HM Queen Friederike of the Hellenes

Royal House

Hanover (family)

Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg (marriage)

Date & place of birth

18 April 1917 Blankenburg Castle, Blankenburg, Prussia

Born as

HRH Princess of Prussia

Friederike Luise Thyra Viktoria Margarete Sophie Olga Cecilie Isabelle Christa

Parents

Duke Ernest Augustus III of Brunswick

Princess Viktoria Luis of Prussia

Queen Consort

1 April 1947-6 March 1964

Tenure

15 years 340 days

Predecessor

Princess Elisabeth of Romania

Successor

Princess Anne Marie of Greece and Denmark

Married

9 January 1938 Athens

Spouse

HM King Paul I of the Hellenes (then Prince of Greece and Denmark)

Children (3)

Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark

Prince Constantine of Greece and Denmark (King Constantine II)

Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark

Date & place died

6 February 1981 Hospital inMadrid (age 63) 

Burial place

Royal cemetery, park of Tatoi Palace, Athens

List of titles

HRH Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and Luneburg, Princess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

HRH Prince of Greece and Denmark

HM Queen Consort of the Hellenes

HM Queen Friederike, Queen Dowager