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Amalia Of Oldenburg
Amalia of Oldenburg (; 21 December 181820 May 1875) was a Bavarian princess who became Queen of Greece from 1836 to 1862 as the wife of King Otto Friedrich Ludwig. She was loved widely by the Greeks due to her patriotic love for the country and her beauty. During her tenure as queen, she was dedicated to social improvement and the founding of many gardens in Athens, and she was the first to introduce the worldwide Christmas tree to Greece. When she arrived in Greece in 1837, she at first won the hearts of the Greeks with her refreshing beauty. After she became more politically involved, she then became the target of harsh attacks—and her image suffered further as she proved unable to provide an heir to the throne. She and her husband were expelled from Greece in 1862, after an uprising. She spent the rest of her years in exile in Bavaria. She acted as Regent of Greece in 1850-1851, and a second time in 1861-1862 during the absence of Otto. Amalia is attributed to the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Consort Of Greece
Consorts of the Kings of Greece were women married to the rulers of the Kingdom of Greece during their reign. All monarchs of modern Greece were male.The exception is King Otto, who was styled ''King of Greece''. Amalia, accordingly, is the only person to hold the title ''Queen of Greece'' (rather than ''of the Hellenes''). Greek consorts wore the title, ''Queen of the Hellenes'' and the style, Majesty. The following queens were spouses of the kings of modern Greece between 1836 and 1973: Queen Consort of Greece House of Wittelsbach (1832–1862) Queen Consorts of the Hellenes House of Glücksburg (1863–1973) Titular Queen Consorts of Greece House of Wittelsbach (since 1862) See also * List of kings of Greece * List of heads of state of Greece * List of Roman and Byzantine empresses * List of exiled and pretending Byzantine Empresses Notes {{reflist Greece, Queen Consorts of Roy Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the northeast. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the Geography of Greece, mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, featuring List of islands of Greece, thousands of islands. The country consists of nine Geographic regions of Greece, traditional geographic regions, and has a population of approximately 10.4 million. Athens is the nation's capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras. Greece is considered the cradle of Western culture, Western civilization, being the birthplace of Athenian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Amalia Of Greece (1818-1875)
Amalia of Oldenburg (; 21 December 181820 May 1875) was a Kingdom of Bavaria, Bavarian princess who became Queen of Greece from 1836 to 1862 as the wife of King Otto of Greece, Otto Friedrich Ludwig. She was loved widely by the Greeks due to her patriotic love for the country and her beauty. During her tenure as queen, she was dedicated to social improvement and the founding of many gardens in Athens, and she was the first to introduce the worldwide Christmas tree to Greece. When she arrived in Greece in 1837, she at first won the hearts of the Greeks with her refreshing beauty. After she became more politically involved, she then became the target of harsh attacks—and her image suffered further as she proved unable to provide an heir to the throne. She and her husband were expelled from Greece in 1862, after an uprising. She spent the rest of her years in exile in Bavaria. She acted as Regent of Greece in 1850-1851, and a second time in 1861-1862 during the absence of Otto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiane Lüth
Christiane Lüth (1817–1900), was a Danish-German diarist. She is known for her diary, regarded as a valuable source on the Greek Royal court under King Otto. Life Lüth was born on Nordsjælland, the daughter of the Danish official Heinr. Fr. Georg Fischer (1781–1829) and Mette Elisabeth Petersen (1789–1857), and raised in Fredensborg.Lüth C. Fra Fredensborg til Athen: Fragment af en Kvindes Liv'. Copenhagen; Gyldendalske;1926. As an adult, Lüth became a governess for a rich family in Holstein. In 1838, she married A. H. F. Lüth (1806–1859), a Lutheran German priest from the Duchy of Oldelburg who worked for the same family she worked for. Greece In 1839, Lüth's spouse was appointed personal chaplain of the queen of Greece, Amalia of Oldenburg, and the couple moved to Greece together with her unmarried sister Johanne ("Hanne") Fischer. She and her husband lived at the royal court in Athens from 1839 until May 1852. In 1842, her little son Nikolai was used to prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Von Nordenpflycht
Julie von Nordenpflycht (1786–1842), was a Greek-German noblewoman, letter writer and court office holder. She was the lady-in-waiting of the queen of Greece, Amalia of Oldenburg.Lüth C. Fra Fredensborg til Athen: Fragment af en Kvindes Liv'. Copenhagen; Gyldendalske;1926. Biography She was a native of Germany. She arrived to Greece after Amalia of Oldenburg became queen of Greece in 1836, and was given a position in the newly formed Greek Royal Household. Greek Court The Greek Royal Household was formed for the first time at this time period, as Greece had just become an independent monarchy. There was no tradition of a royal court and almost all of the courtiers were Germans who had accompanied the king and queen from Germany, except for a few members of the Greek elite. The ladies-in-waiting of the first queen of independent Greece was organized in one Grande-Maitresse, followed by three second rank ''dames d'honneur'', and two ''dames de palais''. Almanach de Paris: annuai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Royal Palace
The Old Royal Palace ( el, Παλαιά Ανάκτορα ''Palaiá Anáktora'') is the first royal palace of modern Greece, completed in 1843. It has housed the Hellenic Parliament since 1934. The Old Palace is situated at the heart of modern Athens, facing onto Syntagma Square. History The palace was designed by Bavarian architect Friedrich von Gärtner for King Otto of Greece, with funds donated by Otto's father, King Ludwig I of Bavaria. Previous proposals had placed the new palace at the sites of Omonoia Square, Kerameikos and even on top the Acropolis of Athens. Construction work started in 1836 and was completed in 1843. After suffering fire damage in 1909, it entered a long period of renovation. During renovations the King and his family moved to the Crown Prince's Palace, from then on known as the "New Palace", one block to the east on Herodou Attikou Street. Some of the royal family, chiefly the dowager Queen Olga, continued to reside in the "Old Palace" until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Greece
The Kingdom of Greece ( grc, label=Greek, Βασίλειον τῆς Ἑλλάδος ) was established in 1832 and was the successor state to the First Hellenic Republic. It was internationally recognised by the Treaty of Constantinople, where Greece also secured its full independence from the Ottoman Empire after nearly four centuries. The Kingdom of Greece was dissolved in 1924 and the Second Hellenic Republic was established following Greece's defeat by Turkey in the Asia Minor Campaign. A military ''coup d'état'' restored the monarchy in 1935 and Greece became a Kingdom again until 1973. The Kingdom was finally dissolved in the aftermath of a seven-year military dictatorship (1967–1974) and the Third Hellenic Republic was established following a referendum held in 1974. Background The Greek-speaking Eastern Roman Empire, also known as Byzantine Empire, which ruled most of the Eastern Mediterranean region for over 1100 years, had been fatally weakened since the sackin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig I Of Bavaria
en, Louis Charles Augustus , image = Joseph Karl Stieler - King Ludwig I in his Coronation Robes - WGA21796.jpg , caption = Portrait by Joseph Stieler, 1825 , succession=King of Bavaria , reign = , coronation = , predecessor = Maximilian I Joseph , successor = Maximilian II , birth_name = , birth_date = , birth_place =Strasbourg, Kingdom of France , death_date = , death_place =Nice, Second French Empire , spouse =Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen , issue =Maximilian II of Bavaria Mathilde Caroline, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by RhineOtto of GreecePrincess TheodelindeLuitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria Adelgunde, Duchess of Modena Archduchess Hildegard of Austria Princess Alexandra Prince Adalbert , house =Wittelsbach , father =Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria , mother =Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt , religion =Roman Catholicism , burial_place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Elimar Of Oldenburg
Anton Gunther Friedrich Elimar (23 January 1844 – 17 October 1895) was a duke of Oldenburg, and the son of Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg and Princess Cecilia of Sweden. Family Anton Gunther Friedrich Elimar was a child of Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg and his third wife, Princess Cecilia of Sweden, daughter of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden. His elder half-sister was Amalia of Oldenburg, Queen-consort of Greece. Elimar was a charming prince and tried his best to please his worried father. His father was determined to keep his living son alive and make his wife Cecilia proud. Elimar was patient but unlike his other half-sister and half-brothers he wanted to have a good education. He went to public academies which made his father concerned. When his father died Elimar felt lonely but continued to take public academies. Marriage On 9 November 1876 he married morganatically Baroness Natalie Vogel von Friesenhof in Vienna, Alexandre Pushkin's niece and cousin of Natalia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter II, Grand Duke Of Oldenburg
, issue = Frederick Augustus IIDuke Georg Ludwig , house = House of Holstein-Gottorp , father = Augustus , mother = Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym , birth_date = , birth_place = Oldenburg , death_date = (aged 72) , death_place = Rastede , place of burial= Ducal Mausoleum, Gertrudenfriedhof, Oldenburg , religion = Lutheranism Peter II (german: Nikolaus Friedrich Peter) (8 July 1827 – 13 June 1900) was the reigning Grand Duke of Oldenburg from 1853 to 1900. He claimed hereditary parts of Duchy of Holstein after the Second Schleswig War in 1864. After signing a treaty on 23 February 1867 in Kiel, he renounced his claims. In return, he received the district of Ahrensbök, the Prussian parts of the former Principality of Lübeck other than the village of Travenhorst, and was given a million taler as compensation from Prussia. Thus the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg gained access to the Baltic Sea. Birth a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Half-brothers
A sibling is a relative that shares at least one parent with the subject. A male sibling is a brother and a female sibling is a sister. A person with no siblings is an only child. While some circumstances can cause siblings to be raised separately (such as foster care), most societies have siblings grow up together. This causes the development of strong emotional bonds, with siblinghood considered a unique type of relationship unto itself. The emotional bond between siblings is often complicated and is influenced by factors such as parental treatment, birth order, personality, and personal experiences outside the family. Medically, a full sibling is a first-degree relative and a half sibling is a second-degree relative as they are related by 50% and 25% respectively. Definitions The word ''sibling'' was reintroduced in 1903 in an article in '' Biometrika'', as a translation for the German ''Geschwister'', having not been used since 1425. Siblings or full siblings ( 'full' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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