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The wedding of Prince George, Duke of Kent, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark took place on Thursday, 29 November 1934, at Westminster Abbey.The Duke of Kent was the fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary (née Princess Victoria Mary of Teck), while Princess Marina was the youngest daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia.
Princess Marina on her wedding day. In 1932, Princess Marina and Prince George (later the Duke of Kent), a second cousin through Christian IX of Denmark, met in London. [4] Their betrothal was announced in August 1934. [3] Prince George was created Duke of Kent on 9 October 1934. [8] On 29 November 1934, they married at Westminster Abbey ...
Princess Marina, his wife, had given birth to their third child, Prince Michael, only seven weeks before Prince George's death. His will was sealed in Llandudno in 1943. His estate was valued at £157,735 (or £8.3 million in 2023 when adjusted for inflation). [52]
When Philip was 13 and the princess was eight, they both attended the 1934 wedding of Philip’s cousin, Princess Marina, later Duchess of Kent, and Elizabeth’s uncle, Prince George, Duke of ...
As the eldest daughter of Prince George, the Duke of Kent and Princess Marina, she is both Queen Elizabeth’s first cousin and Prince Philip’s first cousin once removed. Princess Alexandra ...
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent. Another cousin of Elizabeth, Edward’s parents were Prince George and Princess Marina. He has been a working member of the royal family since he retired from the ...
Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, who married Prince George, Duke of Kent. Prince Edward, Duke of Kent; Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy; Prince Michael of Kent; Their descendants as extended members of the British royal family; Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark, who married Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia and ...
The Prince George Edward Alexander Edmund was created Duke of Kent by his father George V in 1934, some weeks in advance of his wedding to Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark. She was a first cousin of the future royal consort Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. George died in 1942, leaving his peerage titles to his six-year-old son, Prince Edward.