[4]

On 17 July 2001, after the democratic revolution in Serbia, she and her husband took up residence in the Royal Palace in Belgrade.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

National

•   Serbia: Order of Karađorđe's Star, First Class^[5]

Dynastic

•   House of Karađorđević: Knight Grand Cordon of the Royal Order of Saint Sava, Special Class^{[6][citation needed]}

Foreign

•   Sweden: Recipient of the 50th Birthday Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf^{[citation needed]}
•   Sweden: Recipient of the 70th Birthday Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf^{[citation needed]}
•   United Kingdom: Recipient of the King Charles III Coronation Medal^{[citation needed]}

Awards

• Honorary Degree as Doctor of Letters of the University of Sheffield^[7]
• Serbian Orthodox Church: Member of the Decoration of Emperor Constantine the Great^{[citation needed]}

References

1. Tributes
2. Milanovic, Stefan (2017-10-03). "THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES MEET WITH GREEK PRESIDENT PROKOPIS PAVLOPOULOS". The Royal Family of Serbia. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
3. Royal Family of Serbia
4. "About us". HRH Crown Princess Katherine Foundation. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
5. CROWN PRINCESS KATHERINE’S INTERVIEW FOR POLITIKA – RECEIVING THE ORDER OF KARADJORDJE’S STAR
6. The Court Jeweller
7. Neomagazine

External links

• Official biography of HRH The Crown Princess
• Royal Mausoleum Oplenac 2017-11-24 at the Wayback Machine
• Lifeline Humanitarian Organization
• Lifeline Humanitarian Organization Chicago
• Royal Family
• "HRH Crown Princess Katherine". royalfamily.org. Retrieved 2022-06-14.