Prince Alexander was born 15 January 1982 in
Vienna, Virginia, Alexander is the third and youngest child of the last crown prince of
Yugoslavia,
Alexander, and his first wife, Princess Maria da Gloria
of Orléans-Braganza. He is the fraternal twin of
Philip. His godparents are
Queen Sofía of Spain,
King Constantine II of Greece (first cousins of his father), and
Princess Anne, Duchess of Calabria (first cousin of his mother). Besides his twin brother, he has an older brother,
Peter (b. 1980). Alexander lived in
Virginia until 1984. In 1982, Alexander and his twin brother were baptized by
Lavrentije,
Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Western Europe, at a castle in
Villamanrique de la Condesa, near
Seville, Spain. Alexander's parents divorced in 1985. After the divorce, his father married
Katherine Clairy Batis later that year, while his mother married
Ignacio, 19th Duke of Segorbe in the same year. Through his mother, Alexander has two younger
half-sisters, Sol María de la Blanca Medina y Orléans-Braganza, 54th
Countess of Ampurias (b. 1986) and Ana Luna Medina y Orléans-Braganza, 17th Countess of Ricla (b. 1988). Alexander was educated in London and Canterbury with his twin brother. In June 2000, he completed
sixth form at
The King's School, Canterbury. He was awarded a BA degree in Communications and Media from the
University of San Francisco in 2004. Alexander was at a graduate school at an American university completing a
MFA degree in advertising (Art Direction). He resided in
Hawaii. == Patronages ==