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Sophia of Prussia (Sophie Dorothea Ulrike Alice, Greek: Σοφία Δωροθέα Ουλρίκη Αλίκη, romanized: Sofía Dorothéa Oulríki Alíki; 14 June 1870 – 13 January 1932) was Queen of Greece from 1913 to 1917 and from 1920 to 1922 as the wife of King Constantine I.
Mar 16, 2017 · She and Constantine found themselves the new King and Queen of Greece when King George I was assassinated in 1913. A year later, World War I was at their doorstep. Both Sophie and Constantine were not very popular with the Greek populace (again), and Sophie’s German background (and being Kaiser Wilhelm II’s sister) didn’t help to improve ...
Aug 9, 2020 · 9th August 2020. She is perhaps the last of the old European royal way. Daughter of a king, sister of a king, wife of a king and mother of a king, Queen Sofía of Spain has a regal tale...
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Aug 7, 2014 · Definition. Gorgo was the queen of the Greek city-state of Sparta, daughter of the king Cleomenes (r. 520-490 BCE), wife of King Leonidas (r. 490-480 BCE), and mother of King Pleistarchus (r. 480-458 BCE). Her birth and death dates are unclear as women were not considered as important as men to the historians who recorded her time.
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Queen Gorgo was a queen of Ancient Sparta. The daughter and only child of King Cleomenes I, she was raised from a young age to be a strong woman who was capable of ruling Sparta. King Cleomenes was said to have held her opinion in high regard and even heeded her advice from a young age. No one knows for certain, though, the exact date of her birth.
This is one of a number of snapshots taken by Princess Victoria (probably with a No.2 Bull's-Eye Kodak camera) between 12 and 14 July 1905, when she was visiting Seaford with her cousins, the Duke and Duchess of Sparta (later King Constantine I and Queen Sophie of the Hellenes), and their children.
Gorgo, Queen of Sparta. Gorgo ( / ˈɡɔːrɡoʊ /; Greek: Γοργώ [ɡorɡɔ͜ɔ́]; fl. 480 BC) was a Spartan woman and wife to King Leonidas I (r. 489–480 BC). She was the daughter and the only known child of Cleomenes I, Leonidas' half-brother and King of Sparta (r. 520–490 BC). [1] Gorgo was also the mother of King Pleistarchus, her ...
