Prince Andrew Of Greece And Denmark Grave

One lutheran in the evangelical castle. 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 russiahe was a grandson of christian ix of denmark and father of prince philip duke of edinburgh. Born at windsor castle as princess victoria alice elisabeth julie marie of battenberg later princess andrew of greece and denmark she was the mother of prince philip duke of edinburgh and mother in law of queen elizabeth ii of the united kingdom.
prince andrew of greece and denmark grave

Prince andrew of greece and denmark greek.

Prince andrew of greece and denmark grave. He had seen neither of them since 1939. Cecilie was the third child and daughter of prince andrew of greece and denmark and princess alice of battenbergshe was born on 22 june 1911 at the summer estate of the greek royal family at tatoi fifteen kilometres north of athensalthough her given name was cecilie she was known to her family as cecile. The following day there were two religious marriage ceremonies. Princess alice of battenberg married prince andrew of greece and denmark with whom she had a son prince philip who would later renounce his greek title to become the duke of edinburgh after.

Congenitally deaf she grew up in germany england and the mediterranean. In october 1937 cecilies father in law grand duke ernst ludwig of hesse died. They had four children. Cecilie was the third child and daughter of prince andrew of greece and denmark and princess alice of battenberg.

Andrew was at first buried in the russian orthodox church in nice but in 1946 his remains were transferred by greek cruiser to the royal cemetery at tatoi palace near athens greece. They married in a civil ceremony on 6 october 1903 at darmstadt. Georg wilhelm ernst august friederich axel von hannover. 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 viis coronation in 1902.

In 1947 andrews son philip married princess elizabeth of great britain currently queen elizabeth ii. Princess of greece and denmark princess of hesse princess of hanover daughter of prince andrew of greece and denmark and princess alice of battenberg princess andrew of greece and denmark. Christoph ernst august von hessen and 2nd. On 2 february 1931 at darmstadt cecilie married george donatus hereditary grand duke of hesse and by rhine.

Prince andrew was born at the tatoi palace just north of athens on february 2 1882 the fourth son of george i of greecea member of the house of schleswig holstein sonderburg gluecksburg he was a prince of both greece and denmark as his father was a younger son of christian ix of denmarkhe was in the line of succession to the greek and more distantly to the danish throne.