Queen Amalia of Greece

Amalia of Oldenburg
Portrait of Queen Amalia by Joseph Karl Stieler
Queen consort of Greece
Tenure	22 December 1836 – 23 October 1862
Born	(1818-12-21)21 December 1818 Oldenburg, Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
Died	20 May 1875(1875-05-20) (aged 56) Bamberg, Kingdom of Bavaria
Burial	Theatinerkirche, Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria
Spouse	Otto of Greece
Full name German: Amalie Marie Friederike Greek: Αμαλία Μαρία Φρειδερίκη
House	Holstein-Gottorp
Father	Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
Mother	Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
Religion	Lutheranism

Styles of Queen Amalia of the Greeks
Reference style	Her Majesty
Spoken style	Your Majesty
Alternative style	Ma'am

Amalia of Oldenburg (Greek: Αμαλία; 21 December 1818 – 20 May 1875) was queen consort of Greece from 1836 to 1862 as the spouse of King Otto (1815–1867).

As the daughter of Duke Paul Frederick Augustus of Oldenburg (later Grand Duke of Oldenburg), she was born a duchess of Oldenburg, though that title was never used in Greece.

When she arrived in Greece in 1837, she at first won the hearts of the Greeks with her refreshing beauty. After the Queen became more politically involved, however, she became the target of harsh attacks — and her image suffered further as she proved unable to provide an heir. She and her husband were expelled from Greece in 1862, after an uprising. She spent the rest of her years in exile in Bavaria.

Duchess Amalia Maria Frederica was born on 21 December 1818 in Oldenburg, capital of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg. She was the first child of Duke Paul Frederick Augustus of Oldenburg (later Grand Duke of Oldenburg) and his first wife, Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. She was less than two years old when her mother died, on 13 September 1820.

On 22 December 1836, Duchess Amalia of Oldenburg married King Otto of Greece in Oldenburg. Born as the second son of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, Prince Otto of Bavaria had been appointed king of the newly created Kingdom of Greece in 1833.