Order of Saints Olga and Sophia

Order of Saints Olga and Sophia Τάγμα των Αγίων Όλγας και Σοφίας
Star and Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Olga and Sophia,
Awarded by the King of the Hellenes
Type	Order
Awarded for	At the monarch's pleasure for personal services to the Crown
Status	Abolished in 1975
Grades (w/ post-nominals)	1st class, 2nd class, 3rd class, 4th class
Established	January 1936
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of Saints George and Constantine
Next (lower)	Order of George I
Ribbon of the Order of Saints Olga and Sophia

The Royal Family Order of Saints Olga and Sophia (Greek: Βασιλικό Οικογενειακό Τάγμα των Αγίων Όλγας και Σοφίας) was an order of the Greek royal family. Reserved for women, it was the third highest decoration awarded by the modern Greek state and the Crown after the Order of the Redeemer and the male-only Order of Saints George and Constantine. It was instituted in January 1936 by King George II in the memory of his grandmother (Queen Olga) and his mother (Queen Sophia).

The order was abolished in 1973 by the Greek state and today is awarded only by the Head of the former Greek royal family.

Recipients

• Queen Frederica of Greece
• Queen Mother Helen of Romania
• Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark
• Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark
• Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark
• Beatrix, Crown Princess of the Netherlands
• Princess Benedikte of Denmark
• Princess Marie Bonaparte
• Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
• Queen Ingrid of Denmark
• Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark
• Princess Margrethe of Denmark
• Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece
• Queen Marie José of Italy
• Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark
• Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark
• Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark
• Queen Anne of Romania^[1][2]
• Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain
• Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies^[3]
• Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark^[4]
• Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia
• Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark
• Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark
• Princess Alexandra of Kent
• Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg^[5]
• Infanta Margarita of Spain^[6]
• Infanta Pilar of Spain^[7]
• Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium^[8]
• Princess Alice of Battenberg
• Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark
• Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark
• Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark
• Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark
• Princess Georgina of Liechtenstein^[9]
• Princess Tatiana of Greece and Denmark

References

External links

Media related to Order of Saints Olga and Sophia at Wikimedia Commons

• The Greek Royal Orders
• The depicted picture is from the book: "Hellenic Orders, Decorations and Medals", Athens 1991, ISBN 960-85054-0-2, © Hellenic War Museum

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