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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]
The consorts of Brazil were the spouses of the reigning monarchs, using the titles of Queen of Brazil or Empress of Brazil from the establishment of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves in 1815 to the abolition of the Empire of Brazil in 1889. Brazil had a reigning Queen , but was already widowed at the time of her reign and ...
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
The personal symbols of Rurik, Igor, Olga and Svyatoslav. Princess Olga meets the body of her husband. A sketch by Vasily Surikov. After Igor's death in 945, Olga ruled Kievan Rus' as regent on behalf of their son Sviatoslav. [18] She was the first woman to rule Kievan Rus'. [19]
Olga of Russia: Ólga 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) Sofía Frederick III, German Emperor (Hohenzollern) 14 June 1870 27 October 1889 18 March 1913 husband's accession: 11 June 1917 husband's abdication
Olga (1880), who died aged seven months; Andrew (1882–1944), who married Princess Alice of Battenberg and had five children, including Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Christopher (1888–1940), who married firstly American widow Nancy Stewart Worthington Leeds and secondly Princess Françoise of Orléans, with whom he had one child.
Constantine I, King of the Hellenes: 10. Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia [11] 5. Olga Constantinovna of Russia [8] 11. Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg [11] 1. Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark: 12. William I, German Emperor [9] 6. Frederick III, German Emperor [9] 13. Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach [9] 3. Sophia of ...
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