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 Anastasijević (died 1931). 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. His maternal grandfather was Miša Anastasijević.
Prince Alexis grew up living in exile in Paris.
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