Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark

Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark (Greek: Πριγκίπισσα Μαργαρίτα της Ελλάδας και Δανίας; 18 April 1905 – 24 April 1981) was the eldest child and daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg.[1] She was the first great-great-grandchild of Queen Victoria, and the eldest sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Princess Margarita
Princess consort of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Princess Margarita with her sister, Theodora, in 1910
Born(1905-04-18)18 April 1905
Old Royal Palace, Athens, Greece
Died24 April 1981(1981-04-24) (aged 76)
Langenburg, Germany
Burial30 April 1981
Langenburg, Germany
Spouse
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(m. 1931; died 1960)​
Issue
  • Kraft, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
  • Princess Beatrix
  • Prince Georg Andreas
  • Prince Rupprecht
  • Prince Albrecht
HouseGlücksburg
FatherPrince Andrew of Greece and Denmark
MotherPrincess Alice of Battenberg

Biography
Princess Margarita with her mother Princess Alice and sister Princess Theodora, c. 1912.

Princess Margarita was born on 18 April 1905 at the Royal Palace in Athens.[2] She was the sister of Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, the consort of Elizabeth II.[1] She also had three sisters: Theodora, Margravine of Baden; Cecilie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine; and Sophie, later Princess George of Hanover.

Marriage and children

Margarita married Prince Gottfried of Hohenlohe-Langenburg on 20 April 1931 in Langenburg, Germany.[1] Gottfried was a son of Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria through her second son, Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and his wife, Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia, a daughter of Alexander II of Russia. In descent from Queen Victoria, Prince Gottfried was a second cousin once removed of Princess Margarita and in descent from Nicholas I of Russia, they were third cousins.

Gottfried succeeded his father as Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg on 11 December 1950.

Six children were born of their marriage, all of whom were styled as His/Her Serene Highness:[1]

  • Stillborn daughter (born and died 3 December 1933)
  • Prince Kraft Alexander Ernst Ludwig Georg Emich (25 June 1935 – 16 March 2004); succeeded his father as Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
  • Princess Beatrix Alice Marie Melita Margarete of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (10 June 1936 – 15 November 1997), once engaged to Maximilian, Margrave of Baden
  • Prince Georg Andreas Heinrich of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (born 24 November 1938)
  • Prince Rupprecht Sigismund Philipp Ernst of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (7 April 1944 – 8 April 1978)
  • Prince Albrecht Wolfgang Christoph of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (7 April 1944 – 23 April 1992)

Their four elder children were all born at Schwäbisch Hall, while the two youngest boys, twins, were born in Langenburg.[1]

Death

Princess Margarita died on 24 April 1981 in Langenburg, Germany.[1] She survived her husband by 21 years.

Honours

Ancestry

References
  1. Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser XIII. "Haus Griechenland". C.A. Starke Verlag, 1987, pp. 38, 203–204.
  2. Vickers, Hugo. Alice: Princess Andrew of Greece. St. Martin's Griffin, 2003, p. 73.
  3. Princess Margarita wearing Orders and Decorations
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