Anne-Marie | |
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Queen consort of the Hellenes | |
Tenure | 18 September 1964 – 1 June 1973 |
Born |
Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark |
30 August 1946
Spouse | Constantine II of Greece (m. 1964) |
Issue |
Princess Alexia Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece Prince Nikolaos Princess Theodora Prince Philippos |
House | Glücksburg |
Father | Frederick IX of Denmark |
Mother | Ingrid of Sweden |
Religion |
Greek Orthodox prev. Church of Denmark |
Styles of Anne-Marie of Greece |
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Reference style | Her Majesty |
Spoken style | Your Majesty |
Alternative style | Ma'am |
Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, RE (Greek: Άννα-Μαρία pronounced [ana marˈia], born Princess Anne-Marie Dagmar Ingrid of Denmark on 30 August 1946) is the wife of King Constantine II, who reigned from 1964 until 1973.
Anne-Marie is the youngest daughter of King Frederick IX of Denmark and his wife Ingrid of Sweden. She is the youngest sister of the reigning Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and cousin of the reigning King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
Princess Anne-Marie was born on 30 August 1946 at Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen as the third and last daughter and child of the Crown Prince of Denmark and the Crown Princess, Princess Ingrid of Sweden. Her father was the eldest son of the King and the Queen, Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and her mother was the only daughter of the Crown Prince of Sweden and his British-born first wife, daughter of the Duke of Connaught, Princess Margaret of Connaught.
The princess was baptised on 9 October 1946 in the Church of Holmen in Copenhagen. Her godparents are the King of Denmark and Queen of Denmark (paternal grandparents); Crown Prince of Sweden (maternal grandfather, Prince Bertil of Sweden (maternal uncle), the King of Norway (paternal great-uncle), Prince George of Greece and Denmark, the Crown Princess of Norway (father's first cousin), Queen Mary of the United Kingdom, Princess Dagmar of Denmark (paternal great-aunt) and the Crown Princess of the Netherlands.