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Order of Saints Olga and Sophia

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Type
  
Dynastic Order

Sovereign
  
King Constantine II

Status
  
Currently constituted

Grand Mistress
  
Order of Saints Olga and Sophia

Eligibility
  
Women of the Greek Royal Family

Awarded for
  
At the monarch's pleasure for personal services of women to the Crown

The Royal Family Order of Saints Olga and Sophia (Greek: Βασιλικό Οικογενειακό Τάγμα των Αγίων Όλγας και Σοφίας) was an order of the Greek royal family. Reserved for women, it was the third highest decoration awarded by the modern Greek state and the Crown after the Order of the Redeemer and the male-only Order of Saints George and Constantine. It was instituted in January 1936 by King George II in the memory of his grandmother (Queen Olga) and his mother (Queen Sophia).

Contents

The order was abolished in 1973 by the Greek state and today is awarded only by the head of the former Greek royal family.

Grades

  • Grand Cross:
  • Grand Mistress Dame Grand Cross - Exclusively for the Grand Mistress and Former Grand Mistresses
  • Dame Grand Cross, Special Class - For the daughters of the Head of the House as well as foreign female rulers and consorts.
  • Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class - For Greek and Foreign Princesses
  • Dame Grand Cross - For Wives of Greek Princes and Foreign Princesses
  • Dame Commander
  • Dame Officer
  • Dame
  • Dames

    Upon the creation of the Order, Greek Princesses and their daughters were invested in order of precedence.

  • 1 Queen Helen, Queen Mother of Romania née Princess of Greece and Denmark - 1st Grand Mistress Dame Grand Cross
  • 2 Princess Irene, Dowager Duchess of Aosta née Princess of Greece and Denmark - Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  • 3 Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark, Lady Brandram - Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  • 4 Queen Alexandra, Dowager Queen of Yugoslavia née Princess of Greece and Denmark) - Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  • 5 Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark - Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  • 6 Princess Aspasia, Princess Alexander of Greece and Denmark (wife of King Alexander I of Greece and mother of 4th Dame) - Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  • 7 Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  • 8 Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (daughter of Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark]]) - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  • 9 Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  • 10 Princess Elizabeth, Countess of Toerring-Jettenbach - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  • 11 Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent née Princess of Greece and Denmark - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  • 12 Princess Nina Georgievna of Russia (daughter of 5th Dame) - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  • 13 Princess Xenia Georgievna of Russia (daughter of 5th dame) - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  • 14 Princess Margarita, Dowager Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg née Princess of Greece and Denmark - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  • 15 Princess Theodora, Former Hereditary Grand Duchess of Baden née Princess of Greece and Denmark - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  • 16 Princess Cecilie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse née Princess of Greece and Denmark - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  • 17 Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  • 18 Princess Marie Bonaparte of France (wife of Prince George of Greece and Denmark and mother of 7th Dame) - Dame Grand Cross
  • 19 Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia (wife of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and mother of 9th, 10th and 11th Dames) - Dame Grand Cross
  • 20 Princess Alice of Battenberg (wife of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and mother of 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th Dames) - Dame Grand Cross
  • 21 Princess Françoise de Orléans of France (wife of Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark - Dame Grand Cross
  • 22 Princess Margaret, Dowager Duchess of Hesse-Kassel née Princess Margaret of Prussia - Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  • Other dames

  • Queen Frederica, Queen Mother of Greece (then Crown Princess Frederica of Greece) née Princess Frederica of Hanover - Grand Mistress Dame Grand Cross
  • Crown Princess Victoria Louise, Dowager Duchess of Brunswick (then Crown Princess Victoria Louise of Hanover, Duchess Consort of Brunswick) née Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia - Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  • Queen Anne, Queen Consort of Romania née Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma - Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  • Queen Sofia, Queen Mother of Spain (then Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark) née Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark - Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  • Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark - Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  • Crown Princess Ortrud of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick (then Princess Ortrud, Hereditary Princess of Hanover) née Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg - Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  • Queen Mary, Queen Grandmother of United Kingdom (then Queen Mary, Queen Mother of United Kingdom) née Princess Mary of Teck - Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  • Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mother of United Kingdom (then Queen Elizabeth, Queen Consort) née Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  • Queen Beatrix I, Former Queen of the Netherlands (then Princess Beatrix, Princess of Orange) - Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  • Queen Victoria Eugenie, Dowager Queen of Spain née Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg - Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  • Princess María de las Mercedes, Countess of Barcelona née Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  • Queen Ingrid, Queen Mother of Denmark (then Queen Consort of Denmark) née Princess Ingrid of Sweden - Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  • Queen Margrethe II of Denmark (then Crown Princess Margrethe of Denmark) - Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  • Queen Marie José, Dowager Queen of Italy née Princess Marie José of Belgium - Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  • Grand Duchess Joséphine Charlotte, Dowager Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (then Princess Joséphine Charlotte, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg) née Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium - Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  • Princess Margaret of Denmark - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  • Princess Tatiana Radziwiłł (daughter of 7th Dame) - Dame Grand Cross
  • Queen Queen Anne-Marie, Queen Consort of Greece née Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark - Grand Mistress Dame
  • Princess Benedikte, Dowager Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (then Princess Benedikte of Denmark) née Princess of Denmark - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  • Princess Gina, Princess Mother of Liechtenstein née Countess Georgina of Wilczek - Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  • Crown Princess Margareta of Romania - Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  • Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz (then The Infanta Pilar of Spain) - Dame Grand Cross
  • Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria (then The Infanta Margarita of Spain) - Dame Grand Cross
  • Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark - Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  • Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark - Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  • Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece née Marie-Chantal Miller - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  • Princess Tatiana, Princess Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark née Tatiana Blatnik - Dame Grand Cross
  • References

    Order of Saints Olga and Sophia Wikipedia


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