Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark
| Princess Sophie | |
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| Princess of Greece and Denmark Princess of Hesse Princess of Hanover |
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| Born |
26 June 1914 Villa Mon Repos, Corfu, Greece |
| Died | 3 November 2001 (aged 87) Munich, Germany |
| Spouse |
Prince Christoph of Hesse Prince George William of Hanover |
| Issue |
Princess Christina Margarethe of Hesse Princess Dorothea of Hesse Prince Karl of Hesse Prince Rainer of Hesse Princess Clarissa of Hesse Prince Welf Ernst of Hanover Prince Georg of Hanover Princess Friederike of Hanover |
| House | Glücksburg |
| Father | Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark |
| Mother | Princess Alice of Battenberg |
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Styles of Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark |
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| Reference style | Her Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Ma'am |
Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (Greek: Πριγκίπισσα Σοφία της Ελλάδας και Δανίας) (26 June 1914 – 3 November 2001) was the fourth child and youngest daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. The Duke of Edinburgh is her younger brother. Sophie was born at Villa Mon Repos on the island of Corfu in Greece.
Sophie's father was the fourth son of King George I of the Hellenes and Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna of Russia. Through King George, she was a great-granddaughter of King Christian IX of Denmark (hence her subsidiary title, Princess of Denmark). Through Queen Olga, she was a great-great-granddaughter of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia. Sophie was also a great-great-granddaughter of Queen-Empress Victoria, through descent from Victoria's second daughter, Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine.
Sophie was the closest sister in age of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the consort of Elizabeth II. Her three sisters were Margarita, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1905–1981), Theodora, Margravine of Baden and Cecile, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse-Darmstadt.
In 1913 Sophie's grandfather, King George I, was assassinated and in 1917 most of the Greek royal family went into exile when her uncle, King Constantine I, was deposed in favour of his younger son, King Alexander I. The family returned to Greece upon the brief restoration of Constantine to the throne when Alexander died in 1920, but left again when he abdicated in 1922, inaugurating the even briefer reign of Constantine's eldest son, George II. Banished with King George in 1924, the dynasty would not again be reinstated on Greece's throne until 1935, by which time Sophie had married and was raising a family in Germany.
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