European Royalty during World War II:
Royal Houses

Living Members of
The Ruling House of Greece, 1939-1945

Head of House

Georgios II, King of the Hellenes (1890-     ).  Succeeded as King on the abdication of his father in 1922 and left Greece in 1924, when a republic was established.  Returned to the throne in 1935 following a plebiscite and left again in advance of the German invasion on April 23, 1941.
Ex-Wife:  Elizabetha, née Princess of Romania (1894-     )

Brothers and Sisters
Children of King Konstantinos I of the Hellenes (1868-1923)

Alexandros I, King of the Hellenes (1893-1920)
Wife:  Aspasia, Princess of Greece, née Manos (1896-     )
Issue:
  1. Alexandra, Queen of Yugoslavia (1921-     ).  Married in London on March 20, 1944.

Eleni, Queen Mother of Romania (1896-     )

Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, Duke of Sparta (1901-     )
Wife:  Friederike, née Princess of Hanover (1917-     )
Issue:
  1. Sophia, Princess of Greece and Denmark (1938-     )
  2. Konstantinos, Prince of Greece and Denmark, born at Psychiko, Greece, on June 2, 1940.
  3. Yriny, Princess of Greece and Denmark, born at Cape Town, South Africa, on May 11, 1942.

Yriny, Princess Aimone of Savoy, Duchess of Spoleto, Duchess of Aosta, Queen of Croatia (1904-     )

Ekaterini, Princess of Greece and Denmark (1913-     )

Brothers and Sister of Father
Children of King Georgios I of the Hellenes, né Prince William of Denmark (1845-1913)

Georgios, Prince of Greece and Denmark (1869-     )
Wife:  Marie, née Princess Bonaparte (1882-     )
Issue:
  1. Petros, Prince of Greece and Denmark (1908-     ).  Married unequally at Madras, India, on September 9, 1939.  Forfeited his rights of succession as a result of his unequal marriage.
     Wife:  Irina, née Outchinnikova (1904-     )
  2. Eugenie, Princess Dominik Radziwill (1910-    )

Nicholaos, Prince of Greece and Denmark (1872-1938)
Wife:   Elena Vladimirovna, née Grand Duchess of Russia (1882-     )
Issue:
  1. Olga, Princess Pavle of Yugoslavia (1903-     )
  2. Elisabeth, Countess Karl Theodor of Törring-Jettenbach (1904-     )
  3. Marina, Princess George of Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of Kent (1906-     )

Maria, Mme. Pericles Joannides, formerly Grand Duchess Georgii Mikhailovich of Russia (1876-1940).  Died in Athens on December 14, 1940.

Andreas, Prince of Greece and Denmark (1882-1944).  Died at Monte Carlo on December 3, 1944.
Wife:  Alice, née Princess of Battenberg (1885-     )
Issue:  5 children, including
  1. Margarita, Hereditary Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1905-     )
  2. Theodora, Margravine of Baden (1906-     )
  3. Sophia, Princess Christoph of Hesse (1914-     )
  4. Philip Mountbatten, né Prince of Greece and Denmark (1921-     ).  Took the name Mountbatten upon entering the British navy during the war.

Christophoros, Prince of Greece and Denmark (1888-1940).  Died in Athens on January 21, 1940.
2nd Wife:  Françoise, née Princess of France (1902-     )
Issue of second marriage:
  1. Michael, Prince of Greece and Denmark, born in Rome on January 7, 1939.

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Last updated on 12/05/03 .