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Princess Alice of Battenberg. Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark (Greek: Μαργαρίτα; 18 April 1905 – 24 April 1981) was a Greek and Danish princess by birth and Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg by marriage. An elder sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (husband of Queen Elizabeth II), she was, for a time, linked to the ...
The eldest daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg, Margarita spent a happy childhood between Athens and Corfu.In her youth, however, she witnessed the Balkan Wars (1912–1913), followed by the First World War (1914–1918) and the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922).
Apr 5, 2021 · Margarita of Greece and Denmark was born on 18 April 1905 as the eldest daughter of Princess Alice of Battenberg and Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark. She was born at the Royal Palace in Athens at 1 a.m. Her grandmothers Princess Victoria and Queen Olga, were by her mother’s side during the long labour. [read more]
When Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark was born on 18 April 1905, in Kérkyra, Corfu, Greece, her father, Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, was 23 and her mother, Princess Victoria Alice Elizabeth Julia Marie of Battenberg, was 20. She married Fürst Gottfried Hermann Alfred zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg. 8th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg ...
Apr 24, 2019 · Today marks the Anniversary of the Death of Princess Margarita of Greece and Hohenlohe-Langenburg, who died on this day in 1981. The eldest daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg, she was the elder sister of Princess Theodora, Margravine of Baden, Princess Cecile, Grand Duchess of Hesse, Princess Sophie of Greece and Hanover,…
Princess. Margarita. Lived 76 years, 6 days. She was the first great-great-grandchild of Queen Victoria. father. Andrew of Greece and Denmark. 1882 - 1944. mother. Alice of Battenberg.
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Princess Margarita was born on 18 April 1905 at the Royal Palace in Athens. [2] She was the sister of Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark , the consort of Elizabeth II . [1] She also had three sisters: Theodora, Margravine of Baden ; Cecilie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine ; and Sophie, later Princess George of Hanover .
