Prince Alexis Karageorgevich

Prince Alexis Karageorgevitch, or Karađorđević ( / Aleksa Karađorđević; 10 June 1859 – 15 February 1920), was the head of the senior branch of the House of Karageorgevitch and a claimant to the Serbian throne. He served in the First Balkan War of 1912 as a soldier and after as president of the Red Cross until Serbian army's retreat through Albania (World War I). Early life and family Prince Alexis was born five months after his great uncle Alexander Karageorgevitch had been forced to abdicate as prince of Serbia. His parents were Prince George Karageorgevitch (1827–1884) and Sarka (or Sara) Anastasijević (died 1931), daughter of Senator Miša Anastasijević, one of the richest people in Serbia. He had one brother the author Prince Bojidar Karageorgevitch. Prince Alexis' paternal grandfather and namesake, Prince Alexis Karageorgevitch (1801–1830) was the eldest son of Karađorđe Petrović and the older brother of Alexander Karageorgevitch. Prince Alexis grew up living in exile in Paris.