Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark
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Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (26 June 1914–3 November 2001) was the fourth child and youngest daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. She was born on the island of Corfu in Greece.
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[edit] Ancestry
Through her father, she was a grandchild of George I of Greece and Queen Olga. Through Queen Olga of Greece she was a great great granddaughter of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia. Through her mother she was a great-great granddaughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Her mother was a granddaughter of The Princess Alice, second daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
Sophie was the sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the husband and consort of Queen Elizabeth II. She also had three sisters, Princess Theodora, Princess Cecilie, and Princess Margarita.
[edit] First marriage
Sophie first married Prince Christoph of Hesse-Cassel on 15 December 1930 in Berlin, Germany. The son of Frederick, Prince of Hesse-Cassel and Princess Margaret of Prussia, Christoph was a great-grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha through their eldest daughter Victoria, Princess Royal, wife of Frederick III, German Emperor.
Together they had five children:
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| Her Highness Princess Christine of Hesse | 10 January 1933 | Married, firstly, on 1 August 1956, to Prince Andrej Karageorgievich of Yugoslavia (born: 28 June 1929); had issue. Married secondly, on 3 December 1962 to Robert Floris van Eyck (born: 3 May 1916); had issue. Divorced in 1985. Four children from both marriages:
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| Her Highness Princess Dorothea of Hesse | 24 July 1934 | Married on 31 March 1959, to Prince Friedrich Karl Hugo Maximilian Maria Cyrillus Felix Hubertus of Windisch-Gratz (born: 7 July 1917). They had two children:
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| His Highness Prince Karl of Hesse | 26 March 1937 | Married on 26 March 1966, to Yvonne Margit Valerie Grafin Szapary von Muraszombath, Szeysziget und Szpar (born: 4 April 1944). They had two children: | |
| His Highness Prince Rainer of Hesse | 18 November 1939 | Not Married. | |
| Her Highness Princess Clarissa of Hesse | 6 February 1944 | Married on 20 July 1971, to Jean-Claude Derrien but divorced in 1976. Later had a daughter whose father is unknown: |
On 7 October 1943 Prince Christoph died in an airplane accident in the Apennine hills near Forlì. His body was found two days later.
[edit] Second marriage
Sophie then married Prince George William of Hanover on 23 April 1946 in Salem, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. George was the son of Ernest Augustus III, Duke of Brunswick and his wife Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia, the only daughter of Wilhelm II, German Emperor and Princess Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein.
Together they had three children:
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| His Royal Highness Prince Welf Ernst of Hanover | 25 January 1947 | Married on 23 May 1969, to Wlbke von Gunsteren (born: 26 November 1948). One daughter: | |
| His Royal Highness Prince Georg of Hanover | 9 December 1949 | Married on 15 September 1973, to Victoria Anne Bee (born: 6 March 1951). Two daughters:
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| Her Royal Highness Princess Frederike of Hanover | 15 October 1954 | Married on 17 August 1979, to Jerry William Cyr (born: 16 January 1951). They had two children:
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[edit] Death
Sophie died on 3 November 2001 in Munich, Germany. She was survived by her husband.
[edit] Titles from birth
- Her Royal Highness Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (1914-1930)
- Her Royal Highness Princess Christoph of Hesse-Cassel (1930-1946)
- Her Royal Highness Princess George William of Hanover (1946-2001)
| Monarchical Styles of Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark |
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| Reference style: | HRH |
| Spoken style: | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style: | Ma'am |
