Princess Eugenie of Greece and Denmark (; 10 February 1910 – 13 February 1989) was by birth member of the

Greek royal family The Greek royal family () was the ruling family of the Kingdom of Greece from 1863 to 1924 and again from 1935 to 1973. The Greek royal family is a branch of the Danish royal family, itself a cadet branch of the House of Glücksburg. The famil ...

and by marriage member of the

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and House of Thurn und Taxis.

Early life and ancestry

Eugenie was the youngest child and only daughter of

Prince George of Greece and Denmark Prince George of Greece and Denmark (; 24 June 1869 – 25 November 1957) was the second son and child of George I of Greece and Olga Konstantinovna of Russia, and is remembered chiefly for having once saved the life of his cousin the future Em ...

and his wife, Princess

Marie Bonaparte Princess Marie Bonaparte (2 July 1882 – 21 September 1962), known as Princess George of Greece and Denmark upon her marriage, was a French author and psychoanalyst, closely linked with Sigmund Freud. Her wealth contributed to the popularity ...

, daughter of

Marie-Félix Blanc Princess Marie-Félix Bonaparte (née Marie-Félix Blanc; 22 December 1859 – 1 August 1882) was a French heiress. Born into a wealthy French bourgeoisie family with financial holdings in Monaco and Germany, she was left with a large inheritance ...

and Prince

Roland Bonaparte Roland Napoléon Bonaparte, 6th Prince of Canino and Musignano (19 May 1858 – 14 April 1924) was a French prince and president of the Société de Géographie from 1910 until his death. He was the last male-lineage descendant of Lucien Bonaparte ...

, a great-nephew of

Napoleon I Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...

. Her father was the second son of

George I of Greece George I ( Greek: Γεώργιος Α΄, romanized: ''Geórgios I''; 24 December 1845 – 18 March 1913) was King of Greece from 30 March 1863 until his assassination on 18 March 1913. Originally a Danish prince, George was born in Copenhage ...

and

Olga Constantinovna of Russia Olga Constantinovna of Russia (; 18 June 1926) was Queen of Greece as the wife of George I of Greece, King George I. She was briefly the regent of Greece in 1920. A member of the Romanov dynasty, Olga was the oldest daughter of Grand Duke Cons ...

. She had one elder brother,

Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark (; 3 December 1908 – 15 October 1980) was a Greek prince, soldier and anthropologist specialising in Tibetan culture and polyandry. Born in Paris and high in the line of succession to the Greek throne, Princ ...

, who, at the time of his birth, was third in line of succession to the Greek throne, preceded only by his unmarried cousin

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and his own and Eugenia's father, Prince George. As a cousin of the bridegroom, Eugenie was a leading guest at the 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth and

Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 19219 April 2021), was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he was the consort of the British monarch from ...

. She was also attending the

Coronation of Elizabeth II The Coronation of the British monarch, coronation of Elizabeth II as queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms took place on 2 June 1953 at Westminster Abbey in London. Elizabeth acceded to the throne at the age of 25 upon th ...

in 1953. She authored ''Le Tsarevitch, Enfant Martyr'', a biography of Aleksey Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, written in French, which was published in 1990.

Marriage and issue

She married Prince Dominik Rainer Radziwiłł, member of the

(and son of Prince Hieronim Radziwiłł and Archduchess Renata of Austria), on 30 May 1938 in Paris. They divorced on February 27, 1946. They had two children: * Princess Tatiana Radziwiłł (b. 28 August 1939); married Dr. Jean Henri Fruchaud.Brewer-Ward, Daniel A. (also known as Daniel Willis), ''The House of Habsburg: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Empress Maria Theresia'', Clearfield Co., Inc., Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1966, p. 166. and has issue. Tatiana was a bridesmaid at the 1962 wedding of Prince Juan Carlos of Spain and

Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark Princess is a title used by a female member of a regnant monarch's family or by a female ruler of a principality. The male equivalent is a prince (from Latin ''princeps'', meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for t ...

as well as the 1964 wedding of

Constantine II of Greece Constantine II (, ; 2 June 1940 – 10 January 2023) was the last King of Greece, reigning from 6 March 1964 until the abolition of the Greek monarchy on 1 June 1973. Constantine was born in Athens as the only son of Crown Prince Paul and ...

and

Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark Anne-Marie (; born Princess Anne-Marie Dagmar Ingrid of Denmark, 30 August 1946) is a Danish princess who was Queen of Greece as the consort of King Constantine II from their marriage on 18 September 1964 until the abolition of the Greek ...

*Prince Jerzy (''George'') Andrzej Dominik Hieronim Piotr Leon Radziwiłł (4 November 1942 – 27 August 2001). Eugénie remarried on 28 November 1949 to Prince Raymundo della Torre e Tasso, Duke of Castel Duino, a cadet member of the

House of Thurn and Taxis The Princely House of Thurn and Taxis (, ) is a family of German nobility that is part of the ''Briefadel''. It was a key player in the mail, postal services in Europe during the 16th century, until the end of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, and ...

. Their marriage also ended in divorce, in 1965. They had one son: * Prince Carlo Alessandro della Torre e Tasso, Duke di Castel Duino (b. 10 February 1952); married Veronique Lanz and had issue. His descendants are

Dukes of Castel Duino The Dukes of Castel Duino are a noble family in Italy descending from the Bohemian line of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis. History The title was created along with the additional title of Principe della Torre e Tasso in 1934 for Princ ...

, which represent Italian line of the Czech branch of the House of Thurn and Taxis, which is cadet branch of the main German House of Thurn und Taxis.

Ancestry

Honours

* Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Olga and SophiaCoronation of Elizabeth II

References

External links

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