Nikolaos of Greece

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Nikolaos of Greece

Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark (born October 1, 1969 in Rome , Italy ) is the third child of the former King Constantine II of Greece and his wife Anne-Marie of Denmark , the youngest daughter of King Friedrich IX. of Denmark and his wife Ingrid of Sweden .

Nikolaos is not entitled to the throne in Denmark, however , because Friedrich IX. excluded the Greek children from the line of succession in order to avoid a collapse of the Greek and Danish crowns. The Greek monarchy was abolished in 1973 by the military junta under Georgios Papadopoulos . After the overthrow of the military dictatorship, the new democratic government under Konstantin Karamanlis held a referendum on this issue. In the vote on December 8, 1974 , with almost 70% no votes, a clear majority was against the monarchy. As a result, his father is the last king of the Hellenes .

Life

Nikolaos was born on October 1, 1969 in Rome, where his family had lived in self-chosen exile since December 1967. He has four siblings: an older sister named Alexia , an older brother named Paul , a younger sister named Theodora, and a younger brother named Philippos. The family moved to England in 1974.

Greek royal family
Royal Coat of Arms of Greece.svg

SM Constantine II.
IM Queen Anne-Marie

IM Queen Sophia of Spain
HRH Princess Irene

Like his brothers and sisters, he attended the Hellenic College of London , which his parents founded in 1980. He attended Brown University in Rhode Island , where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations . He then worked for Fox Television Network in New York City and NatWest Markets in London . He has been working for his father's office since 1998.

Nikolaos sits on the board of the Anna-Maria Foundation. The organization was set up to help victims of natural disasters such as floods and earthquakes in Greece.

Engagement and marriage

The engagement of Nikolaos and Tatiana Ellinka Blatnik was announced on December 28, 2009 by the office of King Constantine II in London. Until then, the couple had been in a relationship of several years. Until her resignation in July 2010, Blatnik worked in the advertising department of fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg as an event planner.

The wedding took place on August 25, 2010 in the Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas in Spetses (Greece).

Pedigree

Pedigree of Paul of Greece
Great-great-grandparents

King
George I of Greece (1845–1913)
⚭ 1867
Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna Romanowa (1851–1926)

King
Friedrich III. of Prussia, German Emperor (1831–1888)
⚭ 1858
Princess Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland (1840–1901)

Crown Prince
Ernst August of Hanover,
Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1845–1923)
⚭ 1878
Princess Thyra of Denmark (1853–1933)

King
Wilhelm II of Prussia , German Emperor (1859–1941)
⚭ 1881
Princess Auguste Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1858–1921)

King
Friedrich VIII (Denmark) (1843–1912)
⚭ 1869
Princess Luise of Sweden (1851–1926)

Grand Duke
Friedrich Franz III. (Mecklenburg) (1851–1897)
⚭ 1879
Grand Duchess Anastasia Michailowna Romanowa (1860–1922)

King
Gustav V (Sweden) (1858–1950)
⚭ 1881
Princess Viktoria of Baden (1862–1930)

Duke
Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850–1942)
⚭ 1879
Princess Luise Margareta of Prussia (1860–1917)
Great grandparents

King Constantine I of Greece (1868–1923)
⚭ 1889
Princess Sophie of Prussia (1870–1932)

Duke Ernst August von Braunschweig (1887–1953)
⚭ 1913
Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia (1892–1980)

King Christian X. (1870–1947)
⚭ 1898
Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1879–1952)

King Gustav VI. Adolf (Sweden) (1882–1973)
⚭ 1905
Princess Margaret of Connaught (1882–1920)

Grandparents

King Paul I of Greece (1901–1964)
⚭ 1938
Princess Friederike von Hannover (1917–1981)

King Frederik IX (1899–1972)
⚭ 1935
Princess Ingrid of Sweden (1910–2000)
parents

King Constantine II of Greece (* 1940)
⚭ 1964
Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark (* 1946)

Prince Nikolaos of Greece (* 1969)
⚭ 2010
Tatiana Ellinka Blatnik (* 1980)

Titles and honors

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title

  • HRH Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark (since October 1, 1969)

Honors

Nikolaos is the holder of the following orders:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh: Burke’s Royal Families of the World - Volume I Europe & Latin America, 1977, pp. 67, 316, 327–328, ISBN 0-85011-023-8
  2. ↑ a b Chantal de Badts de Cugnac and Guy Coutant de Saisseval: Le petit Gotha - Nouvelle édition augmentée et mise à jour, France, November 2002, pp. 522-525, 536-539, ISBN 2-9507974-3-1
  3. ↑ a b c Eilers, Marlene: Queen Victoria's Descendants, Rosvall Royal Books, Falkoping, Sweden, 1997, pp. 31–33, 132, 173, ISBN 91-630-5964-9
  4. ↑ The Greek Royal Family website ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Prince Nikolaos' engagement announcement, December 28, 2009 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.greekroyalfamily.org
  5. ↑ Sangster's sister fights for her son, India Times
  6. ^ The Royal Wedding of Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Tatiana Blatnik, MarieClaire.co.uk
  7. ↑ Nikolaos and his princess seal their traditional Greek nuptials with a kiss , Hello Magazine, August 26, 2010
  8. ^ Mary-Janes, McKay: Former Greek Prince Takes Bride in Sunset Ceremony on the Mediterranean , CBS News, Aug. 25, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Nikolaos of Greece
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Greece and Denmark, Nikolaos von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH 1st October 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome , Italy