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Sophia of Oldenburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Greece and Denmark 1914–2001 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 June 1914

Birth Location: Corfu, Regional unit of Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece

Death Date: 24 November 2001

Death Location: Munich (München), Stadtkreis München, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany

Father: Andrew Denmark

Mother: Princess Battenberg

Spouse(s): George Brunswick-Luneburg, Prince Hesse

Children(s): Welf Hanover", Christina Hesse", Dorothea Hesse", Prince Hessen

In 1914, Sophia of Oldenburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Greece and Denmark entered the world in Corfu, Regional unit of Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece, born to Andrew Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glucksburg Prince Of Greece And Denmark And Princess Victoria Alice Elizabeth Julia Marie Of Battenberg. Sophia of Oldenburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Greece and Denmark married George William Ernst Augustus Frederick Axel Prince Von Hannover Duke Of Brunswick Luneburg, Prince Christoph Ernst August Of Hesse, and had children including Christina Margarethe Hesse Princess Of Hesse, Dorothea Charlotte Karin Hesse Kassel Princess Of Hesse, Frederica Elisabeth Victoria Louise Alice Olga Theodora Helena Hanover Her Royal Highness Princess Frederica Of Hanover, Prince Karl Adolf Andreas Von Hessen, Welf Ernst August Andreas Philipp Georg Hanover Prince Of Hanover. Sophia of Oldenburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Greece and Denmark passed away in 2001 in Munich (München), Stadtkreis München, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany.

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  • In 1914, Sophia of Oldenburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Greece and Denmark entered the world in Corfu, Regional unit of Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece, born to Andrew Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glucksburg Prince Of Greece And Denmark And Princess Victoria Alice Elizabeth Julia Marie Of Battenberg.
  • Sophia of Oldenburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Greece and Denmark married George William Ernst Augustus Frederick Axel Prince Von Hannover Duke Of Brunswick Luneburg, Prince Christoph Ernst August Of Hesse, and had children including Christina Margarethe Hesse Princess Of Hesse, Dorothea Charlotte Karin Hesse Kassel Princess Of Hesse, Frederica Elisabeth Victoria Louise Alice Olga Theodora Helena Hanover Her Royal Highness Princess Frederica Of Hanover, Prince Karl Adolf Andreas Von Hessen, Welf Ernst August Andreas Philipp Georg Hanover Prince Of Hanover.
  • Sophia of Oldenburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Greece and Denmark passed away in 2001 in Munich (München), Stadtkreis München, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Andrew Denmark
1882–1944
Birth Location: Athens, Regional unit of Athens, Attica, Greece
AD
Princess Battenberg
1885–1969
Birth Location: Windsor Castle ,Windsor, England
PB

Spouses(s)

George Brunswick-Luneburg
1915–2006
Birth Location: Brunswick, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany
GB
Prince Hesse
1901–1943
Birth Location: Frankfurt am Main, Stadtkreis Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany
PH

Children(s)

Welf Hanover"
1947–1981
Birth Location: Nordstemmen, Hildesheim, Niedersachsen, Germany
WH
Christina Hesse"
1933–2011
Birth Location: Kronberg, Hochtaunuskreis, Hessen, Germany
CH
Dorothea Hesse"
1934–2002
Birth Location: Panker, Plon, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
DH
Prince Hessen
1937–2022
Birth Location: Berlin, Germany
PH

Sophia Denmark's Ancestors

Self
Sophia Denmark
1914–2001
Birth Place: Corfu, Regional unit of Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece
Parents
Andrew Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Prince of Greece and Denmark
1882–1944
Athens, Regional unit of Athens, Attica, Greece
Princess (Victoria Alice Elizabeth Julia Marie of) Battenberg
1885–1969
Windsor Castle ,Windsor, England
Grandparents
George (Christian William Ferdinand Adolphus Oldenburg "House of Glucksburg" King George of the) Hellenes
1845–1913
Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Denmark
Olga (Constantinovna Romanov Grand Duchess of Russia, Queen of Greece and) Denmark
1851–1926
Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Great-Grandparents
Konstantin Russia
1827–1892
Alexandra Russia
1830–1911
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Nicholas Gottrop
1796–1855
Charlotte Russias
1798–1860
Joseph Saxe-Altenburg
1789–1868
Duchess Württemberg
1799–1848

Sophia Denmark's Descendants

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Sophia (of Oldenburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Greece and) Denmark (26 June 1914–24 November 2001) m. George (William Ernst Augustus Frederick Axel, Prince von Hannover, Duke of) Brunswick-Luneburg (25 Mar 1915–8 Jan 2006) m. Prince (Christoph Ernst August of) Hesse (14 Mai 1901–7 October 1943)
  1. 1. Welf (Ernst August Andreas Philipp Georg Hanover "Prince of) Hanover" 1947–1981
  2. 2. Christina (Margarethe Hesse "Princess of) Hesse" 1933–2011
  3. 3. Dorothea (Charlotte Karin Hesse Kassel "Princess of) Hesse" 1934–2002 m. Friedrich (Karl Hugo Maximilian Maria Cyrill Felix Hubert Prince of) Windisch-Gratz 1917–2002
  4. 4. Prince (Karl Adolf Andreas von) Hessen 1937–2022

Sophia Denmark's Timeline

2 Records

1914
26 June 1914
Birth of Sophia of Oldenburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Greece and Denmark in Corfu, Regional unit of Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece
Corfu, Regional unit of Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece
2001
24 November 2001
Age 87
Death of Sophia of Oldenburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Greece and Denmark in Munich (München), Stadtkreis München, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany
Munich (München), Stadtkreis München, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 June 1914
    Event Place: Corfu, Regional unit of Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 November 2001
    Event Place: Munich (München), Stadtkreis München, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany
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