Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia
| Olga Constantinovna | |
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| Queen consort of the Hellenes | |
| Tenure | 27 October 1867 – 18 March 1913 |
| Regent of Greece | |
| Tenure | 17 November – 19 December 1920 |
| Born | Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia 3 September 1851 Pavlovsk, Russian Empire |
| Died | 18 June 1926 (aged 74) |
| Burial | 17 November 1936 Royal Cemetery, Tatoi Palace, Greece |
| Spouse | George I of Greece |
| Issue |
Constantine I of Greece Prince George Princess Alexandra Prince Nicholas Princess Marie Princess Olga Prince Andrew Prince Christopher |
| House | Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov |
| Father | Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaevich of Russia |
| Mother | Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg |
| Religion | Eastern Orthodox |
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Olga Constantinovna of Russia, later Queen Olga of Greece, (3 September [O.S. 22 August] 1851 – 18 June 1926) was the wife of King George I and, briefly in 1920, regent of Greece.
A member of the Romanov dynasty, she was the daughter of Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaievich and his wife, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg. She spent her childhood in Saint Petersburg, Poland and the Crimea, and married King George I of Greece in 1867 at the age of sixteen. At first, she felt ill at ease in the Kingdom of Greece, but she quickly became involved in social and charitable work. She founded hospitals and help centers, but her attempt to promote a new, more accessible, Greek translation of the Gospels sparked riots by religious conservatives.
On the assassination of her husband in 1913, Olga returned to Russia. When the First World War broke out, she set up a military hospital in Pavlovsk Palace, which belonged to her brother. She was trapped in the palace after the Russian Revolution of 1917, until the Danish embassy intervened, allowing her to escape to Switzerland. Olga could not return to Greece as her son, King Constantine I, had been deposed.
In October 1920, she returned to Athens on the fatal illness of her grandson, King Alexander. After his death, she was appointed regent until the restoration of Constantine I the following month. After the defeat of the Greeks in the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–22 the Greek royal family were again exiled and Olga spent the last years of her life in the United Kingdom, France and Italy.
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