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Prince George of Greece

Prince George
Prince George of Greece in 1902, High Commissioner in Crete.jpg
Prince George in 1902
Born (1869-06-24)24 June 1869
Corfu, Greece
Died 25 November 1957(1957-11-25) (aged 88)
Saint-Cloud, Île-de-France, France
Burial Royal Cemetery, Tatoi Palace, Greece
Spouse Princess Marie Bonaparte
Issue Prince Peter
Princess Eugénie
House Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Father George I of Greece
Mother Olga Constantinovna of Russia
Styles of
Prince George of Greece and Denmark
Arms of a Prince of Greece.svg
Reference style His Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Royal Highness
Alternative style Sir

Prince George of Greece and Denmark (Greek: Πρίγκιπας Γεώργιος; 24 June 1869 – 25 November 1957) was the second son of George I of Greece and Olga Konstantinovna of Russia, and is remembered chiefly for having once saved the life of the future Emperor of Russia, Nicholas II in 1891 during their visit to Japan together. He served as high commissioner of the Cretan State during its transition towards independence from Ottoman rule and union with Greece.

From 1883, George lived at Bernstorff Palace near Copenhagen with Prince Valdemar of Denmark, his father's younger brother. The queen had taken the boy to Denmark to enlist him in the Danish royal navy, and consigned him to the care of Valdemar, who was an admiral in the Danish fleet. Feeling abandoned by his father on this occasion, George would later describe to his fiancée the profound attachment he developed for his uncle from that day forward.

In 1891, George accompanied his cousin the Tsesarevich Nicholas on his voyage to Asia, and saved him from an assassination attempt in Japan, in what became known as the Otsu Incident.

George, along with his brothers Constantine and Nicolas, were involved with the organization of the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. George served as president of the Sub-Committee for Nautical Sports.


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