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Sophia of Prussia (Sophie Dorothea Ulrike Alice, Greek: Σοφία Δωροθέα Ουλρίκη Αλίκη, romanized: Sofía Dorothéa Oulríki Alíki; 14 June 1870 – 13 January 1932) was Queen of Greece from 1913 to 1917 and from 1920 to 1922 as the wife of King Constantine I.
Doña Sofía (Sophia Margaret Victoria Frederica of Greece and Denmark, Greek: Σοφία; born 2 November 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who was Queen of Spain from 1975 to 2014 as the wife of King Juan Carlos I until his abdication. She is the eldest child of King Paul of Greece and his wife, Queen Frederica.
In medieval typology, Bathsheba is recognized as the antetype foreshadowing the role of Ecclesia, the church personified, as David was the antetype for Jesus. [17] As a queen and mother, she was also associated with the Blessed Virgin Mary as Queen of Heaven. Bathsheba's son, King Solomon, rises to greet her, bows down in veneration, and ...
Sophie of Prussia may refer to: Duchess Sophie of Prussia (1582–1610) Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1685–1735), Queen of Prussia; Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia (1719–1765) Sophia of Prussia (1870–1932), Queen of the Hellenes, wife of King Constantine I; Sophie, Princess of Prussia (born 1978) wife of Georg Friedrich ...
Once the monarchy was restored in Greece in 1946, [178] Sophie was invited to Athens by her mother, Princess Alice, some time later, in 1948. [205] In the years that followed, Sophie and George William got closer to their brother-in-law, King Paul of Greece, and to his family. Queen Frederica thus came to consider Sophie as her best friend. [213]
Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (1668–1705), Queen in Prussia; Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1685–1735), Queen in Prussia; Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (1687–1747), Queen in Prussia; Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1700–1770), Queen of Denmark and Norway; Sophia Magdalena of Denmark (1748–1813), Queen of Sweden; Sophie of ...
Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, has officially been a member of the British royal family since she wed Prince Edward—Queen Elizabeth II’s youngest son—25 years ago in 1999. But since the ...
According to the historian David Potter, Zenobia is the queen mentioned, and the inscription is an evidence for the usage of the title by her during Odaenathus' lifetime. [205] An inscription on a milestone on the road between Palmyra and Emesa, dated to Zenobia's early reign, [ 206 ] identifies her as "illustrious queen, mother of the king of ...