Alexandra of Yugoslavia
| Alexandra of Greece and Denmark | |
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| Queen consort of Yugoslavia | |
| Tenure | 20 March 1944 – 29 November 1945 |
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25 March 1921 Athens, Greece |
| Died | 30 January 1993 (aged 71) Burgess Hill, West Sussex, England |
| Burial | 7 February 1993 Royal Cemetery, Tatoi Palace, Greece (1993—2013) Royal Mausoleum Oplenac, Topola, Serbia (since 2013) |
| Spouse | Peter II of Yugoslavia |
| Issue | Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia |
| House | Glücksburg |
| Father | Alexander I of Greece |
| Mother | Aspasia Manos |
| Religion | Eastern Orthodox |
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Styles of Queen Alexandra of Yugoslavia |
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| Reference style | Her Majesty |
| Spoken style | Your Majesty |
| Alternative style | Ma'am |
Alexandra of Greece and Denmark (Greek: Αλεξάνδρα, Serbian: Александра/Aleksandra; 25 March 1921 – 30 January 1993), was a Princess of Greece and Denmark member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg by birth and Queen consort of Yugoslavia by marriage.
Posthumous daughter of King Alexander I of Greece and his morganatic wife Aspasia Manos, Alexandra wasn't part of the Greek Royal Family until July 1922, when at the behest of Queen Sophia, a law was passed which retroactively recognized marriages of members of the Royal Family, although on a non-dynastic basis; in consequence, she obtained the style and name of Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark. At the same time, a serious political and military crisis, linked to the defeat of Greece against Turkey in Anatolia, gradually led to the deposition and exile of the royal family, beginning in 1924. Being the only members of the dynasty allowed to remain in the country by the Second Hellenic Republic, the princess and her mother later found refuge in Italy, with Dowager Queen Sophia.
After three years with her paternal grandmother, Alexandra left Florence to continue her studies in the United Kingdom, while her mother settled in Venice. Separated from her mother, the princess fell ill, forcing Aspasia to make her leave the boarding school where she was studying. After the restoration of her uncle, King George II, on the Hellenic throne in 1935, Alexandra stayed in her native country several times but the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War, in 1940, forcing her and her mother to settle in Athens. The invasion of Greece by the Axis powers in April–May 1941, however, led to their moving to the United Kingdom. Again exiled, Alexandra met in London the young King Peter II of Yugoslavia, who also went into exile after the invasion of his country by the Germans.
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