Princess Maria Georgievna of Greece and Denmark

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Infobox Russian Royalty|grand duchess
name =Princess Maria
of Greece and Denmark
title =Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna of Russia


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caption = Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna with her husband, Grand Duke George, and daughters Princesses Nina and Xenia.
spouse = Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia
Perikles Ioannidis
issue = Princess Nina
Princess Xenia
full name =
titles ="HRH" Princess Maria, Mrs. Perikles Ioannidis
"HIH" Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna of Russia
"HRH" Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark
royal house =House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
father =George I of Greece
mother =Olga Constantinovna of Russia
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place of death = Athens, Greece
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Maria or Marie Georgievna, Princess of Greece and Denmark (March 3, 1876-December 14, 1940), was the fifth child and second daughter of George I of Greece and Olga Konstantinovna of Russia and thus a family member of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.

She was born in Athens as a younger sister to Constantine I of Greece, Prince George of Greece, Alexandra Georgievna of Greece and Prince Nicholas of Greece. She was an older sister of Prince Andrew of Greece and Prince Christopher of Greece as well as the shortly-lived Princess Olga of Greece. She was very close with her cousin Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia. They both later married two Romanov Grand Duke and stayed together on many occasions.

On April 30, 1900, Maria was married to Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia in Corfu. George, who was affectionately known as "Gogi", chased after Maria, who was nicknamed "Greek Minny" to tell her apart from the Dowager Empress Maria of Russia. She refused to marry Gogi unless her place in the line of succession to the Greek and Danish thrones was secured. She made it clear that she was not in love with him when she married him, but the Grand Duke hoped that feelings might grow in time. The couple had two daughters:Nina, born 7 June 1901, and Xenia, born 9 August 1903. As they grew older, Maria seized the opportunity to spend more time abroad, ostensibly for her daughters' health, but also to spend more time away from her husband. She was in Great Britain when World War I broke out and could not return to Russia. She was patron of a military hospital there.

She became a widow on January 30, 1919, when her husband was murdered by the Bolsheviks. On December 16, 1922, Maria was remarried to Pericles Ioannides in Wiesbaden. She died in her native Athens during the Greco-Italian War (October 28, 1940 - April 30, 1941).

Her daughter Xenia lived for years in Long Island with her alleged second cousin once removed Anna Anderson. Anna claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, a daughter of Nicholas II of Russia and granddaughter of Alexander III.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

*3 March 1876 - 30 April 1900: "Her Royal Highness" Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark
*30 April 1900 - 16 December 1922: "Her Imperial Highness" Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna of Russia
*16 December 1922 - 14 December 1940: "Her Royal Highness" Princess Maria, Mrs. Perikles Ioannidis

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1= 1. Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark
2= 2. George I of Greece
3= 3. Olga Constantinovna of Russia
4= 4. Christian IX of Denmark
5= 5. Louise of Hesse-Kassel
6= 6. Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaevich of Russia
7= 7. Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg
8= 8. Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
9= 9. Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel
10= 10. Landgrave William of Hesse-Kassel
11= 11. Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark
12= 12. Nicholas I of Russia
13= 13. Charlotte of Prussia
14= 14. Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
15= 15. Duchess Amelia of Württemberg
16= 16. Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
17= 17. Countess Friederike of Schlieben
18= 18. Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Kassel
19= 19. Princess Louise of Denmark and Norway
20= 20. Landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Kassel
21= 21. Princess Caroline Polyxene of Nassau-Usingen
22= 22. Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark and Norway
23= 23. Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
24= 24. Paul I of Russia
25= 25. Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg
26= 26. Frederick William III of Prussia
27= 27. Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
28= 28. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
29= 29. Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
30= 30. Duke Louis of Württemberg
31= 31. Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg