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Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna, 1867 Queen Olga of Greece in a traditional Greek costume, c. 1870. The young King George I of Greece visited Russia in 1863 to thank Olga's uncle Tsar Alexander II for his support during George's election to the throne of Greece. Whilst there, George met the then twelve-year-old Olga for the first time. [6]
Vasilissa Olga, Greek for "Queen Olga," may refer to: Olga Constantinovna of Russia (1851–1926), Queen consort of the Hellenes (1867–1913) and Regent of Greece (1920) Greek ship Vasilissa Olga , more than one ship of the Hellenic Navy
Olga was the precursor of the Christian land, even as the day-spring precedes the sun and as the dawn precedes the day. For she shone like the moon by night, and she was radiant among the infidels like a pearl in the mire, since the people were soiled, and not yet purified of their sin by holy baptism.
Olga Constantinovna of Russia: Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia 3 September 1851 27 October 1867 18 March 1913 husband's assassination: 18 June 1926 George I: Sophia of Prussia (first tenure) Frederick III, German Emperor (Hohenzollern) 14 June 1870 27 October 1889 18 March 1913 husband's accession: 11 June 1917 husband's abdication
Queen Olga. Olga Constantinovna had served as Queen Consort of the Hellenes since her marriage in 1867 to King George I of Greece. Only 16 when she first arrived in Greece after the wedding, she had won the respect of her adopted country by learning Greek within a year and engaging in a wide-ranging programme of charitable and educational work ...
Princess Olga 1884 1958 Great-great granddaughter of King George III, daughter of Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover Title held from her birth to death. Princess Frederica: 1917 1981 Great great great granddaughter of George III, daughter of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick: Title held from her birth to death. Queen of the Hellenes 1947 ...
Aged only 17, he was elected King of the Hellenes on 30 March [O.S. 18 March] 1863 by the Greek National Assembly under the regnal name of George I. Paradoxically, he ascended a royal throne before his father, [12] who became King of Denmark on 15 November the same year. There were two significant differences between George's elevation and that ...
Olga Konstantinovna, Queen of the Hellenes (3 September [O.S. 22 August] 1851 1851 – 18 June 1926); married 1867, George I of Greece and is an ancestor of both Felipe VI of Spain and Charles III of the United Kingdom; Vera Konstantinovna (16 February 1854 – 11 April 1912); married 1874, Duke Eugen of Württemberg.