Margarita of Greece

Margarita of Greece (far right) with her parents and sister Theodora in London, 1922

Princess Margarita (left) with her sister Princess Theodora , 1910

Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark (born April 18, 1905 in Athens ; † April 24, 1981 in Bad Wiessee , Bavaria ) was a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg .

parents

Margarita was the eldest daughter of Prince Andreas of Greece and Denmark (* 1882, † 1944) and his wife Alice von Battenberg (* 1885, † 1969), as well as the paternal granddaughter of King George I of Greece and Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna Romanova , a niece of Tsar Alexander II and on the maternal side of Prince Ludwig von Battenberg, later Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven , and Princess Viktoria of Hessen-Darmstadt und bei Rhein , who is a granddaughter of Queen Victoria .

⚭ 1930 Christoph Prince of Hesse

Margarita married on April 20, 1931 in Langenburg Gottfried zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1897-1960), son of Prince Ernst Wilhelm von Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife Alexandra Louise Olga Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , called Sandra , daughter of Duke Alfred von Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha , Prince of Great Britain and Ireland and the Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrowna Romanow, daughter of Tsar Alexander II.

The following children were born from the marriage:

⚭ 1965 - 1990 Charlotte Alexandra Princess of Croy

⚭ 1992 Irma Pospesch

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personal data
SURNAME	Margarita of Greece
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Greece and Denmark, Princess Margarita of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Princess of Greece and Denmark
DATE OF BIRTH	April 18, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH	Athens
DATE OF DEATH	April 24, 1981
Place of death	Bad Wiessee , Bavaria