Dowager Queen Sophia of Spain

From redevance
HM Dowager Queen Sophia of Spain
Titles Dowager Queen of Spain

Princess of Greece

Reign 1 April 1993 - 8 July 2000
Coronation 5 November 1993
Predecessor Princess Maria de las Mercedes of the Two Sicilies
Successor Princess Tatiana of Yugoslavia
Biographical Information
Born 2 November 1938 (age 86)

Athens, Greece

Spouse King Juan Carlos of Spain

(m. 1956; w. 2000)

Issue Francisco

Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg

Infanta Elena

Infanta Cristina

Infante Felipe, Duke of Soria

Name Sophia Margaret Victoria Frederica
House Glucksburg (by birth)

Bourbon (by marriage)

Father King Paul I of Greece
Mother Princess Frederika of Hanover
Religion Greek Orthodox

General

Life

TBA

Marriage and Issue

TBA

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Francisco 15 October 1957 19 June 2014 (aged 56) Princess Tatiana of Yugoslavia (m. 1982); had issue
Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg 15 October 1957 Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (m. 1981); has issue
Infanta Elena 20 December 1963 Unmarried and without issue
Infanta Cristina 13 June 1965 Unmarried and without issue
Infante Felipe, Duke of Soria 30 January 1968 TBD (m. 2004); has issue

Titles and Honours

  • 1938-1956 Princess Sophia of Greece
  • 1956-1993 Sophia, Princess of Asturias
  • 1993-2000 Queen Sophia of Spain
  • 2000-2014 Sophia, Dowager Queen of Spain
  • 2014-present Dowager Queen Sophia of Spain

Ancestry

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
King Paul I of Greece King Constantine I of Greece

Princess Sophia of Prussia

King George I of Greece

Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia

Emperor Frederick III of Germany

Victoria, Princess Royal

King Christian IX of Denmark

Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel

Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaevich of Russia

Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg

Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany

Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

Princess Frederika of Hanover King Ernest Augustus III of Hanover

Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia

King Ernest Augustus II of Hanover

Princess Thyra of Denmark

Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany

Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein

King George V of Hanover

Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg

King Christian IX of Denmark

Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel

Emperor Frederick III of Germany

Victoria, Princess Royal

Duke Frederick VIII of Schleswig-Holstein

Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg