The Weekend Special about the History of the Greek Royal Family - Children of George I
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George I of Greece and his wife Olga Constantinovna of Russia had 8 children.
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The children where:
1/Constantine I (see my Today in History of September 27 th):
https://allaboutroyalfamilies.blogspot.be/2013/09/today-in-history-september-27th-1922.html
2/ George, who married Marie Bonaparte;
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3/ Alexandra, who married Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia;
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4/ Nicholas who married Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia;
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5/ Marie, who married firstly Grand Duke George Michaelovich of Russia and later
Admiral Perikles Ioannidis;
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6/ Olga, who died young;
7/ Andrew, who married Princess Alice of Battenberg
(he was the father of Prince Philippe, Duke of Edinburgh and husband
of Queen Elizabeth);
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8/ Christopher, who married firstly the American Nancy Stewart Worthington Leeds
and secondly
Princess Françoise of Orléans.
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As you can see, there are a lot of Dynastic ties between the former
Royal Family of Greece and the
Imperial Family of Russia.
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