Photo: Ana Marija Ršumović
Her Royal Highness Princess Danica of Serbia was born on 17 August 1986 in Belgrade. She is the daughter of the renowned Serbian painter Milan Cile Marinković and Zorica Beba Marinković, an economist. Princess Danica grew up between Belgrade and Paris since 1992, and settled again in Paris in 1997, where she completed her primary and secondary schooling and later her university studies.
She graduated from the Academy of Applied Arts in Paris (Graphic Design and Visual Communication) and also earned an additional degree in comparative literature and Slavic studies at Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris IV). She completed a Master’s in graphic design and communication at the University of the Arts London, Chelsea College of Arts and Design. Since 2010, she has been a member of ULUPUDS (the Association of Fine and Applied Artists and Designers of Serbia).
A graphic designer and visual communicator, she is particularly active in publishing—designing exhibition catalogues, art and theatre posters—and she also works as a collage artist under the artistic name Dana MAAR. As an artist, her distinctive collage style has been shown in solo and group exhibitions and at art fairs in Belgrade and Paris.
In Belgrade, she has exhibited at the Parobrod Cultural Centre, New Moment Gallery, the Atrium Gallery of the Belgrade City Library, Supermarket Concept Store, and Ozone Gallery. In Paris, her works have been shown at Galerie Origines and Galerie Artessepia within the Carré Rive Gauche / Saint-Germain-des-Prés events, and repeatedly at the Biennale of Contemporary Art in Paris.
Among her professional recognitions, Princess Danica received the BINA (Belgrade International Week of Architecture) award in 2010 for “Portraits of Architects – a retrospective exhibition of members of the architectural section of ULUPUDS 1953–2010”, and the Salon of May plaque of ULUPUDS in 2011.
Princess Danica speaks Serbian, French, English and Spanish.
HRH Hereditary Prince Filip and HRH Princess Danica were married in the Cathedral Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Belgrade on 7 October 2017, in a ceremony officiated by His Holiness the late Serbian Patriarch Irinej. The maid of honour was HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden; the best man was HRH Prince Peter Karađorđević, the groom’s brother. It was the first royal wedding in Belgrade after the wedding of TM King Alexander I and Queen Maria, on 8 June 1922.
On 25 February 2018, they welcomed their son, HRH Prince Stefan — the first descendant of Karađorđe born in Belgrade in 90 years. The family moved from London to Serbia on Vidovdan (28 June) 2020, living in Vračar, Belgrade.
On 5 November 2023, their daughter, HRH Princess Marija, was born — the first female child in the hereditary line of the Karađorđević dynasty since Princess Jelena, daughter of HM King Peter Iand Princess Zorka. In September 2024, the family moved to the Thatched House within the Royal Compound in Belgrade.
Together, Their Royal Highnesses founded the “Foundation of Hereditary Prince Filip and Princess Danica of Serbia”, dedicated to preserving Serbian cultural and historical heritage and continuing the dynastic tradition—pairing moral and creative inspiration with innovation and contemporary ideas.