[9] They married in a civil ceremony on 6 October 1903 at Darmstadt. "Princess Andrew" redirects here. She was initially buried in St. George’s Chapel at Windsor, but per her wishes, her remains were eventually moved to the Convent of Saint Mary Magdalene in Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. Died – 5th December 1969 Constantine and other members of the royal family including Prince Andrew and Princess Alice were forced into exile. Theodora’s and Sophie’s husbands were both Nazis and fought for Germany, splitting the family geographically and politically until 1945. A great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, she was born in Windsor Castle and grew up in the United Kingdom, the German Empire, and the Mediterranean. Nonetheless, when visited by a German general who asked her, "Is there anything I can do for you? George and Olga implemented a strict and austere upbringing on their children – the royal palace was spartan and uncomfortable. As a matrilineal descendant of Elisabeth of Luxembourg, she is a matrilineal relative of Nicholas II of Russia. By November, other accused men were charged with high treason with all expecting to be executed. The ceremony was attended by her two remaining children, Philip and Sophie. Earlier in the year, in February, Cecilie married Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, while the youngest of the bunch, Sophie, married Prince Christoph of Hesse in December 1930. She usually went by Cécile. Alice chose to remain in Greece during the war. The verdict of Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark is contained in a previously unpublished memoir uncovered by makers of the programme, to be shown next week on Channel 4. ", she replied, "You can take your troops out of my country. Her mother was Victoria of Hesse, eldest daughter of Queen Victoria’s third daughter, Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse, while her father was Prince Louis of Battenberg, related to Alice’s husband, the Grand Duke. [10] She adopted the style of her husband, becoming "Princess Andrew". The family renounced the surname Battenberg due to its strong connection with Germany. [24] The diagnosis was confirmed at Ernst Simmel's sanatorium at Tegel, Berlin. Alice’s son, Prince Philip transferred to Gordonstoun boarding school in Scotland. Unas semanas después del funeral, su cuñado, el príncipe Luis, se casaría con Margaret Campbell Geddes en Londres. While it’s impossible to offer a medical diagnosis, biographers point to signs throughout her life that may offer clues that she suffered from bipolar disorder or another form of chemical depression. Alice’s daughter Sophie married Prince Christoph of Hesse. Modelled on the order founded by her aunt Elizabeth in Russia in 1909, Princess Alice founded an order of Greek Orthodox nuns. My mother was ill, my sisters were married, my father was in the South of France. She chose not to contact her husband or children, but did make contact with her mother, Victoria of Hesse. They were divorced in 1982. When Andrew and Alice returned to Athens, Alice was pregnant for the fifth time. 1Library of Congress catalog and British Library catalog searched on 8 May 2009. Alice spent her days volunteering at a charity boutique that sold Greek goods, while Andrew wrote a book that attempted to defend himself against the last disastrous military campaign. The following day, the King created him Marquess of Milford Haven in the peerage of the United Kingdom. [35] She organised two shelters for orphaned and lost children, and a nursing circuit for poor neighbourhoods. [36], The occupying forces apparently presumed Princess Andrew was pro-German, as one of her sons-in-law, Prince Christoph of Hesse, was a member of the NSDAP and the Waffen-SS, and another, Berthold, Margrave of Baden, had been invalided out of the German army in 1940 after an injury in France. Princess Margarita of Baden (born 14 July 1932) is the daughter of Prince Berthold, Margrave of Baden and Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark. Years later Philip told a biographer: “It’s simply what happened. His younger brother, Paul, was offered the throne, but he refused in deference to the rights of his still living father and older brother.

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