Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark (

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: Νικόλαος; born 1 October 1969) is the third child of Constantine II and Anne-Marie of Denmark, who were the last

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and Queen of Greece, reigning from 1964 to 1973.

Early life

Nikolaos was born at Casa di Cura Privata Nuova Villa Claudia in

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, on October 1, 1969. He is the first royal child to be born in hospital from

Constantine II of Greece Constantine II ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Βʹ, ''Konstantínos II''; 2 June 1940) reigned as the last King of Greece, from 6 March 1964 until the abolition of the Monarchy of Greece, Greek monarchy on 1 June 1973. Constantine is the only ...

and Anne-Marie of Denmark. His family had been living in exile since December 1967.de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. Le Petit Gotha. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery. Paris. 2002. pp. 522–525, 536–539 (French) His father was deposed in 1973 and the monarchy abolished on December 8, 1974. Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. " Burke’s Royal Families of the World: ''Volume I Europe & Latin America'', 1977, pp. 67, 316, 327–328. He was baptized in the

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. His godparents were Princess Sofía, Princess of Spain (his paternal aunt),

Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, ( el, Ειρήνη; born 11 May 1942) is the youngest child and second daughter of Paul of Greece and his wife Queen Frederica. She is the younger sister of Queen Sofía of Spain and of the deposed Const ...

(another paternal aunt), Crown Princess Margareta of Romania (his paternal second cousin), and Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (another paternal second cousin).

Education

Like his brothers and sisters, he was educated in the

Hellenic College of London Hellenic College of London was a bilingual school in Knightsbridge, London. It was founded in 1980 by former King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, and closed in 2005. It started as a boarding school, but it later also functioned ...

,Eilers, Marlene. Queen Victoria's Descendants. Rosvall Royal Books, Falkoping, Sweden, 1997. pp. 31–33, 132, 173. founded by his parents in 1980. He attended

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in Rhode Island, graduating with an A.B. in International Relations. He has worked for

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in New York, NatWest Markets in London and is currently working in his father's private office since 1998. He is a member of board of the Anna-Maria Foundation, designed to help victims of

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s like floods and earthquakes in Greece. Nikolaos has an older sister Princess Alexia, an older brother Crown Prince Pavlos, a younger sister Princess Theodora, and a younger brother, Prince Philippos.

Engagement and marriage

Nikolaos's engagement to Tatiana Ellinka Blatnik, with whom he had been in a long term relationship, was announced on 28 December 2009, by the office of King Constantine in London. Until July 2010, when she resigned to concentrate on her wedding plans, Blatnik had worked in the publicity department as an

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for fashion designer

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. The couple married in the Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas,

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, Greece on August 25, 2010.

Titles, styles, honors and arms

Titles

* October 1, 1969 – present: ''His Royal Highness'' Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark

Honors

* House of Glücksburg-Greece: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Redeemer * House of Glücksburg-Greece: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Saints George and Constantine * House of Glücksburg-Greece: Knight Officer of the

Royal Order of George I The Royal Order of George I ( el, Βασιλικόν Τάγμα Γεωργίου Α') is a Greek order instituted by King Constantine I in 1915. Since the monarchy's abolition in 1973, it has been considered a dynastic order of the former Greek r ...

* House of Glücksburg-Greece: Knight Officer of Royal Order of the Phoenix * : Recipient of the Silver Jubilee Medal of Queen Margrethe II * :

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Ancestry

References

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