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  2. The wedding of Juan Carlos, Prince of Asturias, and Princess Sofía of Greece and Denmark took place on Monday, 14 May 1962.

  3. Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (Greek: Σοφία, romanized: Sofía; 26 June 1914 – 24 November 2001) was by birth a Greek and Danish princess, as well as Princess of Hesse-Kassel and Princess of Hanover through her successive marriages to Prince Christoph of Hesse and Prince George William of Hanover.

  4. May 13, 2019 · Princess Sofía of Greece and Denmark wed Prince Juan Carlos of Spain in a royal wedding set at the Cathedral of Dionysius in Athens on May 14, 1962.

  5. 5 days ago · September 25, 2024 ~ Saad719. This weekend, Royal Guests and Relatives will gather in Athens to celebrate the Wedding of Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark and Matthew Kumar at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, six years after the announcement of their engagement in 2018.

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    Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark was born on 2 November 1938, at Tatoi Palace in Acharnes, Athens, Greece, the eldest child of King Paul and his wife, Queen Frederica. Sofía is a member of the Greek branch of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg dynasty. Her brother was the deposed King Constantine II and her sister is Princess Irene. ...

    Sofía met her paternal third cousin, the then Infante Juan Carlos of Spain on the cruise in the Greek Islands in 1954; they met again at the wedding of the Duke of Kent, her paternal second cousin, at York Minster in June 1961. Sofía and Juan Carlos married on 14 May 1962, at the Catholic Cathedral of Saint Dionysiusin Athens. Sofía converted from ...

    Besides accompanying her husband on official visits and occasions, Sofía also has solo engagements. In her first public appearance as Queen, Sofía attended a Shabbat service at the Beth Yaacov synagogue in Madridin June 1976, marking the first time in modern Spanish history that a member of the Spanish royal family had visited a Jewish house of wor...

    Following the abdication of her husband as King in 2014, Sofía focused on her sponsoring activities, spending her time between La Zarzuela and, in the summer months, the Marivent Palacein Palma de Mallorca. She regularly accompanies her son and his family at events.

    Queen Sophia was awarded the Order of the Queen of Sheba by Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia in 1973 upon her and her husband King Juan Carlos's visit to the capital Addis Ababa.Sofía was appointed to the Grand Cross of The Royal and Distinguished Order of Charles III on 10 May 1962 and to The Royal Order of Queen Maria Luisa on 14 May 1962.[cita...

    En Decelia: fragmentos cerámicos de Decelia y miscelánea arqueológica. Athens, (1959–1960). Edited in Spanish in Spain, 2013. ISBN 9788494103308

  6. Dec 15, 2020 · The Wedding of Prince Christoph of Hesse, son of the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Margaret of Prussia, and 16 year-old Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (wearing the Hesse Fleur-de-Lys Tiara), daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Princess Alice of Battenberg, in a Greek Orthodox Ceremony at Schloss Friedrichshof in Kronberg ...

  7. May 14, 2022 · Princess Sophia was attended by eight bridesmaids: Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark (the bride’s sister), Infanta Pilar (the groom’s sister), Princess Irene of the Netherlands (who would, ironically, soon marry the Carlist claimant to the Spanish throne), Princess Alexandra of Kent, Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess Anne-Marie of ...

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