Sophia of Prussia
Sophia of Prussia (Sophie Dorothea Ulrike Alice, Greek: Σοφία Δωροθέα Ουλρίκη Αλίκη; 14 June 1870 – 13 January 1932) was the Queen of Greece from 1913 to 1917 and again from 1920 to 1922 as the wife of King Constantine I. She was the third daughter of Frederick III, German Emperor and Victoria, Princess Royal. She was also the third sister of Wilhelm II, the last German Emperor.
| Sophia of Prussia | |||||
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| Queen consort of the Hellenes | |||||
| 18 March 1913 – 11 June 1917 | |||||
| 19 December 1920 – 27 September 1922 | |||||
| Born | 14 June 1870 New Palace, Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia | ||||
| Died | 13 January 1932 (aged 61) Frankfurt, Hesse-Nassau, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic | ||||
| Burial | 16 January 1932 | ||||
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| House | Hohenzollern | ||||
| Father | Frederick III, German Emperor | ||||
| Mother | Victoria, Princess Royal | ||||
| Religion | Greek Orthodox previously Lutheran | ||||
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She was born on June 14, 1870, in Potsdam, Prussia. Through her mother she is a granddaughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Through her father, she was the third granddaughter of King Wilhelm I and Queen Augusta.
In 1889, she married Prince Constantine I of Greece. They had six children together named George, Alexander, Helen, Paul, Irene, and Katherine.
Sophia died on January 13, 1932 at the age of 61.[1]
Sophia Of Prussia Media
Princess Sophie with her parents and siblings. Standing left to right: Prince Heinrich, Crown Princess Viktoria, Crown Prince Frederick William with Princess Margaret, Prince Wilhelm, and Princess Charlotte. (seated left to right) Princess Victoria, Princess Sophie and Prince Waldemar. 1875
Princess Sophia of Prussia, 1887.
Princess Sophie of Prussia and Constantine, Duke of Sparta
Sophie, Viktoria and Margaret mourning the death of their father.
Acropolis in Athens, Greece
The Crown Prince's Palace, Athens
Battle of Domokos in Greco-Turkish War of 1897, by Fausto Zonaro
Sophia, Crown Princess of Greece, ca. 1900
Map of Greater Greece as proposed at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 by Eleftherios Venizelos, the leading proponent of the Megali Idea at the time.
Schloss Friedrichshof, former residence of the German Dowager Empress
[2] Sophia's body sent to the Russian Church in Florence, where she was buried alongside her husband and mother-in-law.
References
- ↑ Gelardi 2005, pp. 357–358.
- ↑ Van der Kiste 1994, p. 151.