#ludwig of battenberg

[ykzzr]

Princess Victoria of Battenberg and her husband Prince Ludwig of Battenberg and their children Louise and George with Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Elisabeth Feodorovna.

[grossherzoginalice]

The family of the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse in 1872. From left to right- Irene, Ernst, Louis, Elisabeth, Alice, Victoria and Friedrich.

[romanovsonelastdance]

Alexei Nikolaevich with Greek and Hessian cousins.

On the left are Margarita and Theodora of Greece, daughters of Alexei's cousin Alice of Battenberg. On the right are Georg Donatus and Ludwig of Hesse, sons of Alexei's uncle Ernie.

[loiladadiani]

The European Royal Family that Queen Victoria created

This is a very interesting group of Royal guests assembled for the wedding of the parents of the future Phillip, Duke of Edinburg: Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885 - 1969) to Prince Andrew of Greece (1882 - 1944.) The wedding was celebrated at Darmstadt in 1903. I doubt I will be able to identify all these illustrious guests, but I will list the ones I recognize. There are representatives here from the Greek, Danish, German/Hessian/Prussian, and Russian Royal Houses. I count thirty-three adults and children in this picture.

Prince Heinrich of Prussia

Princess Heinrich of Prussia (nee Irene of Hesse)

Grand Duke Sergey Alexandrovich Romanov

Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna

Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse

Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna the Younger

Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich

Grand Duke George Mikhailovich

Grand Duchess Maria Georgevna

Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicholaevna

Grand Duchess Tatiana Nicholaevna

Princess Elizabeth of Hesse and by Rhine

Grand Duchess Olga Nicholaevna

Grand Duchess Maria Nicholaevna

Emperor Nicholas II

Empress Alexandra Feodorovna

Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (Greek Nicky)

Prince George of Greece and Denmark (Greek Georgie

Queen Olga of the Hellenes

Prince Valdemar of Denmark

King Hakoon VII

There are roughly thirteen royalties I do not recognize, so if you identify anybody I haven't, please let me know. It is also possible I have made some incorrect identifications, especially among the Greek contingent.

This type of gathering stopped happening gradually, so these photos are treasures!

[greekroyalfamily]

117 years since the Birth of Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (30 May 1906 – 16 October 1969) who was by birth a Greek and Danish princess as well as Margravine of Baden through her marriage to Berthold, pretender to the throne of the Grand Duchy of Baden.

The second of five children of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg, Theodora spent a happy childhood between Athens and Corfu. In her youth, however, she witnessed the Balkan Wars (1912–1913), followed by the First World War (1914–1918) and the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922). For the young princess and her relatives, these conflicts had dramatic consequences and led to their exile in Switzerland (between 1917 and 1920), then in France and the United Kingdom (from 1922 to 1936). During their exile, Theodora and her family depended on the generosity of their foreign relatives, in particular Marie Bonaparte (who offered them accommodation in Saint-Cloud) and Lady Louis Mountbatten (who supported them financially)

At the end of the 1920s, Theodora's mother was struck by a mental health crisis which led to her confinement in a Swiss psychiatric hospital. Shortly after, in 1931, Theodora married Berthold, Margrave of Baden, son of Chancellor of the German Reich Prince Maximilian. The couple then moved to Salem Castle, where Berthold ran a school with teacher Kurt Hahn. The princess gave birth to three children there: Margarita (1932–2013), Maximilian (1933–2022) and Ludwig (born 1937). Opposed to Nazism, Theodora and her husband kept their distance from the Nazi regime; however, this did not prevent Berthold from enlisting in the Wehrmacht at the start of the Second World War. Affected by the conflict, which divided her family into two factions, Theodora became involved in the German Red Cross and other charitable organizations.

The defeat of Germany and its occupation by the Allies brought new upheavals in the life of Theodora and Berthold. Though not held by the Soviets, responsible for the death of several of their cousins, the couple was ostracized by the British royal family at the time of the marriage of Prince Philip, Theodora's only brother, to Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (later Queen Elizabeth II) in 1947. Over the years, the couple was nevertheless reintegrated into the life of the European elite, as illustrated by their invitation and presence at the coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953 and at the wedding of Juan Carlos, Prince of Asturias, and Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark in 1962.

At the end of the 1940s, Theodora began to suffer from heart problems.Over time, her health deteriorated and she appeared very diminished at the wedding of Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sophia in 1962.Her health then alternated between times when she had the greatest difficulty speaking or walking and times when she felt absolutely good. Unable to anticipate her next seizures, she had to move around with a cane at all times.Forced to have all her teeth pulled out, she acquired a strange smile, which her mother struggled to get used to.

As his wife's health deteriorated, Berthold suffered a fatal heart attack while driving with their son Ludwig on 27 October 1963.Upset by the demise of her husband, Theodora then hurriedly returned from Italy, where she was on vacation.

Theodora's last years were affected by the establishment of the Regime of the Colonels in Greece and by the departure into exile of King Constantine II and his family.Hospitalized at the clinic of Doctor Büdingen in Konstanz,Theodora died on 16 October 1969.Her funeral was held at the mausoleum of the Baden family in Salem in the presence of many members of the aristocracy, including her nephew Prince Charles, but not her brother Prince Philip who was on an official trip to Canada

117 χρονια από τη γέννηση της πριγκίπισσας Θεοδώρας της Ελλάδας και της Δανίας (30 Μαΐου 1906 – 16 Οκτωβρίου 1969), η οποία ήταν εκ γενετής Ελληνίδα και Δανή πριγκίπισσα καθώς και η Μαργραβίνη του Μπάντεν μέσω του γάμου της με τον Μπέρθολντ, διαδόχου του θρόνου του Μεγάλου Δουκάτου του Μπάντεν.

Το δεύτερο από τα πέντε παιδιά του πρίγκιπα Ανδρέα της Ελλάδας και της Δανίας και της πριγκίπισσας Αλίκης του Μπάτενμπεργκ, η Θεοδώρα πέρασε μια ευτυχισμένη παιδική ηλικία μεταξύ Αθήνας και Κέρκυρας. Στα νιάτα της, ωστόσο, έγινε μάρτυρας των Βαλκανικών Πολέμων (1912–1913), που ακολούθησαν τον Πρώτο Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο (1914–1918) και τον Ελληνοτουρκικό πόλεμο (1919–1922). Για τη νεαρή πριγκίπισσα και τους συγγενείς της, αυτές οι συγκρούσεις είχαν δραματικές συνέπειες και οδήγησαν στην εξορία τους στην Ελβετία (μεταξύ 1917 και 1920), στη συνέχεια στη Γαλλία και το Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο (από το 1922 έως το 1936). Κατά τη διάρκεια της εξορίας τους, η Θεοδώρα και η οικογένειά της εξαρτιόταν από τη γενναιοδωρία των συγγενών τους, ιδιαίτερα της Μαρίας Βοναπάρτη (που τους πρόσφερε διαμονή στο Saint-Cloud) και της Λαίδης Λούις Μαουντμπάτεν (που τους στήριξε οικονομικά)

Στα τέλη της δεκαετίας του 1920, η μητέρα της Θεοδώρας χτυπήθηκε από μια κρίση ψυχικής υγείας που την οδήγησε στον εγκλεισμό της σε ένα ελβετικό ψυχιατρείο. Λίγο αργότερα, το 1931, η Θεοδώρα παντρεύτηκε τον Μπέρθολντ, Μαργράβο της Βάδης, γιο του Καγκελαρίου του Γερμανικού Ράιχ πρίγκιπα Μαξιμιλιανού. Στη συνέχεια, το ζευγάρι μετακόμισε στο Κάστρο του Σάλεμ, όπου ο Μπέρθολντ διηύθυνε ένα σχολείο με δάσκαλο τον Κερτ Χαν. Η πριγκίπισσα γέννησε εκεί τρία παιδιά: τη Μαργαρίτα (1932–2013), τον Μαξιμιλιανό (1933–2022) και τον Λούντβιχ (γεννήθηκε το 1937). Ενάντια στον ναζισμό, η Θεοδώρα και ο σύζυγός της κράτησαν αποστάσεις από το ναζιστικό καθεστώς. Ωστόσο, αυτό δεν εμπόδισε τον Μπέρτολντ να καταταγεί στη Βέρμαχτ κατά την έναρξη του Β' Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου. Επηρεασμένη από τη σύγκρουση, που χώρισε την οικογένειά της σε δύο φατρίες, η Θεοδώρα ασχολήθηκε με τον Γερμανικό Ερυθρό Σταυρό και άλλες φιλανθρωπικές οργανώσεις.

Η ήττα της Γερμανίας και η κατοχή της από τους Συμμάχους έφερε νέες ανατροπές στη ζωή της Θεοδώρας και του Μπέρθολντ. Αν και δεν θεωρούνταν από τους Σοβιετικούς, υπεύθυνους για τον θάνατο πολλών από τα ξαδέρφια τους, το ζευγάρι εξοστρακίστηκε από τη βρετανική βασιλική οικογένεια τη στιγμή του γάμου του πρίγκιπα Φίλιππου, του μοναδικού αδερφού της Θεοδώρας, με την πριγκίπισσα Ελισάβετ του Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου (αργότερα βασίλισσα Ελισάβετ ΙΙ) το 1947. Με τα χρόνια, το ζευγάρι επανεντάχθηκε ωστόσο στη ζωή της ευρωπαϊκής ελίτ, όπως φαίνεται από την πρόσκληση και την παρουσία τους στη στέψη της Ελισάβετ Β' το 1953 και στον γάμο του Χουάν Κάρλος, πρίγκιπα της Αστούριας, και την πριγκίπισσα Σοφία της Ελλάδας και της Δανίας το 1962.

Στα τέλη της δεκαετίας του 1940, η Θεοδώρα άρχισε να υποφέρει από καρδιακά προβλήματα. Με την πάροδο του χρόνου, η υγεία της επιδεινώθηκε και εμφανίστηκε πολύ εξασθενημένη στο γάμο του πρίγκιπα Χουάν Κάρλος και της πριγκίπισσας Σοφίας το 1962. Η υγεία της εναλλάσσονταν τότε μεταξύ των περιόδων που είχε τα καλύτερα δυσκολία στην ομιλία ή στο περπάτημα και φορές που ένιωθε απολύτως καλά. Μη μπορώντας να προβλέψει τις επόμενες κρίσεις της, έπρεπε να κυκλοφορεί με ένα μπαστούνι ανά πάσα στιγμή. Αναγκασμένη να της βγάλουν όλα τα δόντια, απέκτησε ένα παράξενο χαμόγελο, το οποίο η μητέρα της πάλευε να συνηθίσει.

Καθώς η υγεία της συζύγου του επιδεινώθηκε, ο Berthold υπέστη θανατηφόρο καρδιακό επεισόδιο ενώ οδηγούσε με τον γιο τους Ludwig στις 27 Οκτωβρίου 1963. Αναστατωμένη από τον θάνατο του συζύγου της, η Theodora επέστρεψε βιαστικά από την Ιταλία, όπου ήταν για διακοπές.

Τα τελευταία χρόνια της Θεοδώρας επηρεάστηκαν από την εγκαθίδρυση του καθεστώτος των συνταγματαρχών στην Ελλάδα και από την αναχώρηση στην εξορία του βασιλιά Κωνσταντίνου Β' και της οικογένειάς του. Νοσηλευόμενη στην κλινική του Doctor Büdingen στην Konstanz, η Θεοδώρα πέθανε στις 16 Οκτωβρίου 1969. Η κηδεία της έγινε που πραγματοποιήθηκε στο μαυσωλείο της οικογένειας Baden στο Σάλεμ παρουσία πολλών μελών της αριστοκρατίας, συμπεριλαμβανομένου του ανιψιού της Πρίγκιπα Κάρολου, αλλά όχι του αδελφού της πρίγκιπα Φίλιππου που βρισκόταν σε επίσημο ταξίδι στον Καναδά

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 4.27

Holidays

Abolition Day (Mayotte)

Autism Super Mom Day

Babe Ruth Day

Celebrate Teen Literature Day

Day of Russian Parliamentarism (Russia)

Day of the Uprising Against the Occupying Forces (Slovenia)

Ed Balls Eve (UK)

Flag Day (Moldova)

Freedom Day (South Africa)

Free Feral Cat Spay Day

International Crow and Raven Appreciation Day

International Donor Conception Awareness Day

International Hyena Day

Koninginnedag (King’s Day; Netherlands)

Lapu-Lapu Day (Philippines)

Learn To Make An Apricot Cream Pie Day

Marine Mammal Rescue Day

Marselan Day

Matanzas Mule Day

Mayotte National Day

Moehanga Day (UK)

Morse Code Day

National Alicia Day

National Back Office Heroes Day

National Bubble Butt Appreciation Day

National D.J. Day

National Little Pampered Dog Day

National Patricia Day

National Pneumatics Day

National Veterans' Day (Finland)

New Beginning Day

Poetry Day (Ireland)

Resistance Day (Slovenia)

Rogers Hornsby Day

Sleep Day

Teach Your Children to Save Day

Tell A Story Day

UnFreedom Day (South Africa)

Woody Woodpecker Day

World Bath Bomb Day

World Design Day

World Graphic Design Day

World Tapir Day

Write An Old Friend Today Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Battenberg Day

Chips with Everything Day

National Devil Dog Day

National Gummi Bars Day

National Prime Rib Day

World Marcela Day

4th & Last Thursday in April

Dining Out For Life [Last Thursday]

Gathering of Nations (Native American Pow Wow) [begins 4th Thursday thru Saturday]

International Girls in ICT Day (4th Thursday]

Love Your Thighs Day [4th Thursday]

Pay It Forward Day [Last Thursday]

Poem in Your Pocket Day [Last Thursday]

Support Teen Literature Day [Thursday of Library Week]

Take Action for Libraries Day [Thursday of Library Week]

Take Our Daughters and Sons To Work Day [4th Thursday]

Thank You Thursday [6 Days Before 1st Wednesday in May]

Independence Days

IKwaZulu-Natali (Declared; 1994) [unrecognized]

lundren (a.k.a. Viscounty of lundgren; Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

Sierra Leone (from UK, 1961)

Togo (from France, 1960)

Feast Days

Anastasius, Pope (Christian; Confessor)

Anthimus of Nicomedia (Christian; Saint)

Assicus (Christian; Saint)

86400 Seconds Day (Pastafarian)

Ennead Sail Through the Land, The (Ancient Egypt)

Floribert of Liège (Christian; Saint)

Hanuman Jayanti (Birthday of the Monkey God; Hindu)

John of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)

Liberalis of Treviso (Christian; Saint)

Olive (Muppetism)

Pollio (Christian; Saint)

Rafael Arnáiz Barón (Christian; Saint)

Shemp Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Theodor Kittelsen (Artology)

Virgin of Montserrat (Christian; Saint)

Walpurgisnacht, Day V (Pagan)

Xenophon (Positivist; Saint)

Yom HaShoah begins (Holocaust Remembrance Day; Judaism) [27 Nisan; 8 Days]

Zita of Lucca (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Lucky Day (Philippines) [23 of 71]

Premieres

Anna Karenina (Film; 1948)

Apollo, by Igor Stravinsky (Ballet; 1928)

Avengers: Infinity War (Film; 2018)

Chips with Everything, by Arnold Wesker (Play; 1962)

Cold War (Disney Cartoon; 1951)

The Dish (Film; 2000)

The Fabric of the Cosmos, by Brian Greene (Book; 2004)

The Five-Year Engagement (Film; 2012)

Für Elise, a.k.a. Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor, written by Ludwig van Beethoven (Piano Music; 1810)

Heavy Cream, by Cream (Compilation Album; 1973)

Hooked Bear (Disney Cartoon; 1956)

Hoots Mon! (Film; 1940)

In His Own Write, by John Lennon (Poetry Book; 1964)

Justice Society: World War II (WB Animated Film; 2021)

Kill the Umpire (Film; 1950)

Koyaanisqatsi (Documentary Film; 1983)

The Krays (Film; 1990)

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (TV Series; 2014)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Film; 1975)

Mrs. Robinson, by Simon and Garfunkel (Song; 1968)

Music for the Royal Fireworks, by George Frederic Handel (Orchestral Suite; 1749)

Now Hear This (WB LT Cartoon; 1963)

Personality, by Lloyd Price (Song; 1959)

The Pirates! Band of Misfits! (Animated Film; 2012)

Spaced Invaders (Film; 1990)

The Streak, by Ray Stevens (Song; 1974)

This Week with John Oliver (TV Series; 2014)

We’re Not Gonna Take It, by Twisted Sister (Song; 1984)

Today’s Name Days

Petrus, Zita (Austria)

Euzebije, Ozana, Polion (Croatia)

Jaroslav (Czech Republic)

Ananias (Denmark)

Haldi, Haldja, Halja (Estonia)

Meea, Merja (Finland)

Zita (France)

Montserrat, Petrus, Zita (Germany)

Zita (Hungary)

Zita (Italy)

Inars, Klementīne, Raimonda, Tāle (Latvia)

Anastazas, Aušra, Gotautas, Zita (Lithuania)

Charles, Charlotte, Lotte (Norway)

Anastazy, Andrzej, Bożebor, Kanizjusz, Martyn, Piotr, Teofil, Zyta (Poland)

Simeon (Romania)

Jaroslav (Slovakia)

Montserrat, Pedro, Zita (Spain)

Engelbrekt (Sweden)

Laverne, Sam, Samantha, Sami, Sammy, Samuel, Samuela, Ulises, Ulysses, Vern, Verna, Verne, Vernon, Zita (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 117 of 2024; 248 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 17 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Saille (Willow) [Day 12 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Bing-Chen), Day 8 (Yi-Mao)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 6 Iyar 5783

Islamic: 6 Shawwal 1444

J Cal: 26 Aqua; Fiveday [26 of 30]

Julian: 14 April 2023

Moon: 50%: 1st Quarter

Positivist: 5 Caesar (5th Month) [Xenophon]

Runic Half Month: Lagu (Flowing Water) [Day 3 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 39 of 90)

Zodiac: Taurus (Day 8 of 30)

[brookston]

Holidays 4.27

Holidays

Abolition Day (Mayotte)

Autism Super Mom Day

Babe Ruth Day

Celebrate Teen Literature Day

Day of Russian Parliamentarism (Russia)

Day of the Uprising Against the Occupying Forces (Slovenia)

Ed Balls Eve (UK)

Flag Day (Moldova)

Freedom Day (South Africa)

Free Feral Cat Spay Day

International Crow and Raven Appreciation Day

International Donor Conception Awareness Day

International Hyena Day

Koninginnedag (King’s Day; Netherlands)

Lapu-Lapu Day (Philippines)

Learn To Make An Apricot Cream Pie Day

Marine Mammal Rescue Day

Marselan Day

Matanzas Mule Day

Mayotte National Day

Moehanga Day (UK)

Morse Code Day

National Alicia Day

National Back Office Heroes Day

National Bubble Butt Appreciation Day

National D.J. Day

National Little Pampered Dog Day

National Patricia Day

National Pneumatics Day

National Veterans' Day (Finland)

New Beginning Day

Poetry Day (Ireland)

Resistance Day (Slovenia)

Rogers Hornsby Day

Sleep Day

Teach Your Children to Save Day

Tell A Story Day

UnFreedom Day (South Africa)

Woody Woodpecker Day

World Bath Bomb Day

World Design Day

World Graphic Design Day

World Tapir Day

Write An Old Friend Today Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Battenberg Day

Chips with Everything Day

National Devil Dog Day

National Gummi Bars Day

National Prime Rib Day

World Marcela Day

4th & Last Thursday in April

Dining Out For Life [Last Thursday]

Gathering of Nations (Native American Pow Wow) [begins 4th Thursday thru Saturday]

International Girls in ICT Day (4th Thursday]

Love Your Thighs Day [4th Thursday]

Pay It Forward Day [Last Thursday]

Poem in Your Pocket Day [Last Thursday]

Support Teen Literature Day [Thursday of Library Week]

Take Action for Libraries Day [Thursday of Library Week]

Take Our Daughters and Sons To Work Day [4th Thursday]

Thank You Thursday [6 Days Before 1st Wednesday in May]

Independence Days

IKwaZulu-Natali (Declared; 1994) [unrecognized]

lundren (a.k.a. Viscounty of lundgren; Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

Sierra Leone (from UK, 1961)

Togo (from France, 1960)

Feast Days

Anastasius, Pope (Christian; Confessor)

Anthimus of Nicomedia (Christian; Saint)

Assicus (Christian; Saint)

86400 Seconds Day (Pastafarian)

Ennead Sail Through the Land, The (Ancient Egypt)

Floribert of Liège (Christian; Saint)

Hanuman Jayanti (Birthday of the Monkey God; Hindu)

John of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)

Liberalis of Treviso (Christian; Saint)

Olive (Muppetism)

Pollio (Christian; Saint)

Rafael Arnáiz Barón (Christian; Saint)

Shemp Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Theodor Kittelsen (Artology)

Virgin of Montserrat (Christian; Saint)

Walpurgisnacht, Day V (Pagan)

Xenophon (Positivist; Saint)

Yom HaShoah begins (Holocaust Remembrance Day; Judaism) [27 Nisan; 8 Days]

Zita of Lucca (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Lucky Day (Philippines) [23 of 71]

Premieres

Anna Karenina (Film; 1948)

Apollo, by Igor Stravinsky (Ballet; 1928)

Avengers: Infinity War (Film; 2018)

Chips with Everything, by Arnold Wesker (Play; 1962)

Cold War (Disney Cartoon; 1951)

The Dish (Film; 2000)

The Fabric of the Cosmos, by Brian Greene (Book; 2004)

The Five-Year Engagement (Film; 2012)

Für Elise, a.k.a. Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor, written by Ludwig van Beethoven (Piano Music; 1810)

Heavy Cream, by Cream (Compilation Album; 1973)

Hooked Bear (Disney Cartoon; 1956)

Hoots Mon! (Film; 1940)

In His Own Write, by John Lennon (Poetry Book; 1964)

Justice Society: World War II (WB Animated Film; 2021)

Kill the Umpire (Film; 1950)

Koyaanisqatsi (Documentary Film; 1983)

The Krays (Film; 1990)

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (TV Series; 2014)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Film; 1975)

Mrs. Robinson, by Simon and Garfunkel (Song; 1968)

Music for the Royal Fireworks, by George Frederic Handel (Orchestral Suite; 1749)

Now Hear This (WB LT Cartoon; 1963)

Personality, by Lloyd Price (Song; 1959)

The Pirates! Band of Misfits! (Animated Film; 2012)

Spaced Invaders (Film; 1990)

The Streak, by Ray Stevens (Song; 1974)

This Week with John Oliver (TV Series; 2014)

We’re Not Gonna Take It, by Twisted Sister (Song; 1984)

Today’s Name Days

Petrus, Zita (Austria)

Euzebije, Ozana, Polion (Croatia)

Jaroslav (Czech Republic)

Ananias (Denmark)

Haldi, Haldja, Halja (Estonia)

Meea, Merja (Finland)

Zita (France)

Montserrat, Petrus, Zita (Germany)

Zita (Hungary)

Zita (Italy)

Inars, Klementīne, Raimonda, Tāle (Latvia)

Anastazas, Aušra, Gotautas, Zita (Lithuania)

Charles, Charlotte, Lotte (Norway)

Anastazy, Andrzej, Bożebor, Kanizjusz, Martyn, Piotr, Teofil, Zyta (Poland)

Simeon (Romania)

Jaroslav (Slovakia)

Montserrat, Pedro, Zita (Spain)

Engelbrekt (Sweden)

Laverne, Sam, Samantha, Sami, Sammy, Samuel, Samuela, Ulises, Ulysses, Vern, Verna, Verne, Vernon, Zita (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 117 of 2024; 248 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 17 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Saille (Willow) [Day 12 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Bing-Chen), Day 8 (Yi-Mao)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 6 Iyar 5783

Islamic: 6 Shawwal 1444

J Cal: 26 Aqua; Fiveday [26 of 30]

Julian: 14 April 2023

Moon: 50%: 1st Quarter

Positivist: 5 Caesar (5th Month) [Xenophon]

Runic Half Month: Lagu (Flowing Water) [Day 3 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 39 of 90)

Zodiac: Taurus (Day 8 of 30)

[venicepearl]

Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (30 May 1906 – 16 October 1969) was by birth a Greek and Danish princess as well as Margravine of Baden through her marriage to Berthold, pretender to the throne of the Grand Duchy of Baden.

The second of five children of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg, Theodora spent a happy childhood between Athens and Corfu. In her youth, however, she witnessed the Balkan Wars (1912–1913), followed by the First World War (1914–1918) and the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922). For the young princess and her relatives, these conflicts had dramatic consequences and led to their exile in Switzerland (between 1917 and 1920), then in France and the United Kingdom (from 1922 to 1936). During their exile, Theodora and her family depended on the generosity of their foreign relatives, in particular Marie Bonaparte (who offered them accommodation in Saint-Cloud) and Lady Louis Mountbatten (who supported them financially).

At the end of the 1920s, Theodora's mother was struck by a mental health crisis which led to her confinement in a Swiss psychiatric hospital. Shortly after, in 1931, Theodora married Berthold, Margrave of Baden, son of Chancellor of the German Reich Prince Maximilian. The couple then moved to Salem Castle, where Berthold ran a school with teacher Kurt Hahn. The princess gave birth to three children there: Margarita (1932–2013), Maximilian (born 1933) and Ludwig (born 1937). Opposed to Nazism, Theodora and her husband kept their distance from the Nazi regime, however this did not prevent Berthold from enlisting in the Wehrmacht at the start of the Second World War. Affected by the conflict, which divided her family into two factions, Theodora became involved in the German Red Cross and other charitable organizations.

The defeat of Germany and its occupation by the Allies brought new upheavals in the life of Theodora and Berthold. Though not held by the Soviets, responsible for the death of several of their cousins, the couple was ostracized by the British royal family at the time of the marriage of Prince Philip, Theodora's only brother, to Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (later Queen Elizabeth II) in 1947. Over the years, the couple was nevertheless reintegrated into the life of the European elite, as illustrated by their invitation and presence at the coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953 and at the wedding of Juan Carlos, Prince of Asturias, and Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark in 1962. Theodora died of heart problems six years after her husband, in 1969. She was the paternal aunt of Charles III.

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Balmoral, 1882.

Queen Victoria with Grand Duke Ludwig IV of Hesse and two of his children: Princess Alix of Hesse (later Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia) and Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse, Princess Beatrice (Princess Henry of Battenberg), and Princess Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught with her baby daughter Princess Margaret (later Crown Princess of Sweden).

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Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine with her husband, Prince Louis of Battenberg, 1883.

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Princess Louise of Battenberg and her uncle Grand Duke Ernst Louis of Hesse and by Rhine in Dramstadt 1910.

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Left to right

1.Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1837-92) 2.Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)3.Princess Helena (1846-1923)4.Queen Alexandra, consort of King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1844-1925)5.Princess Alexandrine, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, consort of Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1820-1904)6.King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910)7.Princess Beatrice, wife of Prince Henry of Battenberg (1857-1944)8.Frederick III, German Emperor (1831-88)9.Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)10.Prince Leopold (1853-84)11.Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1818-93)12.Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine, consort of Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)13.Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught (1850-1942)14.Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)

Photographer:Robert Jefferson Bingham (1825-70)

August 1865

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Do you have photos of alexei with his greek cousins because I only found some with otma

A few!

Anastasia, Maria and Alexei with Elizabeth and Olga of Greece.

From what looks like the same day: Alexei with Olga of Greece, with Maria in the background.

There are other shots from this day in some of the NAOTMAA photo albums, but I can't remember which one to track them down. But there's one with Olga and Elizabeth with their mother Elena Vladimirovna, and another with Elena and Nicholas II together.

Alexei with different Greek cousins -- Margarita and Theodora of Greece, daughters of his cousin Alice of Battenberg; and with Hessian cousins Georg Donatus and Ludwig, sons of Uncle Ernie.

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91 years since Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark weds Prince Christoph of Hesse

On December 15, 1930

Princess Sophie of Greece and Prince Christoph of Hesse were married in Greek Orthodox and Lutheran services at Schloss Kronberg near Frankfurt.  

Prince Christoph Ernst August of Hesse was born on May 14, 1901, the 6th son of Prince Friedrich Karl of Hesse and Princess Margarete of Prussia, the youngest daughter of Emperor Friedrich III and his wife, Princess Victoria, eldest child of the late Queen Victoria.   Christoph has a twin brother, Prince Richard.

Margarete's eldest brother is the former Kaiser Wilhelm II, who has lived in exile in the Netherlands since November 1918.

The new Princess Christoph is only 16 years old.  She is the fourth daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg.  She is a granddaughter of King George of the Hellenes and Grand Duchess Olga of Russia.

Sophie was born in Corfu, Greece on June 26, 1914.  She has three older sisters,  Princess Margarita, Princess Theodora, and Princess Cecile, and a younger brother, Prince Philip.

The bride and groom are both descendants of Queen Victoria.  Christoph is a great-grandson of Victoria and Sophie is a great-great-granddaughter.   Sophie's grandmother,  Victoria, Marchioness of Milford Haven, was the eldest daughter of Princess Alice, Queen Victoria's second daughter and third child, and Grand Duke Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine.

Sophie was named for her paternal aunt, Queen Sophie of Greece, the consort of King Constantine of the Hellenes.

Neither Queen Sophie, who was Margarete's sister, nor Sophie's mother, Princess Alice, were able to attend the wedding.

Prince Christoph and Princess Sophie became engaged in June.  A joint celebration with Sophie's sister, Cecile, and her fiance, Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus of Hesse and By Rhine, took place at Wolfsgarten.

Sophie's trousseau was made in France.  Her sister Cecile, described Sophie's wedding dress as "too beautiful for words."  The satin gown was "quite simple," according to Cecile.

Sophie's siblings, Theodora, Cecile, and Philip, helped her get dressed for the wedding.   

Prince Friedrich Karl loaned his future daughter-in-law Empress Friedrich's diamond tiara.

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The couple was married in two religious services.  A Greek Orthodox service took place in the drawing-room at Kronberg.  Prince Philip carried his sister's train.  This was followed by the Lutheran service at the Schloss' chapel.  Sophie was accompanied to the church by her father, her brother, and her grandmother, Victoria.

91 χρόνια από τότε που η πριγκίπισσα Σοφία της Ελλάδας και της Δανίας παντρεύτηκε τον Πρίγκιπα Χριστόφορο της Έσσης

Στις 15 Δεκεμβρίου 1930

Η πριγκίπισσα Σοφία της Ελλάδας και ο πρίγκιπας Χριστόφορος της Έσσης παντρεύτηκαν με ελληνορθόδοξες και λουθηρανικές ακολουθίες στο Schloss Kronberg κοντά στη Φρανκφούρτη.

Ο πρίγκιπας Χριστοφορος Ερνέστος Αυγούστος της Έσσης γεννήθηκε στις 14 Μαΐου 1901, ο 6ος γιος του πρίγκιπα Φρειδερίκου Καρολου της Έσσης και της πριγκίπισσας Mαργαριτας της Πρωσίας, της μικρότερης κόρης του αυτοκράτορα Φρειδερίκου Γ’ και της συζύγου του, πριγκίπισσας Βικτωριας μεγαλύτερο παιδί της αείμνηστης βασίλισσας Βικτωριας του ΗΒ . Ο Χριστοφορος είχε έναν δίδυμο αδερφό, τον πρίγκιπα Ριχάρδο

Ο μεγαλύτερος αδερφός της Mαργαριτας είναι ο πρώην Καιζερ Γουλιελμος Β’ ο οποίος ζει εξόριστος στην Ολλανδία από τον Νοέμβριο του 1918.

Η νέα πριγκίπισσα Χριστοφορου είναι μόλις 16 ετών. Είναι η τέταρτη κόρη του πρίγκιπα Ανδρέα της Ελλάδας και της Δανίας και της πριγκίπισσας Αλίκης του Battenberg. Είναι εγγονή του Βασιλιά των Ελλήνων Γεωργίου και της Μεγάλης Δούκισσας Όλγας της Ρωσίας.

Η Σοφία γεννήθηκε στην Κέρκυρα, στην Ελλάδα στις 26 Ιουνίου 1914.  Έιχε τρεις μεγαλύτερες αδερφές, την πριγκίπισσα Μαργαρίτα, την πριγκίπισσα Θεοδώρα και την πριγκίπισσα Κεκιλια και έναν μικρότερο αδερφό, τον πρίγκιπα Φίλιππο μετέπειτα Δούκα του Εδιμβουργου Συζύγου της Βασίλισσας Ελισαβετ Β’ του ΗΒ

Η νύφη και ο γαμπρός είναι και οι δύο απόγονοι της βασίλισσας Βικτώριας. Ο Χριστοφορος είναι δισέγγονος της Βικτώριας και η Σόφια είναι τρισέγγονη. Η γιαγιά της Σοφίας ,  η Βικτόρια, Μαρκησία του Μίλφορντ Χέιβεν, ήταν η μεγαλύτερη κόρη της πριγκίπισσας Αλίκης, δεύτερης κόρης και τρίτου παιδιού της βασίλισσας Βικτώριας, και του Μεγάλου Δούκα Λουδοβίκου της Έσσης και του Ρήνου.

Η Σόφια πήρε το όνομά της από τη θεία της από τον πατέρα της, τη βασίλισσα Σοφία της Ελλάδος, σύζυγο του βασιλιά των Ελλήνων Κωνσταντίνου.

Ούτε η βασίλισσα Σόφια η οποία ήταν αδερφή της Μαργαρίτας, ούτε η μητέρα της Σόφιας , η πριγκίπισσα Αλίκη, δεν μπόρεσαν να παρευρεθούν στον γάμο.

Ο πρίγκιπας Χριστοφορος και η πριγκίπισσα Σοφία αρραβωνιάστηκαν τον Ιούνιο. Μια κοινή γιορτή με την αδερφή της Σοφίας Κεκιλιας , και τον αρραβωνιαστικό της, Μέγα Δούκα Γεωργίου Δονατιου της Έσσης και του Ρήνου, πραγματοποιήθηκε στο Wolfsgarten.

Η προίκα της Σοφιας κατασκευάστηκε στη Γαλλία. Η αδερφή της Κεκιλια περιέγραψε το νυφικό της Σοφιας ως «πολύ όμορφο για το περιγράψουν λόγια». Το σατέν φόρεμα ήταν «αρκετά απλό», σύμφωνα με τη Κεκιλια .

Τα αδέρφια της Σοφίας Θεοδωρα Κεκιλια και Φιλιππος τη βοήθησαν να ντυθεί για το γάμο.

Ο πρίγκιπας Φρειδερίκος Κάρολος δάνεισε τη διαμαντένια τιάρα στην μέλλουσα νύφη του, που ανήκε στην Αυτοκράτειρα Φρειδερίκου

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Το ζευγάρι παντρεύτηκε σε δύο θρησκευτικές λειτουργίες. Η Ελληνορθόδοξη λειτουργία έγινε στο σαλόνι στο Kronberg. Ο πρίγκιπας Φίλιππος κρατούσε το πεπλο της αδερφής του. Ακολούθησε η λουθηρανική λειτουργία στο παρεκκλήσι του Schloss. Την Σόφια συνόδευαν στην εκκλησία ο πατέρας της, ο αδερφός της και η γιαγιά της, Βικτώρια.

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Queen Maria Theresa of Bavaria when she was Princess Ludwig of Bavaria, 1899.

She was the mother of Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria and famous beauty and poet Princess Mathilde of Bavaria.

Her younger half-sister was Queen Maria Christina of Spain, mother-in-law of Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg.

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Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark (22 June 1911 – 16 November 1937) was by birth a Greek and Danish princess who became the titular Hereditary Grand Duchess consort of Hesse and by Rhine through her marriage to Prince Georg Donatus, pretender to the throne of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. She was also the third-eldest sister to Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark (later Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh) and the paternal aunt of Charles III.

The third of five children of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg, Cecilie spent a happy childhood. In her early years, however, she witnessed the Balkan Wars (1912–1913), followed by the First World War (1914–1918) and the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922). For the young princess and her relatives, these conflicts had dramatic consequences and led to their exile in Switzerland (between 1917 and 1920), and then in France (from 1922 to 1936). During their exile, Cecilie and her family depended on the generosity of their foreign relatives, in particular Marie Bonaparte (who offered them accommodation in Saint-Cloud) and Lady Edwina Mountbatten (who supported them financially).

The year 1929 was a turning point in Cecilie's life. She formed a relationship with her maternal cousin, Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse. Around the same time, her mother was struck by a mental health crisis which led to her confinement in a Swiss psychiatric hospital until 1933. After marrying Georg Donatus in 1931, Cecilie moved to Darmstadt. There she gave birth to their three children, Ludwig (1931–1937), Alexander (1933–1937) and Johanna (1936–1939), before becoming pregnant with her fourth child in 1937. Initially distant from the Nazi movement, she joined the Nazi Party at the same time as her husband in May 1937.

Soon after, the princess and her family embarked on a trip to the United Kingdom, where they were to attend the wedding of her brother-in-law Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine to Margaret Campbell Geddes. However, the aircraft in which they were travelling crashed in flames near Ostend, instantly killing all the passengers. Repatriated to Darmstadt, their remains were buried in the Grand Ducal mausoleum of Rosenhöhe on 23 November 1937.