Sophia of Greece and Denmark
Sophia, Princess of Greece and Denmark
Daughter of Andreas, Prince of Greece and Denmark (1882-1944) and Alice, Prinzessin von Battenberg (1885-1969)
Born: Villa Mon Repos, Corfu 26. Jun 1914
Married:
Kronberg, Hesse 15. Dec 1930 Christoph, Prince of Hesse (1901-k.a. 1943), son of Friedrich Karl, Landgrave of Hesse (1868-1940) and Margarethe, Princess of Prussia (1872-1954)
Salem, Baden (civ.) 23. Apr (rel.) 24. Apr 1946 Georg Wilhelm, Prince of Hannover (1915-2006), son of Ernst August, Duke of Brunswick, Prince of Hanover etc. (1887-1953) and Viktoria Luise, Princess of Prussia (1892-1980)
Issue of first marriage:
Christina, Princess of Hesse (1933) m. 1956 (div. 1962) Andreas, Prince of Yugoslavia (1929-1990); m. 1962 (div. 1986) Robert van Eyck (1916-1991)
Dorothea, Princess of Hesse (1934) m. 1959 Friedrich Prinz zu Windisch-Graetz (1917-2002)
Karl, Prince of Hesse (1937) m. 1966 Yvonne Gräfin Szápáry von Mura-Szombath, Széwchy-Sziget und Szapár (1944)
Rainer, Prince of Hesse (1939)
Clarissa, Princess of Hesse (1944) m. 1971 (1976) Claude Jean Derrien (1947)
Issue of second marriage:
Welf, Prince of Hanover (1947-1981) m. (morg.) 1969 (div. 1979) Wibke van Gunsteren (1948)
Georg, Prince of Hanover (1949) m. (morg.) 1973 Victoria Bee (1951)
Friederike, Princess of Hanover (1954) m. 1979 Jerry Cyr (1951)
Died: Neuhaus, Bavaria 24. Nov 2001
Buried: Schliersee, Bavaria
Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürsten I, Vol XVII, Starke Verlag 2004 (Greece); Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürsten I, Vol XVIII, Starke Verlag 2007 (Hanover, Hesse); for burial place see Royaltyguide www.royaltyguide.nl