| Prince Nicholas | |
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| Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark | |
| Spouse | Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia |
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| Olga, Princess Paul of Yugoslavia Princess Elizabeth, Countess of Toerring-Jettenbach Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent |
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| House | House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg |
| Father | George I of Greece |
| Mother | Olga Konstantinova of Russia |
| Born | 22 January 1872 Athens, Greece |
| Died | 8 February 1938 (aged 66) Athens, Greece |
| Burial | Royal Cemetery, Tatoi Palace, Greece |
| Religion | Greek Orthodox |
Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (22 January 1872 – 8 February 1938), of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, was the fourth child and third son of George I, King of the Hellenes, and of Queen Olga. He was known as "Greek Nicky" in the family to distinguish him from his cousin Czar Nicholas II of Russia. Prince Nicholas was a talented painter, often signing his works as "Nicolas Leprince."
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He married Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia (1882–1957), daughter of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia and Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and the only sister of the future Russian imperial pretender, Grand Duke Kyril Vladimirovich, on 29 August 1902 in Tsarskoye Selo, Russia.
They had three daughters:
Their three daughters were famous because of their beauty.
Along with his brothers Constantine and George, Nicholas helped to organize the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, the first to be held since 393. Nicholas served as president of the Sub-Committee for Shooting.
In 1913 the Prince took a very controversial position on his father's assassination in Thessaloniki, declaring that the King's murderer was an instrument of the German Secret Service; a theory that would have certainly displeased the new Queen, his sister-in-law Sophia of Prussia.
His father bequeathed him the Royal Theater of Greece which Nicholas, in turn, transferred to the Greek state in 1935. He was friends with George Simitis and was godfather to his son, future Socialist Prime Minister Kostas Simitis.[1]
Prince Nicholas died in Athens on February 8, 1938 and was buried in the Royal tomb at the Palace of Tatoi.
| Styles of Prince Nicholas of Greece |
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| Reference style | His Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Sir |
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