 1876 - 1940 (64 years) Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Maria Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg |
| Prefix |
Princess |
| Birth |
3 Mar 1876 |
Athinón, Athinón, Dytikís Makedonías, Elláda  |
| Gender |
Female |
| FamilySearch ID |
LY9W-6RG |
| Death |
14 Dec 1940 |
Athinón, Athinón, Dytikís Makedonías, Elláda |
| Burial |
Vasilikó Nekrotafeío Tatoḯou, Ανάκτορο Τατοΐ, Athinón, Dytikís Makedonías, Elláda |
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| Person ID |
I173358 |
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| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Vasilias Cristianos Adolfus Gouliélmos Fernánti Giogios I Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, b. 24 Dec 1845, Amalienborg Slot, København, Hovedstaden, Kongeriget Danmark d. 18 Mar 1913, Lefkós Pýrgos, Thessaloníki, Makedonía, Vasíleio tis Elládas (Age 67 years) |
| Mother |
Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna, b. 3 Sep 1851, Pavlovsk, Pushkinskiy rayon, Sankt-Peterburg, Rossiya d. 18 Jun 1926, Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italia (Age 74 years) |
| Family ID |
F17220 |
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 | Birth - 3 Mar 1876 - Athinón, Athinón, Dytikís Makedonías, Elláda |
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| Death - 14 Dec 1940 - Athinón, Athinón, Dytikís Makedonías, Elláda |
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 | Burial - - Vasilikó Nekrotafeío Tatoḯou, Ανάκτορο Τατοΐ, Athinón, Dytikís Makedonías, Elláda |
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- Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark was a daughter of King George I o f G reece and his wife Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia. She w a s a sister of King Constantine I of Greece and a first cousin of Tsar N ic holas II of Russia.
Born as a princess of Greece and Denmark, she was educated in Athens b y p rivate tutors. Her father instilled in her a great love for Greece an d th roughout her life, she remained a fervent patriot. She married Gran d Duk e George Mikhailovich of Russia, her first cousin once removed, wh o court ed her for five years. The wedding took place in 1900 in Corfu. T he coupl e settled in St. Petersburg and they had two daughters: Princess es Nina ( 1901 -1974) and Xenia of Russia (1903 -1965).
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich had a house built for her in Crimea an d h e was a devoted father and husband, but the marriage was unhappy. Pri nces s Maria, known upon her marriage as Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna o f Rus sia, neither got to love her husband nor her adopted country. Longi ng fo r her native Greece, she never adapted to life in Russia. Over th e years , she became estranged from her husband taking any opportunity t o spend t ime abroad. At the outbreak of World War I, she was vacationin g in Englan d with her daughters and chose not to return to Russia. Durin g the confli ct, she was a patron of three military hospitals in Harrogat e, which sh e financed generously.
Her husband was trapped in Russia after the revolution and he was sho t b y the Bolsheviks with several other Romanov relatives in January 1919 . I n her widowhood, deprived of her Russian income, Princess Maria face d ser ious financial difficulties. She returned to live in Greece with he r daug hters in 1920. There, she began a relationship with Admiral Perikl es Ioan nidis, who had been the commander of the ship that she took at he r retur n to Athens. They were married in 1922. The proclamation of the S econd He llenic Republic in 1924, sent her into exile. The princess retur ned to li ve in Britain for a couple of years and she settled in Rome i n 1926 wit h her second husband. She lived in Italy for over a decade unt il the outb reak of the Greco-Italian War in 1940 forced her to return t o her nativ e Greece. She was in poor health and was cared for by her nep hew King Pau l of Greece and his wife Frederica. She died, as the Greek r oyal family w as about to leave for exile. She left a book of memoirs, pu blished posthu mously by her grandchildren with the title A Romanov Diary .
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