Mother Marie Chantal Pesantes | Name Marie-Chantal, Princess | |
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Issue Princess Maria-OlympiaPrince Constantine-AlexiosPrince Achileas-AndreasPrince Odysseas-KimonPrince Aristidis-Stavros House Glucksburg (by marriage) Siblings Alexandra von Furstenberg, Pia Getty Children Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark Parents Maria Clara Pesantes Becerra, Robert Warren Miller Grandparents Ellis Warren Appleton Miller, Servando Pesantes Chanduy, Sophia June Squarebriggs, Beatriz Becerra N. Similar People Pavlos - Crown Prince of, Queen Anne‑Marie of Greece, Constantine II of Greece, Alexandra von Furstenberg, Princess Maria‑Olympia of Greece | ||
Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece (née Miller; born 17 September 1968 in London, England), is the wife of Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, son of the deposed King Constantine II of Greece.
Contents
- Greece Crown Prince Pavlos Wedding
- Early life
- Career
- Marriage and issue
- Titles styles and honours
- References
Greece: Crown Prince Pavlos Wedding
Early life
Marie-Chantal Miller was born in London, England, to María Clara “Chantal” Pesantes Becerra, an Ecuadorian, and Robert Warren Miller, an American-born British businessman. She has an older sister, Pia, ex-wife of Christopher Getty, and a younger sister, Alexandra, ex-wife of Prince Alexander von Fürstenberg. She was baptized in the Catholic Church at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City by Cardinal John O’Connor, Archbishop of New York with Princess Donatella Missikoff Flick as her godmother.
Marie-Chantal was raised in Hong Kong where she attended The Peak School until she was 9 years-old when she went to board at Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland. In 1982 she transferred to the Ecole Active Bilingue in Paris until her senior year which she took at The Masters School in New York which was then girls only. After graduating she attended the Academy of Arts for one year. She began a degree in History of Art at New York University in 1993 but dropped out a year later after Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, proposed to her on a skiing holiday in Gstaad, Switzerland, at Christmas.
Career
Marie-Chantal is the Founder and Creative Director of Marie-Chantal, an international childrenswear brand founded in 2000. She is a trustee of the Royal Academy Trust and a board director of DFS Group Ltd. DFS is a luxury retailer catering to the travelling public and is a division of LVMH.
Marriage and issue
In 1995, Marie-Chantal became engaged to Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, son of the deposed King Constantine II. She converted from Roman Catholicism to Greek Orthodoxy on 22 May 1995 in a private Chrismation (confirmation) ceremony held at St Paul's Chapel in New York. Her engagement ring was a cabochon-cut sapphire and heart-shaped diamond ring. The wedding was planned by Lady Elizabeth Anson and Robert Isabell. Marie-Chantal wore a Valentino dress. The ceremony was held on 1 July 1995 at St Sophia's Cathedral in London. Attendees included many members of European royal families and ten members of the Greek political party New Democracy.
The couple have five children: Princess Maria-Olympia (born 25 July 1996), Prince Constantine-Alexios (born 29 October 1998), Prince Achileas-Andreas (born 12 August 2000), Prince Odysseus-Kimon (born 17 September 2004), and Prince Aristidis-Stavros (born on 29 June 2008 ).
Titles, styles, and honours
Since her marriage, Marie-Chantal has been styled "Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess of Greece, Princess of Denmark".
