King George I of Greece

From redevance
HM The King of the Hellenes
Titles King of Greece
Reign 30 March 1863 - 18 March 1913
Coronation 30 March 1863
Successor Constantine I
Biographical Information
Born 24 December 1845

Copenhagen, Denmark

Died 18 March 1913 (aged 67)

Thessaloniki, Greece

Spouse Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia

(m. 1867; d. 1913)

Issue Constantine I

Prince George
Princess Alexandra
Prince Nicholas
Princess Maria
Princess Olga
Prince Andrew
Prince Christopher

Name Christian William Ferdinand Adolph George
House Glucksburg
Father King Christian IX of Denmark
Mother Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel
Religion Greek Orthodox

General

Life[edit | edit source]

TBA

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

TBA

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Constantine I 2 August 1868 11 January 1923 (aged 54) Princess Sophia of Prussia (m. 1889); had issue
Prince George 24 June 1869 25 November 1957 (aged 88) Princess Marie Bonaparte (m. 1907); had issue
Princess Alexandra 30 August 1870 24 September 1891 (aged 21) Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia (m. 1889); had issue
Prince Nicholas 22 January 1872 8 February 1938 (aged 66) Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia (m. 1902); had issue
Princess Maria 3 March 1876 14 December 1940 (aged 64) Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia (m. 1900); had issue
Princess Olga 6 April 1880 2 November 1880 (aged 6 months) Died in infancy
Prince Andrew 2 February 1882 3 December 1944 (aged 62) Princess Alice of Battenberg (m. 1903); had issue
Prince Christopher 10 August 1888 21 January 1940 (aged 51) (1) Nancy Stewart Worthington Leeds (m. 1920); no issue

(2) Princess Francoise of France (m. 1929); had issue

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

  • 1845-1863 Prince George of Schleswig-Holstein
  • 1853-1863 Prince George of Denmark
  • 1863-1913 George, King of the Hellenes

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
King Christian IX of Denmark Duke Frederick William of Schleswig-Holstein

Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel

Duke Frederick Louis Charles of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

Countess Friederike of Schlieben

Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel

Princess Louise of Denmark

Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

Countess Charlotte of Dohna-Leistenau

Count Karl Leopold of Schlieben

Countess Marie Eleonore of Lehndorff

Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel

Princess Mary of Great Britain

King Frederik V of Denmark

Princess Louisa of Great Britain

Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel Landgrave William of Hesse-Kassel

Princess Charlotte of Denmark

Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel

Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen

Hereditary Prince Frederik of Denmark

Princess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel

Princess Mary of Great Britain

Charles William, Prince of Nassau-Usingen

Countess Caroline Felizitas of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg

King Frederik V of Denmark

Princess Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

Prince Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld