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Oxenberg in 2007, photo by PrPhotos<\/p><\/div>\n

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.<\/p>\n

Date of Birth: September 22, 1961<\/p>\n

Ethnicity:
\n*father<\/em> – Ashkenazi Jewish
\n*mother<\/em> – Serbian, Russian, Swedish\/Finland-Swedish, European Royal, distant German and Finnish<\/strong><\/p>\n

Catherine Oxenberg is an American actress. She has starred on the series Dynasty<\/em> and as Princess Diana in two television films.<\/p>\n

Catherine’s father, Howard Oxenberg, was born in New York, to a Russian Jewish family. Catherine’s mother, Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, was born in Belgrade, Serbia, and has Serbian, Russian, Swedish\/Finland-Swedish, European Royal, and distant German and Finnish, ancestry.<\/p>\n

Catherine has a daughter, actress India Oxenberg<\/a>, with William Shaffer; and two children with her former husband, actor Casper Van Dien<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Catherine’s paternal grandfather was named Jacob\/Jack Oxenberg (the son of Israel Oxenberg and Pearl). Jacob was a Jewish emigrant, from B\u0103l\u021bi, Moldova. Israel was the son of Jacob Oxenberg and Chaya Cohen.<\/p>\n

Catherine’s paternal grandmother was Daisy Friedman (the daughter of Bernard Friedman\/Freedman and Hannah Monthem). Daisy was born in New York, to Russian Jewish parents.<\/p>\n

Catherine’s maternal grandfather was Paul Kara\u0111or\u0111evi\u0107, Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (the son of Prince Arsen\/Arsenije of Yugoslavia, and of Princess and Countess Aurora\/Avrora Pavlovna Demidova\/Demidoff). Prince Paul was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Prince Arsen was born in Timi\u0219oara, Romania, of Serbian descent, the son of Aleksandar Kara\u0111or\u0111evi\u0107, Prince of Serbia, and of Persida Nenadovi\u0107\/Nenadovich. Catherine’s great-grandmother Princess and Countess Aurora was born in Kiev, of Russian, and some Swedish\/Finland-Swedish, German, and Finnish, ancestry, and was the daughter of Pavel Pavlovich Demidov, 2nd Prince of San Donato, and of Princess Elena Petrovna Troubetzkaya.<\/p>\n

Catherine’s maternal grandmother was Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark (the daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, and of Grand Duchess Elena\/Helena Vladimirovna Romanova of Russia). Princess Olga was born at the Tatoi Palace, in Greece, of European Royal ancestry. Prince Nicholas was born in Athens, Greece, the son of George I of Greece, who was born in Athens, and of Olga Constantinovna of Russia, who was born in Pavlovsk, Russian Empire. Grand Duchess Elena was born in Tsarskoye Selo, Russia, the daughter of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, and of Duchess Marie\/Marya Pavlovna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.<\/p>\n

Catherine is a third cousin, once removed, of actor Sebastian Arcelus<\/a>. Catherine’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Aleksandar Kara\u0111or\u0111evi\u0107, Prince of Serbia, and Persida Nenadovi\u0107\/Nenadovich, were also Sebastian’s maternal great-great-great-grandparents.<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/strong> Genealogy of Catherine Oxenberg – https:\/\/www.geni.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Catherine’s father on the 1920 U.S. Census – https:\/\/familysearch.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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