Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark
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Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark was the fourth child and youngest daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. She was born on 26 June 1914 on the island of Corfu in Greece.
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[edit] Ancestry
Through her father, she was a grandchild of George I of Greece and Queen Olga, a granddaughter of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia. Through her mother she was a great-great granddaughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Her mother was a granddaughter of The Princess Alice, second daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
Sophie was the sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the husband and consort of Queen Elizabeth II. She also had three sisters, Princess Theodora, Princess Cecilie, and Princess Margarita.
[edit] First marriage
Sophie first married Prince Christoph of Hesse-Cassel on 15 December 1930 in Berlin, Germany. The son of Frederick, Prince of Hesse-Cassel and Princess Margaret of Prussia, Christoph was a great-grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha through their eldest daughter Victoria, Princess Royal, wife of Frederick III, German Emperor.
Together they had five children:
- Her Highness Princess Christine of Hesse (born 10 January 1933)
- Her Highness Princess Dorothea of Hesse (born 24 July 1934)
- His Highness Prince Karl of Hesse (born 26 March 1937)
- His Highness Prince Rainer of Hesse (born 18 November 1939)
- Her Highness Princess Clarissa of Hesse (born 6 February 1944)
On 7 October 1943 Prince Christoph died in an airplane accident in the Apennine hills near Forlì. His body was found two days later.
[edit] Second marriage
Sophie then married Prince George William of Hanover on 23 April 1946 in Salem, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. George was the son of Ernest Augustus III, Duke of Brunswick and his wife Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia, the only daughter of Wilhelm II, German Emperor and Princess Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein.
Together they had three children:
- His Royal Highness Prince Welf Ernst of Hanover (born 25 January 1947)
- His Royal Highness Prince Georg of Hanover (born 9 December 1949)
- Her Royal Highness Princess Frederike of Hanover (born 15 October 1954)
[edit] Death
Sophie died on 3 November 2001 in Munich, Germany. She was survived by her husband.
[edit] Titles from birth
- Her Royal Highness Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (1914-1930)
- Her Royal Highness Princess Christoph of Hesse-Cassel (1930-1946)
- Her Royal Highness Princess George William of Hanover (1946-2001)
| Monarchical Styles of Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark | |
| Reference style: | HRH |
| Spoken style: | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style: | Ma'am |
