Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark

Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark

Infobox Greek Royalty|highness
name = Prince Nicholas
title = Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark
styles = "HRH" Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark


spouse = Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia
issue =Princess Olga
Princess Elizabeth
Princess Marina
father =George I of Greece
royal house = House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
mother =Olga Konstantinova of Russia
date of birth = birth date|1872|1|22
place of birth = Athens, Greece
date of death = death date and age|1938|2|8|1872|1|22
place of death = Athens, Greece
place of burial =Royal Cemetery, Tatoi Palace, Greece|

Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (22 January 1872-8 February 1938), of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, was the fourth child and third son of George I (1845-1913), King of the Hellenes, and of Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna (1851-1926) of Russia. He was known as "Greek Nicky" in the family to distinguish him from his cousin Nicholas II of Russia (1868 - 1918). Nicholas was a talented painter, often signing his works as "Nicolas Leprince."

He married Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia (1882-1957), daughter of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia and Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and the only sister of the future Russian imperial pretender, Grand Duke Kyril Vladimirovich, on 29 August 1902 in Tsarskoye Selo, Russia.They had three daughters:
* Olga (1903-1997). Married Prince Pavle, sometime Regent of Yugoslavia.
* Elizabeth (1904-1955). Married Count Carl Theodor of Toerring-Jettenbach.
* Marina (1906-1968). Married Prince George, Duke of Kent.

Their three daughters were famous because of their beauty.

Along with his brothers Constantine and George, Nicholas helped to organize the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, the first to be held since 393. Nicholas served as president of the Sub-Committee for Shooting.

In 1913 the Prince took a very controversial position on his father´s assassination in Thessaloniki, declaring that the King's murderer was an instrument of the German Secret Service; a theory that would have certainly displeased the new Queen, his sister-in-law Sophia of Prussia.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

*22 January 1872 - 8 February 1938: "His Royal Highness" Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark

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1= 1. Prince Nicholas 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


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