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Prince Andrew was born at the Tatoi Palace [2] just north of Athens on 2 February 1882, the fourth son of George I of Greece. A member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, he was a prince of both Greece and Denmark, as his father was a younger son of Christian IX of Denmark. He was in the line of succession to the Greek ...
After the overthrow in 1862 of the first king of the independent Greek state, Otto of Bavaria, a plebiscite in Greece was initiated on 19 November 1862, [note 2] with the results announced in February the following year, [note 3] in support of adopting Prince Alfred of the United Kingdom, later Duke of Edinburgh, to reign as king of the country. [8]
Princess Alice of Battenberg never took the name Mountbatten as she married Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark in 1903; her son, Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, took the name upon becoming a naturalised British citizen. [4] Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven (1854–1921) m. Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
In a wild twist, Michael is also the first cousin once removed of the Duke of Edinburgh. His mother Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark’s paternal uncle was Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark ...
Prince and Princess Andrew had five children: Margarita, Theodora, Cecilie, Sophie, and Philip. [12] Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark by Philip de László, 1907. Private collection of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. After their wedding, Prince Andrew continued his career in the military and Princess Andrew became involved in charity work.
The name "Andrew Inverness" was used in registration details with Companies House over a decade ago - the name a reference to one of Prince Andrew's lesser-known titles, the Earl of Inverness.
(Ironically, Mountbatten was not Philip's original surname either, as he was born Prince Philip of Greece, however, he adopted his maternal grandparents's last name—itself an English translation ...
(16) Prince Achileas-Andreas of Greece and Denmark (b. 2000) (17) Prince Odysseas Kimon of Greece and Denmark (b. 2004) (18) Prince Aristide Stavros of Greece and Denmark (b. 2008) (19) Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark (b. 1969) (20) Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark (b. 1986) Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1882–1944) Prince ...