Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark

Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark (born May 11, 1942) is the youngest child of King Paul of Greece and his wife Frederika of Hanover. She is the younger sister of Queen Sofía of Spain and of deposed King Constantine II of Greece. She is officially styled in Spain and Denmark as Her Royal Highness Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark.

She was born in Cape Town, South Africa, on May 11, 1942. She was a pupil of concert pianist Gina Bachauer and, for a while, she was a professional concert pianist herself. After her brother was dethroned, she moved to India with her mother. Since her mother's death, Princess Irene has lived in Spain in an apartment at the La Zarzuela Palace in Madrid, the royal residence of the King and Queen of Spain. Her niece, Infanta Cristina of Spain named her daughter Irene (born in 2005) after her. Princess Irene has never married and is close to her brother, Constantine. She is the founder and president of the World in Harmony Organization (Mundo en Armonía [http://www.worldinharmony.org] ) and also collaborates with other benefic foundations and cultural activities.

On April 23 2008 together with Mohammed VI of Morocco they became the godparents of Simeon Hassan Muñoz, the son of Princess Kalina of Bulgaria and Antonio "Kitín" Muñoz Valcárcel. The Orthodox Christening took place at Tsarska Bistritsa. [http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=92531]

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

*May 11, 1942 – present: "Her Royal Highness" Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark
*March 6, 1964 – May 20, 1967: "Her Royal Highness" Crown Princess Irene of Greece

Ancestry

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1= 1. Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark
2= 2. Paul, King of the Hellenes
3= 3. Princess Frederika of Hanover
4= 4. Constantine I, King of the Hellenes
5= 5. Princess Sophia of Prussia
6= 6. Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick
7= 7. Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia
8= 8. George I, King of the Hellenes
9= 9. Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna of Russia
10= 10. Frederick III, German Emperor
11= 11. Victoria, Princess Royal
12= 12. Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover
13= 13. Princess Thyra of Denmark
14= 14. William II, German Emperor
15= 15. Princess Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
16= 16. Christian IX of Denmark
17= 17. Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)
18= 18. Grand Duke Konstantine Nicholaievich of Russia
19= 19. Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg
20= 20. William I, German Emperor
21= 21. Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar and Eisenach
22= 22. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
23= 23. Victoria of the United Kingdom
24= 24. George V of Hanover
25= 25. Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
26= 26. Christian IX of Denmark (= 16)
27= 27. Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel (= 17)
28= 28. Frederick III, German Emperor (= 10)
29= 29. Victoria, Princess Royal (= 11)
30= 30. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
31= 31. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

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