Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark
| Princess Katherine | |
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| Lady Bradram | |
Princess Katherine in 1937
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| Born |
4 May 1913 Athens, Greece |
| Died | 2 October 2007 (aged 94) London, England, United Kingdom |
| Burial | 11 October 2007 Royal Cemetery, Tatoi Palace, Greece |
| Spouse | Lord Richard Brandram |
| Issue | Paul Brandram |
| House | Glücksburg |
| Father | Constantine I of Greece |
| Mother | Sophia of Prussia |
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Styles of Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark |
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| Reference style | Her Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Ma'am |
Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark (Greek: Αικατερίνη; 4 May 1913 – 2 October 2007) was the third daughter and youngest child of King Constantine I of Greece and Sophia of Prussia.
Katherine was born in the Royal Palace in Athens, a few weeks after her paternal grandfather, King George I of Greece, was assassinated in Salonika. She had five siblings - three brothers (George, Alexander and Paul, each of whom would become King of the Hellenes) and two sisters (Helen, who married Carol II of Romania, and Irene who married Prince Aimone of Savoy, Duke of Spoleto). When she was christened, the members of the whole Greek Army and Greek Navy became her godparents. At three years of age, she "had to be rescued from the family's villa, Tatoi, outside Athens, after the secret police set the house ablaze"; her mother being a sister of the Kaiser, the Greek royal family was suspected of being pro-German.
Her father abdicated in 1917, replaced as king by her brother Alexander. She and her parents were exiled to Switzerland. They were re-instated following Alexander's death in 1920, but Constantine abdicated again in 1922. Exiled again, this time to Sicily, her father died in Palermo in 1923. The family moved to Villa Sparta in Florence, where Katherine took up painting. Her second brother George became King George II in 1922, but was deposed in 1924.
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