Sophie of Prussia
Sophie of Prussia (Potsdam, June 14th 1870 - Frankfurt, January 13rd 1932) was queen of Greece.
Birth and childhood
Sophie was born the June 14th 1870 with the Nouveau Palate with Potsdam. His/her father, Frederic III of Germany, was the son of Guillaume I {{er}} of Germany and Augusta of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach. His/her mother, Victoria of the United Kingdom, was the girl of Victoria I {{Re}} of the United Kingdom and of Albert of Saxony-Cobourg-Gotha. Sophie was the seventh of a family of eight children.
Marriage and children
Sophie married Constantin I {{er}} of Greece the October 27th 1889 with Athens. The couple settled with the palate of Tatoi and had six children:- Georges II of Greece (July 20th 1890 - April 1st 1947)
- Alexandre I {{er}} of Greece (1893 - October 25th 1920)
- Helene of Greece and Denmark (May 2nd 1896 - November 28th 1982)
- Paul I {{er}} of Greece (December 14th 1901 - March 6th 1964)
- Irene of Greece and Denmark (February 13rd 1904 - April 15th 1974)
- Catherine of Greece and Denmark (born the May 4th 1913)
Public life
Sophie became queen of Greece the March 18th 1913, when her husband Constantin Ier succeeded his father, Georges I {{er}} of Greece. But, the June 11th 1917, during the First World War, Constantin Ier is lived constrained to abdicate in favor of its second Alexandre wire, because of his feelings pro-German. One reproached Sophie for being the cause of these feelings pro-German because it was the sister of Guillaume II of Germany; but actually, it shared the feelings pro-British of its mother. Sophie and her husband had then to leave the Greece and lived in exile in Suisse.To died from Alexandre Ier, killed by the bite of a monkey the October 25th 1920, Sophie and Constantin Ier returned to Greece and went up on the throne for the second time. But, the September 27th 1922, Constantin Ier was obliged to abdicate again, this time in favor of his/her Georges oldest son, after with his defeat against the Turkey during the gréco-Turkish Guerre. Sophie and her husband had again to leave Greece and lived in exile in Sicily, where Constantin Ier died out the January 11th 1923.
Disease and death
In his last years, one diagnosed in Sophie a Cancer and she died the January 13rd 1932 with Francfort-sur-le-Main. After the restoration of monarchy in Greece, it was buried in November 1936 with the palate of Tatoi.
Predicates and titles
- Its royal Highness the Sophie princess of Prussia (June 14th 1870 - October 27th 1889)
- Its royal Highness the princess heiress of Greece, princess of Denmark (October 27th 1889 - March 18th 1913)
- Its Majesty the queen of Hellènes (March 18th 1913 - June 11th 1917)
- Its Majesty the queen dowager of Hellènes (June 11th 1917 - October 25th 1920)
- Its Majesty the queen of Hellènes (December 19th 1920 - September 27th 1922)
- Its Majesty the queen dowager of Hellènes (September 27th 1922 - March 25th 1924)
- Its Majesty the Sophie queen of Greece (March 25th 1924 - January 13rd 1932)
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