House Glucksburg Role 1906–1969 | Name Princess of | |
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Born May 13, 1906Corfu, Greece ( 1906-05-13 ) Issue Princess MargaritaMaximilian, Margrave of BadenPrince Ludwig Wilhelm Died October 16, 1969, Budingen, Germany Siblings Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Children Maximilian, Margrave of Baden, Princess Margarita of Baden Parents Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, Princess Alice of Battenberg Similar People Princess Margarita of Greece, Prince Andrew of Greece a, Prince Philip - Duke of E, Princess Alice of Battenberg, Princess Cecilie of Greece a | ||
Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (Greek: Πριγκίπισσα Θεοδώρα της Ελλάδας και Δανίας) (13 May 1906 – 16 October 1969) was the second child and daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg and the second eldest sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
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Family
Theodora was born on 30 May 1906 at Tatoi Palace. She was the sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, formerly Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, the husband and consort of Elizabeth II. She also had three sisters: Margarita, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg; Cecilie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine; and Sophie, Princess George of Hanover.
Marriage and children
Theodora married her second cousin Berthold, Margrave of Baden on 17 August 1931 at Neues Schloß, Baden-Baden, Germany. They had three children:
Their son Maximilian is styled Royal Highness as Margrave (and formerly Hereditary Prince) of Baden, while their other two children are styled Grand Ducal Highness.
Death
Theodora died on 16 October 1969 at Büdingen, Germany, having survived her husband by six years. Her mother, Princess Alice, outlived her by five weeks, dying on 5 December 1969.
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Ancestry
Through her father, she was a grandchild of George I of Greece and Olga Konstantinova of Russia, a granddaughter of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia. Through her mother she was a great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Her mother was a granddaughter of The Princess Alice, second daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.