Marina of Greece and Denmark

Marina, Princess of Greece and Denmark

Daughter of Nikolaos, Prince of Greece and Denmark (1872-1938) and his wife Yelena Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia (1882-1957)

Born: Athens 13. Dec 1906

Godparents:

• Georgios I. King of the Hellenes (her paternal grandfather)

• Andreas, Prince of Greece and Denmark (her paternal uncle)

• Edward VII. King of the United Kingdom (her paternal grandfather’s brother-in-law)

• The Princess of Wales (born Princess Mary of Teck)

• Boris Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia (her maternal uncle)

• Viktoria Feodorovna, Grand Duchess of Russia (born Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh, her first cousin once removed)

Married: Westminster Abbey, London 29. Nov 1934 Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902-1942), son of George V. King of the United Kingdom (1865-1936) and his wife Mary, Princess of Teck (1867-1953)

Issue:

• Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1935) m. 1961 Katharine Worsley (1933)

• Princess Alexandra of Kent (1936) m. 1963 Hon. Sir Angus Ogilvy (1928-2004)

• Prince Michael of Kent (1942) m. 1978 Marie Christine Freiin von Reibnitz (1945)

Died: Kensington Palace, London 27. Aug 1968 from a brain tumor

Buried: Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore, Windsor

  

  

Marlene A. Eilers ”Queen Victoria’s Descendants”, Rosvall Royal Books 1997; Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürsten II, Vol XVII 2004; Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1, 1998, Vittorio Klostermann; Alison Weir: “Britain’s Royal Families”, Vintage Books 2008