The grave of Queen Frederica and King Paul of Greece has been vandalised. A police patrol discovered the damage to the grave in the Royal Cemetery of Tatoi Palace. The large cross that stands over the grave had been broken into three parts. The Ministery of Culture announced that plans to repair the grave had [read more]
Read part one here. Then came the Austro-Prussian War in 1866, and George supported Austria. However, Austria lost the war, and as a result, Prussia annexed Hanover, causing George and Marie to be expelled from their Kingdom. However, George never abdicated the throne, and following the loss, he and his son went to Vienna while [read more]
Marie of Saxe-Altenburg was born on 14 April 1818 as the daughter of Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and Duchess Amelia of Württemberg. She would be the eldest of six sisters, though two of them would die in infancy. Marie was only seven years old when her younger sister Pauline died at the age of five. [read more]
Princess Frederica of Hanover was born in 1848. Her father was George, Crown Prince of Hanover and her mother was Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenberg. The Princess was given the title of Her Royal Highness when in Hanover but she was also addressed as Her Highness when in the United Kingdom as she was a great-granddaughter [read more]
The Kingdom of Greece began its life in 1832 after the Greeks had risen up against the Ottoman Empire. They became fully independent in 1830, and the Treaty of London in 1832 made Greece a monarchy. A Bavarian Prince named Otto was chosen as its first King. Otto married Amalia of Oldenburg, and she was thus [read more]
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