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Born 15 October 1954 (age 69) Salem, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany ( 1954-10-15 ) Issue Julia Emma Cyr Jean-Paul Welf Cyr Father Prince George William of Hanover Spouse Jerry William Cyr (m. 1979) Children Jean-Paul Welf Cyr, Julia Emma Cyr Cousins Charles - Prince of Wales, Anne - Princess Royal, Prince Edward - Earl of W, Prince Andrew - Duke of Y, Princess Margarita of Baden Similar People Ernest Augustus - Duke of B, Prince Welf Ernst of Hanover, Prince Christoph of Hesse, Frederica of Hanover, Princess Victoria Louise of | ||
Princess Frederica of Hanover, Queen of the Hellenes
Princess Friederike of Hanover (German: Friederike Elisabeth Viktoria-Luise Alice Olga Theodora Helena, Prinzessin von Hannover, Prinzessin von Großbritannien und Irland, Herzogin zu Braunschweig-Lüneburg), (born 15 October 1954 at Salem, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) is the youngest child and only daughter of Prince George William of Hanover and his wife Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Queen Sofia of Spain and Constantine II of Greece are paternal first cousins and maternal first cousins once removed of Friederike, while she is a first cousin, through her mother, to Charles, Prince of Wales and a goddaughter of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
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She attended Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada in the late 1970s.
Prior to her marriage and move to Canada, Friederike was often mentioned in media reports as a potential bride for Charles, Prince of Wales.
Marriage and issue
Friederike married Jerry William Cyr (born 16 January 1951), son of Gordon Paul Cyr and Emma Grandbois, on 17 August 1979 in Vancouver, Canada. Frederike and Jerry have two children: