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Princess Françoise Of Orléans (1902–1953)
Princess Françoise d'Orléans (Françoise Isabelle Louise Marie; 25 December 1902 – 25 February 1953) was born an House of Orléans, Orléans Princess of France and became a Princess of Greece and Denmark by marriage.''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XVII. "Griechenland". C.A. Starke Verlag, 2004, pp. 14-15, 19. (German) . She was thus a member of the Kingdom of Greece, Greek royal family and a descendant of the "Citizen-King" Louis-Philippe of France, Louis-Philippe. Life Françoise d'Orléans was born in Paris, the second daughter of Jean d'Orléans, duc de Guise (an Orléanist pretender to the throne of France under the name Jean III) and his wife, the French Princess Isabelle of Orléans (1878–1961), Princess Isabelle of Orléans. Françoise's brother, Henri, Count of Paris (1908–1999), Prince Henri, Count of Paris, succeeded their father as the Orleanist pretender, under the name Henri VI. In Palermo on 11 February 1929, she married Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Christopher Of Greece And Denmark
Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark (, romanized: ''Christóphoros''; 10 August 1888 – 21 January 1940) was the fifth and youngest son and youngest child of King George I of Greece, belonging to a dynasty which mounted and lost the throne of Greece several times during his lifetime. Much of his life was spent living abroad. Family background Christopher was born at Pavlovsk, Imperial Russia, son of King George I of Greece and Queen Olga, a Russian grand duchess by birth. He was the youngest of their eight children, being twenty years younger than their oldest child, Constantine. He was called "Christo" in the family. His older brothers were future King Constantine I, George, Nicholas and Andrew. Christopher, like his siblings, was a polyglot, speaking Greek, English, Danish, Russian, French, and Italian. The siblings spoke Greek to one another, and used English with their parents. The parents, however, spoke German to each other. The Greek royal family maintained cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
