Sophie of Prussia

Sophie Dorothea Ulrike Alice, Princess of Prussia. Called “Sossy” by her family.

Daughter of Friedrich III. German Emperor (1831-1888) and his wife Victoria, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland (1840-1901)

Born: Neues Palais, Potsdam 14. Jun 1870

Married : Athens 27. Oct 1889 Konstantinos I. King of the Hellenes (1868-1923)

Issue:

• Georgios II. King of the Hellenes (1890-1847) m. 1921 (div. 1935) Elisabeta, Princess of Romania (1894-1956)
• Alexandros I. King of the Hellenes (1893-1920) m. 1919 Aspasia Manos (1896-1972)
• Elena, Princess of Greece and Denmark (1896-1982) m. 1921 Carol II., King of Romania (1893-1953)
• Pavlos, King of the Hellenes (1901-1964) m. 1938 Friederike, Princess of Hannover (1917-1981)
• Yriniy, Princess of Greece and Denmark (1904-1974) m. 1939 Aimone, Duke of Aosta (1900-1948)
• Ekaterini, Princess of Greece and Denmark (1913-2007) m.1947 Richard Brandram (1911-1994)

Died: Frankfurt am Main 13. Jan 1932 from cancer

Buried: Royal Cemetery, Tatoi Palace near Athens

  

  

Marlene A. Eilers ”Queen Victoria’s Descendants”, Rosvall Royal Books 1997; Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1 and Vol. II, 1998, Vittorio Klostermann; GHdA, Fürsten I, Vol XVII 2004