Genealogy of the Royal Family of Greece1Genealogy of the Royal Family of Greece1
HM Giorgios I
King of the Hellenes ("Willy")
(Born as: HSH Christian Vilhelm Ferdinand Adolf Georg
Prince zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)
(Since July 31st, 1853:) HH Christian Vilhelm Ferdinand
Adolf Georg Prince of Denmark
(Since December 21st, 1858:) HRH Christian Vilhelm
Ferdinand Adolf Georg Prince of Denmark
* Copenhagen, December 24th, 1845
† (murdered) Salonika, March 18th, 1913
King of the Hellenes, October 31st, 1863
Married:
St. Petersburg, October 27th, 1867:
HIH Olga Konstantinovna Grand Duchess of Russia
* Pavlovsk, September 3rd, 1851
† Pau, Béarn, August 1st, 1926
Children from this marriage:
Married:
St. Petersburg, June 17th n.s.,
1889:
HIH Pavel Aleksandrovitch Grand Duke of Russia
* Tsarskoe Selo, October 3rd n.s., 1860
† (executed) Fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul, St.
Petersburg, January 24th n.s., 1919
HRH Nikolaos Prince of Greece and
Denmark 
Married:
Tsarskoe Selo, August 29th n.s.,
1902:
HIH Elena Vladimirovna Grand Duchess of Russia
* Tsarskoe Selo, January 29th n.s., 1882
† Athens, March 13th, 1957
Children from this marriage:
Married:
Belgrade, October 22nd,
1923:
Pavle Karadjordjevic
(Since June 15th n.s., 1903:) HRH Pavle
Prince of Serbia
(Since October 3rd, 1929:) HRH Pavle
Prince of Yugoslavia
* St. Petersburg, April 27th, 1893
† Paris, September 14th, 1976
Prince-Regent of Yugoslavia, October 9th, 1934 -
March 27th, 1941 (for his nephew King Petar II)
Married:
(civil) Munich, January 9th
and (religious) Schloß Seefeld am Pilsensee,
January 10th, 1934:
Carl Theodor Klemens Count zu Toerring-Jettenbach
* Winhöring, September 22nd, 1900
† Munich, May 14th, 1967
Married:
Westminster Abbey, London,
November 29th, 1934:
HRH George Edward Alexander
Edmund Prince of
Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Kent
* Sandringham House near King's Lynn, Norfolk,
December 20th, 1902
† (plane crash) Morven, Caithness, August
25th, 1942
Created Duke of Kent, Earl of St. Andrews, Baron
Downpatrick, October 12th, 1934
Knight of the Garter 1923
HRH Maria Princess of Greece and
Denmark
Married:
Married:
(civil) Darmstadt, October 6th and
(religious) Orthodox Chapel, Darmstadt, October 7th,
1903:
HSH Victoria Alice Elisabeth Julie Marie Princess von Battenberg
* Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, February 25th, 1885
† Buckingham Palace, St. James Park, London,
December 5th, 1969
Children from this marriage:
Married:
(civil) Langenburg, April
18th and (Lutheran and Orthodox) Langenburg
Castle near Crailsheim, April 20th, 1931:
HSH Gottfried Hermann Alfred Paul
Maximilian Viktor
8th Prince zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg
(Born as: HSH Gottfried Hermann Alfred
Paul Maximilian Viktor Prince zu
Hohenlohe-Langenburg)
(Since March 9th, 1913:) HSH Gottfried
Hermann Alfred Paul Maximilian Viktor Hereditary
Prince zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg
* Langenburg Castle near Crailsheim, March 24th,
1897
† Langenburg Castle near Crailsheim, May
11th, 1960
Hereditary Prince zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, March
9th, 1913
8th Prince zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, December
11th, 1950
Married:
(civil) Baden-Baden, August
15th and (religious) Chapel, Neues Palais,
Baden-Baden, August 17th, 1931:
HRH Berthold Friedrich Wilhelm
Ernst August Heinrich Karl Margrave von Baden, Duke von
Zähringen
(Born as: HGDH Berthold Friedrich Wilhelm
Ernst August Heinrich Karl Grand-Ducal Prince and Margrave von Baden)
(Since August 9th, 1928:) HRH Berthold
Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst August Heinrich Karl
Hereditary Prince von Baden
* Karlsruhe, February 24th, 1906
† near Spaichingen, Baden-Württemberg,
October 27th, 1963
Heir apparent, August 9th, 1928
Head of the Grand-Ducal Family of Baden, November
6th, 1929
Married:
(civil) New Palace,
Darmstadt, January 23rd, (Orthodox) New Palace
and (Lutheran) Palace Church, Darmstadt, February
2nd, 1931:
HRH Georg Donatus Wilhelm
Nikolaus Eduard Heinrich Karl Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse and
by Rhine
* New Palace, Darmstadt, November 8th, 1906
† (plane crash) Steene, November 16th, 1937
Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine,
November 8th, 1906
Head of the Grand-Ducal Family of Hesse and by
Rhine, October 9th, 1937
Married:
HRH Philippos
Prince of Greece and Denmark 
Married:
Westminster Abbey, London,
November 20th, 1947:
HM Elizabeth II Alexandra Mary Queen of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
("Lillybeth")
* 17 Bruton Street, London, April 21st, 1926
Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland, February 6th, 1952 (crowned:
Westminster Abbey, London, June 2nd, 1953)
Colonel-in-Chief of the Grenadier Guards 1942;
Colonel-in-Chief of all the Guards Regiments and
the Corps of Royal Engineers, Captain-General of
the Royal Regiment of Artillery and the
Honourable Artillery Company, February 6th, 1952
Lady of the Garter, November 1947
HM Konstantinos I King
of the Hellenes ("Tino")
(Born as: HRH Konstantinos Crown Prince of Greece,
Prince of Denmark)
* Athens, August 2nd, 1868
† Palermo, January 11th, 1923
Crown Prince of Greece, August 2nd, 1868
King of the Hellenes, March 18th, 1913 (forced to abdicate and to
go in exile, June 11th, 1917; returned to the throne after a
plebiscite, December 19th, 1920 but was forced to abdicate and to
go in exile again, September 27th, 1922)
Married:
Athens, October 27th, 1889:
HRH Sophie Dorothea Ulrike Alice Princess of Prussia
* Neues Palais, Potsdam, June 14th, 1870
† Frankfurt am Main, January 13th, 1932
Children from
this marriage:
Married:
Bucharest, February 27th, 1921:
HRH Elisabeta Charlotte Josephine
Alexandra Victoria Princess
of Romania, Princess of Hohenzollern
* Pelesch Castle, Sinaia, October 11th n.s., 1894
† Villa Rose Alba, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, November
15th, 1956
(Divorced: Bucharest, July 6th, 1935)
Child from this marriage:
Married:
Athens, November 4th, 1919:
Aspasia Manos
* Athens, September 4th, 1896
† Venice, August 7th, 1972
Granted the style and title HRH Princess of Greece,
September 10th, 1922
Child from this marriage:
Married:
Yugoslav Embassy, London,
March 20th, 1944:
HM Petar II King of Yugoslavia
(Born as: HRH Petar Crown Prince of the
Serbs, Croats and Slovenes)
(Since October 3rd, 1929:) HRH Petar
Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
* Royal Palace, Belgrade, September 6th, 1923
† Colorado General Hospital, Denver,
Colorado, November 3rd, 1970
Crown Prince of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes,
September 6th, 1923; Crown Prince of Yugoslavia,
October 3rd, 1929
King of Yugoslavia, October 9th, 1934 (left
Yugoslavia following the German invasion in 1941;
Yugoslavia abolished the monarchy, November 29th,
1945)
HRH Elena Princess of Greece and
Denmark ("Sitta")
Married:
Athens, March 10th, 1921:
HM Carol II
King of Romania, Prince of Hohenzollern
(Born as: HRH Carol Prince of Romania, Prince of
Hohenzollern)
(Since October 10th, 1914:) HRH Carol Crown
Prince of Romania, Prince of Hohenzollern
* Pelesch Castle, Sinaia, October 15th n.s., 1893
† Estoril, April 4th, 1953
Crown Prince of Romania, October 10th, 1914 (renounced
his right of succession, December 25th, 1925; returned to
Romania and reclaimed his rights, June 6th, 1930)
King of Romania, June 8th, 1930 (abdicated: September
6th, 1940)
(Divorced: Bucharest, June 21st, 1928)
Married:
Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral,
Florence, July 1st, 1939:
HRH Aimone Roberto Margherita Giuseppe
Torino Prince of
Savoy-Aosta, Duke of Spoleto, 4th Duke of Aosta
* Turin, March 9th, 1900
† Room 320, Plaza Hotel, Buenos Aires, January 29th,
1948
Created Duke of Spoleto, September 22th, 1904; 4th Duke
of Aosta, March 3rd, 1942
(Proclaimed HM Tomislav II King of Croatia, Prince
of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Voivode of Dalmatia, Tuzla and
Temun, May 18th, 1941; abandonned all claims in 1943)
HM Pavlos I
King of the Hellenes
(Born as: HRH Pavlos Prince of Greece and Denmark)
* Tatoi Palace near Athens, December 14th, 1901
† Tatoi Palace near Athens, March 6th, 1964
Heir Pressumptive to the Throne, June 11th, 1917 - December 19th,
1920 and since September 27th, 1922
King of the Hellenes, April 1st, 1947
Married:
Athens, January 9th, 1938:
HRH Friederike Luise Thyra Viktoria Margarete
Sophie Olga Cecilie Isabelle Christa
Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Princess
of Great Britain and Ireland
* Blankenburg Castle, April 18th, 1917
† Madrid, February 6th, 1981
Children from this marriage:
Married:
(Roman Catholic) Church of St.
Denis) and (Greek Orthodox) Metropolis, Athens, May 14th,
1962:
HM Don Juan Carlos I Alfonso Victor Maria King of Spain
(Born as: HRH Don Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor
María Infante of Spain)
* Anglo-American Hospital, Rome, January 5th, 1938
Proclaimed Heir to the Throne by General Francisco Franco
y Bahamonde, July 22nd, 1969
King of Spain, November 22nd, 1975
HM Konstantinos
II King of the Hellenes ("Tino")
(Born as: HRH Konstantinos Prince of Greece and Denmark)
(Since April 1st, 1947:) HRH Konstantinos Crown Prince
of Greece, Prince of Denmark
* Villa Psychiko, Athens, June 2nd, 1940
King of the Hellenes, March 6th, 1964 (fled into exile, December
13th, 1967; deposed, June 1st, 1973; the monarchy was abolished
by plebiscite, December 8th, 1974)
Married:
Metropolis, Athens, September 18th, 1964:
HRH Anne
Marie Dagmar Ingrid Princess of
Denmark
* Amalienborg, Copenhagen, August 30th, 1946
Children
from this marriage:
Married:
St. Sophia Greek Orthodox
Cathedral, London, July 9th, 1999:
Don Carlos Morales y Quintana
* Arrecife de Lanzarote, Las Palmas, Canary Islands,
December 31st, 1970
HRH Pavlos Crown Prince of Greece,
Prince of Denmark
Married:
(religious) St. Sophia Greek
Orthodox Cathedral, London, July 1st and (civil)
Kensington and Chelsea Registry Office, London, August
2nd, 1995:
Marie-Chantal Claire Miller
(Following her conversion to the Orthodox faith before
her marriage she took the name Maria)
* 12 Avenue Road, St. John's Wood, London, September
17th, 1968
Children from this marriage:
HRH Nikolaos Prince of Greece and
Denmark 
HRH
Theodora Princess of Greece and Denmark 
HRH Philippos Prince of Greece and
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Last updated: October 22nd, 2001.