Sophie of Prussia Archives - History of Royal Women

Alice of Battenberg – A Greek bride (Part two)

Saturday, 10 April 2021, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part one here. In August 1901, Alice made her first visit to Russia, where her two aunts Elizabeth and Alexandra, were living. Elizabeth had married Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia in 1884, while Alexandra had married Tsar Nicholas II in 1894. By October, Alice and her family were once again settled at Malta, [read more]

Sophie of Prussia – Queen of the Hellenes

Thursday, 16 March 2017, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The future Queen Sophie of Greece was born as Princess Sophie Dorothea Ulrike Alice on 14 June 1870 in the Neues Palais in Potsdam. She was the seventh child and third daughter of Crown Prince Frederick and Crown Princess Victoria (née Victoria, Princess Royal or “Vicky”). Sophie was one of the many grandchildren of Queen [read more]