Princess Danica was born in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia) on 18 August 1986 as Danica Marinković.[1][2] She is the daughter of Milan "Cile" Marinković (b. 1947 in Belgrade),[3] an impressionist painter, and his wife, Zorica "Beba" Krupež.[4][5] Since 1992, Danica has lived in Paris, France, completed her education there and obtained French citizenship. She graduated in graphic design and visual communications at the Academy of Applied Arts in Paris and at the comparative literature and Slavistics studies at Sorbonne University in Paris. In London, U.K., the Princess got her master's degree in graphic design and communication at the Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London.[6][7][8][9]
Personal life
Design career
Well known under the artistic name Dana Maar (stylized as Dana MAAR), besides the primary graphic design profession, she creatively expresses herself as a collagist. Her already recognizable style is manifested through the collages she creates and actively exhibits through solo and group exhibitions and art fairs, thus becoming part of the cultural milieu of both Belgrade and Paris. Among numerous solo exhibitions in Belgrade, Princess Danica had solo exhibitions in Parisian galleries: Galerie Origines and Galleries Artessepia within the Carré Rive Gauche event, Saint-Germain des Près, in 2007 and 2008. Her works were also exhibited at the Biennale of Contemporary Art in Paris in 2008, 2010 and 2014. She has been a member of the Applied Artists and Designers Association of Serbia in the design section since 2010.[10][7]
Princess Danica gave birth to their son, Prince Stefan, in Belgrade on 25 February 2018, at 10:30 am.[9] Stefan is the first male child born to the royal family on Serbian soil for 90 years, the last such birth being that of Prince Tomislav in Belgrade in 1928.[14][8] The prince was baptized on December 15, 2018, at the Royal Palace's Chapel in Belgrade.[15] Danica gave birth to their daughter, Princess Marija, on 5 November 2023, in Belgrade.[16]
On 27 April 2022, Princess Danica witnessed when her brother-in-lawPrince Peter renounced his title of Hereditary Prince of Serbia and Yugoslavia – for himself and his descendants – in favor of her husband Philip, making her the Hereditary Princess. The ceremony took place in Seville at Casa de Pilatos in the presence of Peter's and Philip's mother Princess Maria Da Gloria of Orléans-Braganza and Duchess of Segorbe, and others.[26][27][28]
Titles, styles, honours and arms
Titles and styles
18 August 1986 - 7 October 2017: Miss Danica Marinković
7 October 2017 - 27 April 2022: Her Royal Highness Princess Danica, The Princess Philip of Serbia
27 April 2022 - present: Her Royal Highness Princess Danica, The Hereditary Princess of Serbia
All heraldic questions pertaining to the House of Karađorđević are under jurisdiction of the Herald of the House. The blessing of having numerous offspring in the House requires further codification for the members of the House so that a clear system of identification among the generations is enabled. The decree is not signed yet although it was verbally confirmed by the Head of the House so it is possible to give the graphical illustration of the proposed system.[30] The Princess bears the arms of her husband with a difference in the shape of escutcheon.
Upon the red oval shield there is a white double-headed eagle displayed with both heads crowned with the heraldic crown of Serbia, beak, tongue and legs of the white color and upon the breast of the eagle a red shield with the cross to the shield's edges between which there are four firesteels with their operating surfaces turned towards the vertical beam of the cross all of white color and in the base of the shield two white fleur-de-lis.