Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark

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House of Oldenburg (Glücksburg branch)

George I
Children
Constantine I
Prince George
Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia
Prince Nicholas
Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna of Russia
Princess Olga
Prince Andrew
Prince Christopher
Grandchildren
Prince Peter
Eugénie, Duchess of Castel Duino
Olga, Princess Paul of Yugoslavia
Elizabeth, Countess of Toerring-Jettenbach
Marina, Duchess of Kent
Margarita, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Theodora, Margravine of Baden
Cecilie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine
Sophie, Princess George of Hanover
Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Michael
Great-grandchildren
Princess Alexandra
Princess Olga

Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark (3 December 1908 - 15 October 1980) was the eldest child and only son of Prince George of Greece and Denmark, the second child of King George I of the Hellenes and Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinova of Russia, and Princess Marie Bonaparte, daughter of Prince Roland Bonaparte, and great-grand-niece of Napoleon I of France. He was married to Irina Aleksandrovna Ovtchinnikova (1900-1990) and he was a member of the Greek Royal Family.

The Prince was an anthropologist, specialized in Tibetan beliefs and customs, and had a number of book reviews and articles published in scholarly journals.[1]