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Princess Elizabeth (Jelisaveta) of Yugoslavia
Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, Kneginja Jelisaveta Karađorđević (born 7 April 1936) is a member of the Serbian Karađorđević dynasty.
Born in Belgrade, she married, on 19 Jan 1961, Howard Oxenberg, by whom she is mother of actress Catherine Oxenberg. They divorced in 1969, and she married, on 23 September 1969, in London, Neil Balfour (b. Lima 12 August 1944). They divorced, and, on 28 February 1987, in New York, she married Manuel Ulloa Elias (Lima 12 Nov 1922-Madrid 9 Aug 1992), the Prime Minister of Peru.
She is the daughter of the late prince Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (the last ruler of Yugoslavia of the House of Karađorđević as regent for his cousin King Peter II of Yugoslavia) and of the Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark.
She lives in Belgrade. Her brother is Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia who married first princess María Pia di Savoia (daughter of the last king Humbert II of Italy) and secondly Barbara of Liechtenstein. Maternally she is a second cousin of Queen Sofía of Spain and Charles, Prince of Wales. She is concerned in the problems of her country through her Princess Elizabeth Foundation in New York.
She is mother of three children, Catherine and Christina Oxenberg and Nicholas Balfour.
She decided to run for a President of Serbia in the Serbian presidential elections, 2004, despite her cousin Alexander's objections. After the end of World War II, the ex-royal family was banished from the country, and their goods confiscated.
"In case of victory," she stated, "my priority would not be to return to a monarchy, but to form a real State."
She gained the support of her daughter Catherine Oxenberg, as well of royal families of Britain, Denmark and Belgium.
She got 63,991 votes or 2.1% finishing in 6th place.
Jelisaveta is on 3203rd place to succeed British throne while her brother is on 92nd place.
From: www.answers.com
Photos (private collection, Corbis and curtesy of ABBA, the TRF member):
1 - 4. Princess Jelisaveta Karadjordjevic
5 - 9. Catherine Oxenberg, her daughter
Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, Kneginja Jelisaveta Karađorđević (born 7 April 1936) is a member of the Serbian Karađorđević dynasty.
Born in Belgrade, she married, on 19 Jan 1961, Howard Oxenberg, by whom she is mother of actress Catherine Oxenberg. They divorced in 1969, and she married, on 23 September 1969, in London, Neil Balfour (b. Lima 12 August 1944). They divorced, and, on 28 February 1987, in New York, she married Manuel Ulloa Elias (Lima 12 Nov 1922-Madrid 9 Aug 1992), the Prime Minister of Peru.
She is the daughter of the late prince Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (the last ruler of Yugoslavia of the House of Karađorđević as regent for his cousin King Peter II of Yugoslavia) and of the Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark.
She lives in Belgrade. Her brother is Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia who married first princess María Pia di Savoia (daughter of the last king Humbert II of Italy) and secondly Barbara of Liechtenstein. Maternally she is a second cousin of Queen Sofía of Spain and Charles, Prince of Wales. She is concerned in the problems of her country through her Princess Elizabeth Foundation in New York.
She is mother of three children, Catherine and Christina Oxenberg and Nicholas Balfour.
She decided to run for a President of Serbia in the Serbian presidential elections, 2004, despite her cousin Alexander's objections. After the end of World War II, the ex-royal family was banished from the country, and their goods confiscated.
"In case of victory," she stated, "my priority would not be to return to a monarchy, but to form a real State."
She gained the support of her daughter Catherine Oxenberg, as well of royal families of Britain, Denmark and Belgium.
She got 63,991 votes or 2.1% finishing in 6th place.
Jelisaveta is on 3203rd place to succeed British throne while her brother is on 92nd place.
From: www.answers.com
Photos (private collection, Corbis and curtesy of ABBA, the TRF member):
1 - 4. Princess Jelisaveta Karadjordjevic
5 - 9. Catherine Oxenberg, her daughter
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