#princess olga of greece and denmark

[adini-nikolaevna]

Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark by Zarokilli.

[royalsofhistory]

— Various women of the Greek Royal Family, photographed in their traditional Hellenic clothing.

[loiladadiani]

Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna, 1906

Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna (Princess of Greek and Denmark) with her three little daughters; Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (future Duchess of Glouster) is the baby in her arms; Princess Olga and Princess Elizabeth sit next to her.

[royal-confessions]

“When I think of old-time royal elegance, the image I think of is the photograph of Duchess Marina of Kent and her sister Princess Olga, together on the staircase, during the wedding of Queen Sofia of Spain in 1962. These two ladies were refined, I think they inherited it from their maternal grandmother, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna” - Submitted by Anonymous

[foreverinthepagesofhistory]

King George I of Greece, aka “Willy”, with his granddaughter Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, 1903

[thyramalie]

Olga, Princess of Yugoslavia, née of Greece and Denmark, in a documentary film by her daughter Elizabeth and a Serbian journalist Mira Adanja Polak, 1994.

"The Princess likes to be held by the hand for there was little tenderness in her life." - M. A. Polak

The said documentary caused a stir, so much so that Olga's eldest son, Alexander, filed a complaint against his sister for the damage to the image of their mother. Namely, Olga was heavily affected by Alzheimer's disease.

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[heavyarethecrowns]

[countess--olenska]

Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, 1939

[grandmaster-anne]

8 January 1981 Funeral of Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone at Windsor Photo shows: Chatting on the steps of the St. George’s chapel after the funeral of Princess Alice, L-R: Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Princess Paul of Yugoslavia (Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark), Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, and Princess Juliana of the Netherlands. Four generations of the royal family paid homage to the last Victorian. © Ted Blackbrow

[foreverinthepagesofhistoryy]

Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna of Russia (née Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg) with daughter Queen Olga of Greece (née GD Olga Konstantinovna), and granddaughters Princesses Alexandra and Marie of Greece and Denmark (later GD’s Alexandra and Maria Georgievna), 1880s

[queenalexandraofdenmark]

~ ROYALS AND THEIR SIGNATURES ~

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Queen Olga of Greece(Olga Constantinovna)

Queen Louise of Denmark(Louise of Hesse-Kassel)

Empress Victoria of Germany(Victoria, Princess Royal)

Queen Marie of Romania(Princess Marie of Edinburgh)

Grand Duchess Elisabeth Feodorovna(Princess Elisabeth of Hesse)

Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich

Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna

Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna

Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna

[postcard-from-the-past]

Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark with her daughter Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia

Serbian vintage postcard

[ykzzr]

Bernstorff 1895

Princess Victoria of Wales, Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich, Princes Andrew, Christopher of Greece and Denmark, Grand duchess Olga Alexandrovna, Prince Johann of Glocksburg.

on the opposite side

Princess Maud of Wales, Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark.

[graceofromanovs]

GODPARENTS OF GRAND DUCHESS OLGA ALEXANDROVNA

Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, the youngest daughter of Emperor Alexander III of Russia, was born on 13 June 1882 at Peterhof Palace in Saint, Petersburg, Russia. She was christened on 23 July (Saint Olga's Day) in the Grand Palace Church, Peterhof by the Confessor of Their Imperial Majesties archpriest Bazhanov. Her godparents as listed:

KING CHRISTIAN IX OF DENMARK - her maternal grandfather, the Danish King was among her godparents. His initial unpopularity at the start of his reign, and the many years of political strife, where the king was in conflict with large parts of the population, his popularity recovered towards the end of his reign, and he eventually became a national icon due to the length of his reign. He was absent at the christening of his Russian grandchild.

PRINCESS LOUISE OF HESSE-KASSEL, QUEEN CONSORT OF DENMARK - his maternal grandmother was another of her godparents. Louise became the Queen consort of Denmark upon her husband’s - King Christian IX - accession in 1863. Through her six children, she was a grandmother of not only the future Tsar of Russia (Nicholas II, Olga's eldest brother), but also that of King George V of the United Kingdom; King Constantine I of Greece; King Christian X of Denmark, and King Harken VII of Norway. Like her husband, Louise was also absent at the christening.

GRAND DUCHESS OLGA NIKOLAEVNA OF RUSSIA, QUEEN CONSORT OF WÜRTTEMBERG - her great-aunt was one of her godparents. She was the younger sister of her late grandfather, Alexander II. Attractive, cultured and intelligent, she had been considered to be one of the most eligible princesses in Europe. In 1846, she married Crown Prince Karl of Württemberg. She was absent at the christening of her namesake.

GRAND DUCHESS OLGA KONSTANTINOVNA OF RUSSIA, QUEEN CONSORT OF GREECE - her aunt and namesake was named as one of her godparents. Olga Konstantinovna was the first cousin of her father Alexander III, being the eldest daughter of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich of Russia. At 16, she married King George I of Greece, the brother of her mother Maria Feodorovna. Queen Olga was a popular figure in Russia, and in Greece. She was present at the christening.

GRAND DUKE ALEXEI ALEXANDROVICH OF RUSSIA - her uncle was another listed godparent of the young grand duchess. A naval officer for most of his life, he had a significant contribution in the equipment of the Russian navy with new ships and in modernizing the naval ports. He was present at the christening of his niece.

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[royal-confessions]

“I am curious about Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark, because unlike her sisters Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark( later Duchess of Kent) and Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark( later Princess of yugoslavia). I am wondering how her short life kinda went, how she became the Countess of toerring-jettenbach, her difficulties in exile, and her family relations with russia, denmark etc. She is interesting” - Submitted by Anonymous

[foreverinthepagesofhistory]

Queen Olga of Greece (née Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna of Russia) with her daughter Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna of Russia (née Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark) and her daughter in law Princess Alice of Greece and Denmark (née Princess Alice of Battenberg), all in traditional Greek costumes. Early 1900s

Source: Princess Victoria of Wales’s albums