Prince Andrew Greece

Prince andrew was born in the belgian suite of buckingham palace on 19 february 1960 the third child and second son of queen elizabeth ii and prince philip duke of edinburgh.

Prince andrew greece. Andrew was legally a greek prince and he was born in athens but he possessed no greek heritage and his family didnt consider itself greek. He was a grandson of christian ix of denmark and father of prince philip duke of edinburgh. Prince andrew of greece painting by philip de laszlo 18691937 public domain. November 10 1882 prince andrew of greece.

Prince andrew of greece and denmark greek. It should have been a day of joy for queen elizabeth ii and the duke of edinburgh who were marking their 72nd wedding anniversary. By 1917 the whole greek royal family was forced to flee greece as they were suspected of consorting with the enemy. Prince andrew of greece and denmark was born in athens greece as the fourth son and seventh overall child of the king of greece and denmark king george i.

Princess alice met prince andrew of greece and denmark known as andrea within the family the fourth son of king george i of greece and olga constantinovna of russia while in london for king edward vii s coronation in 1902. He was baptised in the palaces music room on 8 april 1960 by the archbishop of canterbury geoffrey fisher. They married in a civil ceremony on 6 october 1903 at darmstadt. Note prince andrews right eye monocle.

Prince andrew and princess alice of greece 1916. His father prince andrew of greece was a disgraced military commander charged with treason for failure to carry out orders in the greco turkish war 1919 1921 and who was subsequently stripped. 20 january 1882 3 december 1944 of the house of schleswig holstein sonderburg gluecksburg was the seventh child and fourth son of king george i of greece and olga constantinovna of russia. His mother was a russian royal olga constantinovna.

2 february os. Instead wednesday culminated in the 93 year old monarch. 2 february os. Alice was assigned the title princess alice of battenberg at birth and then princess andrew of greece and denmark upon her marriage but in later life she chose to be referred to as mother.

20 january 1882 3 december 1944 of the house of schleswig holstein sonderburg gluecksburg was the seventh child and fourth son of king george i of greece and olga constantinovna of russia. Most of the greek royals including alice and andrew and their family took refuge in lucerne switzerland. Prince andrew of greece and denmark greek. Prince andrew was much lower in the line of succession for the royal throne and he started his career with a position in the greek army and saw action during the balkan wars at the age of 30.