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Description:
Frederica of Hanover
(
Frederica Louise Thyra Victoria Margaret Sophie Olga Cecily Isabelle Christina
; ; 18 April 1917 – 6 February 1981) was
Queen consort
of the Hellenes
as the wife of King
Paul of Greece
.
Early life
Frederica was born on 18 April 1917 in
Blankenburg am Harz
,
Kingdom of Prussia
,
German Empire
. She was the daughter of
Ernest Augustus III, Duke of Brunswick
and
Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia
, the only daughter of
German Emperor William II
and
Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein
. As daughter of a Hanoverian Prince, she was Princess Frederica of Hanover, Great Britain and Ireland, and also Duchess Frederica of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
Through her maternal grandfather, Frederica was a great-granddaughter of
German Emperor Frederick III
and
Victoria, Princess Royal
, eldest daughter of
Queen Victoria
and
Prince Albert
.
Through this relationship, Frederica was a distant cousin of the United Kingdom's
Elizabeth II
and also of
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
. As a descendant of
George III of the United Kingdom
, she was, at birth, 34th in the
line of succession to the British throne
, although she had no British rank or title.
Marriage
In 1936
Prince Paul, Crown Prince of Greece
, proposed to her in
Berlin
when he was there to see the
1936 Summer Olympics
. Their engagement was announced officially on 28 September 1937. On 9 January 1938 they married in
Athens
. Prince Paul was the son of King
Constantine I of Greece
and
Sophie of Prussia
, sister of
German......
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