Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark [SEP] father
Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark
Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (; 26 June 1914 – 24 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.
Family and youth.
Sophie's father was the fourth son of King George I of Greece and Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna of Russia. Through King George, she was
George William of Hanover and his wife Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark. Her father, George William, was the second son of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, who had been the last reigning Duke of Brunswick, the pretender to the throne of Hanover and the seniormost male-line descendant of King George III of the United Kingdom. Her mother, Sophie, was born a princess of Greece and Denmark, being the daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece, himself the son of King George I of Greece.
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