Theodora of Greece sen.
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Theodora Princess of Greece and Denmark (born May 30, 1906 in Athens , † October 16, 1969 in Constance ) was a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg .
Life
Theodora was the second daughter of five children of Prince Andreas of Greece and Denmark (1882-1944) and his wife Princess Alice von Battenberg (1885-1969). She was thus a sister of the British Prince Consort Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh , aunt of Charles, Prince of Wales , and 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) and Princess Viktoria of Hessen-Darmstadt , who was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria .
On August 17, 1931, she married Berthold Margrave of Baden (1906–1963), the only son from the marriage of Maximilian von Baden and his wife Maria-Luise of Hanover-Cumberland , Princess of Great Britain and Ireland (1879–1948), in Konstanz . Daughter of Ernst August, Crown Prince of Hanover and his wife Princess Thyra of Denmark . The following children were born from the marriage:
- Margarete Alice Thyra Viktoria Marie Louise Scholastica (born July 14, 1932 in Salem , † January 15, 2013 in Farnham )
- Maximilian Andreas Friedrich Gustav Ernst August Bernhard (born July 3, 1933 in Salem)
- Ludwig Wilhelm Georg Ernst Christoph (born March 16, 1937 in Karlsruhe)
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SURNAME | Theodora of Greece sen. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Theodora |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of Greece and Denmark |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1906 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Athens |
DATE OF DEATH | 16th October 1969 |
Place of death | Constancy |