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Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark was born on 3 March [ O.S. 20 February] 1876 at the Royal Palace in Athens. [1] She was the fifth child and second daughter of King George I of Greece and Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia. [2] Maria's father was born a Danish prince. [3] Thus, the Greek royal family was part of the Danish.
Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark was born on December 13, 1906, in Athens, Greece. She was the youngest of the three daughters of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (a son of King George I of the Hellenes, born Prince Vilhelm of Denmark) and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia (a granddaughter of Alexander II, Emperor of All Russia).
When Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark was born on 13 December 1906, in Athens, Attica, Greece, her father, Prince Of Greece And Denmark Nikolaos Glücksburg, was 34 and her mother, Elena Vladimirovna Romanovna Grand Duchess, was 24. She married Prince George Edward Alexander Edmund Windsor Duke of Kent on 29 November 1934.
George made a highly successful marriage to a second cousin, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, whom he described as “this lovely, chic creature”. Theirs was the last marriage between a son of a British sovereign and a member of a foreign royal house.
Jan 18, 2023 · Elena had three daughters: Princess Olga, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Marina. All three went on to hold extraordinarily grand titles. Princess Olga became the wife of Prince Paul of Yugoslavia; Princess Elizabeth wed Count Carl Theodor of Törring-Jettenbach, becoming the Countess; Marina married Prince George, the Duke of Kent and fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary.
Sep 26, 2017 · Marina remained a vital, visible member of the royal family after her husband’s death. She also became an international fashion icon. 5. Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (1872-1938), Princess Marina’s father, was the third son of King George I of the Hellenes and his Russian-born queen, Olga Constantinovna.
Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent CI GCVO GBE GCStJ (née Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Greek: Πριγκίπισσα Μαρίνα της Ελλάδος και της Δανίας; 13 December [O.S. 30 November] 1906[1] – 27 August 1968) was the wife of Prince George, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of King George V of the United...
