List of Greek royal consorts




Consorts of the Kings of Greece were women married to the rulers of the Kingdom of Greece during their reign. All monarchs of modern Greece were male.[1]


Greek consorts wore the title, Queen of the Hellenes and the style, Majesty. The following queens were spouses of the kings of modern Greece between 1836 and 1973:




Contents






  • 1 Queen Consort of Greece


    • 1.1 House of Wittelsbach (1832–1862)




  • 2 Queen Consorts of the Hellenes


    • 2.1 House of Glücksburg (1863–1973)




  • 3 Titular Queen Consorts of Greece


    • 3.1 House of Wittelsbach (since 1862)




  • 4 See also


  • 5 Notes





Queen Consort of Greece



House of Wittelsbach (1832–1862)


























Picture
Coat of arms
Name
Father
Birth
Marriage
Became consort
Ceased to be consort
Death

Spouse

Amalie von Oldenburg, Queen consort of Greece.jpg

Coats of arms Reine Amélie d' Oldenbourg.svg

Amalia of Oldenburg

Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
(Holstein-Gottorp)
21 December 1818
22 November 1836
23 October 1862
husband's disposition
20 May 1875

Otto


Queen Consorts of the Hellenes



House of Glücksburg (1863–1973)


























































































































Picture
Coat of arms
Name
Father
Birth
Marriage
Became consort
Ceased to be consort
Death

Spouse

Laszlo - Queen Olga of Greece.jpg

Coat of Arms of Olga Constantinovna of Russia.svg

Olga Constantinovna of Russia

Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia
(Romanov)
3 September 1851
27 October 1867
18 March 1913
husband's assassination
18 June 1926

George I

Queen Sofia of Greece.jpg

Coat of Arms of Sophia of Prussia.svg

Sophia of Prussia
(first tenure)

Frederick III, German Emperor
(Hohenzollern)
14 June 1870
27 October 1889
18 March 1913
husband's accession
11 June 1917
husband's abdication
13 January 1932

Constantine I

Aspasia Manos 2.jpg

Stemma Manno.jpg

Aspasia Manos
[2]

Petros Manos
(Manos)
4 September 1896
4 November 1919
25 October 1920
husband's death
7 August 1972

Alexander

Queen Sofia of Greece.jpg

Coat of Arms of Sophia of Prussia.svg

Sophia of Prussia
(second tenure)

Frederick III, German Emperor
(Hohenzollern)
14 June 1870
27 October 1889
19 December 1920
husband's reinstatement
27 September 1922
husband's abdication
13 January 1932

Constantine I

Elisabeta a Romaniei.jpg

Coat of Arms of Elisabeth of Romania.svg

Elisabeth of Romania

Ferdinand I of Romania
(Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen)
12 October 1894
27 February 1921
27 September 1922
husband's accession
25 March 1924
husband's exile
14 November/15 November 1956

George II

Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svgSecond Hellenic Republic (1924–1935) • Coat of arms of Greece (1924–1935).svg

Elisabeta a Romaniei.jpg

Coat of Arms of Elisabeth of Romania.svg

Elisabeth of Romania

Ferdinand I of Romania
(Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen)
12 October 1894
27 February 1921
25 March 1924
monarchy abolished
6 July 1935
divorced
14 November/15 November 1956

George II

Frederika of Greece 1.jpg

Coat of Arms of Frederica of Hanover.svg

Frederica of Hanover

Ernest Augustus III, Duke of Brunswick
(Hanover)
18 April 1917
9 January 1938
1 April 1947
husband's accession
6 March 1964
husband's death
6 February 1981

Paul

H.M. Queen Anne-Marie of Greece Allan Warren cropped.jpg

Coats of arms Anne-Marie de Danemark.svg

Anne-Marie of Denmark

Frederick IX of Denmark
(Glücksburg)
30 August 1946
18 September 1964
1 June 1973
monarchy abolished

living

Constantine II

Flag of Greece.svgThird Hellenic Republic (1973-present) • Coat of arms of Greece.svg

H.M. Queen Anne-Marie of Greece Allan Warren cropped.jpg

Coats of arms Anne-Marie de Danemark.svg

Anne-Marie of Denmark

Frederick IX of Denmark
(Glücksburg)
30 August 1946
18 September 1964
1 June 1973
monarchy abolished


living

Constantine II


Titular Queen Consorts of Greece



House of Wittelsbach (since 1862)


























































Picture
Name
Father
Birth
Marriage
Became Consort
Ceased to be Consort
Death

Spouse

Joseph Karl Stieler - Duchess Marie Frederike Amalie of Oldenburg, Queen of Greece.jpg

Amalia of Oldenburg

Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
(Holstein-Gottorp)
21 December 1818
22 November 1836
23 October 1862
husband's desposition
26 July 1867
husband's death
20 May 1875

Otto

Giselaaustria17.png

Gisela of Austria

Franz Joseph I of Austria
(Habsburg-Lorraine)
12 July 1856
20 April 1873
12 December 1912
husband's accession
28 September 1930
husband's death
27 July 1932

Prince Leopold of Bavaria

Princess Bona Margherita of Savoy-Genoa.jpg

Bona Margherita of Savoy

Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa
(Savoy-Genoa)
1 August 1896
8 January 1921
31 May 1943
husband's accession
6 September 1969
husband's death
2 February 1971

Prince Konrad of Bavaria


Helene von Khevenhüller-Metsch

Count Franz von Khevenhüller-Metsch
4 April 1921
16 November 1970
1 January 1997
husband's death


Prince Eugen of Bavaria
Disputed


See also



  • List of kings of Greece

  • List of heads of state of Greece

  • List of Roman and Byzantine empresses

  • List of exiled and pretending Byzantine Empresses



Notes





  1. ^ The exception is King Otto, who was styled King of Greece. Amalia, accordingly, is the only person to hold the title Queen of Greece (rather than of the Hellenes).


  2. ^ Aspasia and Alexander's marriage was kept secret, and Aspasia was never styled as Queen of the Hellenes. Sometime after Alexander's death she was recognized as a Princess of Greece and Denmark instead.








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