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Christian IX of Denmark (April 8, 1818 – January 29, 1906) ruled Denmark from 1863 to 1906. Known as the "father-in-law of Europe", [1] he and his wife, Louise of Hesse-Kassel (September 7, 1817 – September 29, 1898), became the ancestors of many members of European royalty. Some of these descendants would play a role in the history of ...
May 6, 2024 · Description. Also known as. English. Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark. Greek prince; father of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1882-1944) Andrew of Greece and Denmark.
Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (Greek: Ανδρέας; Danish: Andreas; 2 February [O.S. 21 January] 1882 – 3 December 1944) of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, was the seventh child and fourth son of King George I of Greece and Olga Constantinovna of Russia. He was a grandson of Christian IX of Denmark, and the father of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He was a ...
Oct 7, 2017 · In 1909, Andrew and his brothers were forced to give up their military posts, though Andrew was able to resume his career in 1912 when Greece went to war with Turkey. Alice occupied herself with nursing, a professions very much championed by her grandmother, Princess Alice, in Hesse and her aunt, Ella, who had married Grand Duke Serge of Russia.
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent. Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick; born 9 October 1935) is a member of the British royal family. The elder son of Prince George, Duke of Kent, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, he is a grandson of George V, nephew of Edward VIII and George VI, and first cousin of Elizabeth II.
The wife of a Greek prince will usually take the title and style of her husband. Despite Greece becoming a republic in 1924 and 1973, male-line descendants of George I continue to style themselves as a Prince or Princess of Greece, as well as Prince or Princess of Denmark. List of Greek princes since 1863
Prince Andrew was born at the Tatoi Palace just north of Athens on 2 February 1882, the fourth son of George I of Greece. A member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, he was a prince of both Greece and Denmark, as his father was a younger son of Christian IX of Denmark. He was in the line of succession to the Greek and ...
