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Alice of Battenberg

Alice of Battenberg – The duty of a Princess (Part six)

April 19, 2021 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part five here. King George II had returned to the Greek throne in 1935 after a referendum, but the situation was still not very stable. Alice’s sister Louise wrote, “One is so happy for her starting again a simple, normal life on her own. I feel that none of us who have not gone [read more]

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Alice of Battenberg

Elena Vladimirovna of Russia – A Grande Dame (Part two)

June 16, 2020 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part one here. After many years, they were able to return once more to Greece. Nicholas died in Athens on 8 February 1938 after suffering a heart attack. He said, “I am happy to die in my motherland, in my beloved country.” Elena moved into a villa in Athens from where she supported charities [read more]

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Elena Vladimirovna of Russia

Elena Vladimirovna of Russia – A Grande Dame (Part one)

June 15, 2020 Moniek Bloks 0

Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia was born on 17 January 1882 as the only daughter of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia and Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. She would have three surviving older brothers; Kirill, Boris and Andrei. She grew up surrounded by immense luxury and was therefore quite conscious of her exalted position [read more]

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Alice of Battenberg

Sophie of Greece and Denmark – An exiled Princess (Part two)

June 9, 2020 Moniek Bloks 1

Read part one here. As the Second World War began in its earnest, Christoph was often away. He volunteered for active service in September 1939. He was promoted to First Lieutenant on 1 May 1940, followed by a promotion to Captain on 1 September 1940. From January to May, he was stationed at Bad Homburg. [read more]

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Alice of Battenberg

Sophie of Greece and Denmark – An exiled Princess (Part one)

June 8, 2020 Moniek Bloks 0

Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark was born on 26 June 1914 as the fourth daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. Her grandmother Victoria arrived in early June to be with Alice as she gave birth, but Sophie arrived rather late. Victoria wrote on the day of her [read more]

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Taking a look at the life of Queen Frederica of Greece

August 19, 2018 Brittani Barger 0

Friederike Luise Thyra Victoria Margarita Sophia Olga Cecilia Isabella Christa or Queen Frederica of Greece as she would later be known was born on 18 April 1917 in Blankenburg am Harz in the German Empire to parents Ernest Augustus, Prince of Hanover and Duke of Brunswick and Princess Victoria Louise (originally of Prussia as her father was Kaiser Wilhelm). [read more]

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