Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark

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Princess Irene
Born (1942-05-11) 11 May 1942 (age 81)
Cape Town, South Africa
House Glücksburg
Father King Paul I of Greece
Mother Frederica of Hanover

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Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark (Greek: Πριγκίπισσα Ειρήνη της Ελλάδας και Δανίας; born 11 May 1942) is the youngest child of King Paul of Greece and his wife Frederika of Hanover. She is the younger sister of Queen Sofía of Spain and of the deposed King Constantine II of Greece.

Biography

She was born in Cape Town, South Africa, on 11 May 1942. She was a pupil of concert pianist Gina Bachauer and, for a while, she was a professional concert pianist herself.

She was a bridesmaid at the 1962 wedding of Prince Juan Carlos of Spain to her sister Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark.

She was dating Prince Michel of Orléans, comte d'Évreux, a younger son of the Orléanist pretender Henri, Count of Paris, when he met Béatrice Pasquier de Franclieu,[1] whom he married on 18 November 1967 in Casablanca, Morocco, without his father's consent.[2]

Princess Irene has never married and is close to her brother, Constantine.

After her brother was dethroned, she moved to India with her mother. Since her mother's death, Princess Irene has lived in Spain in an apartment at the La Zarzuela Palace in Madrid, the royal residence of her sister and brother-in-law, the King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain.

She is the founder[verification needed] and president of the World in Harmony organisation (Mundo en Armonía).[3] She also collaborates with other benefic foundations and cultural activities.

Her niece, Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca named her daughter Irene (born in 2005) after her. On 23 April 2008, she and Mohammed VI of Morocco became the godparents of Simeon Hassan Muñoz, the son of Princess Kalina of Bulgaria and Antonio José "Kitín" Muñoz Valcárcel.

Notable published works

Titles and honours

Titles
  • 11 May 1942 – present: Her Royal Highness Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark
National honours

See also List of honours of the Greek Royal Family by country

Foreign honours

Ancestry

Family of Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Christian IX of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. George I, King of the Hellenes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Constantine I, King of the Hellenes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Grand Duke Konstantine Nicholaievich of Russia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna of Russia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Paul, King of the Hellenes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. William I, German Emperor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Frederick III, German Emperor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar and Eisenach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Princess Sophia of Prussia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Victoria, Princess Royal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Victoria of the United Kingdom
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. George V of Hanover
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Christian IX of Denmark (= 16)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Princess Thyra of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel (= 17)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Princess Frederika of Hanover
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Frederick III, German Emperor (= 10)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. William II, German Emperor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Victoria, Princess Royal (= 11)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Princess Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. Herrero, Nieves. Beatriz de Orleans, El Mundo Magazine. 4/10/2009
  2. Velde, Francois. The Royal Family: A Genealogy, Heraldica.org, accessed 12/10/2009
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  4. Logintegral
  5. Librería Marcial Pons
  6. Flickr, Photo of Princess Irene and Princess Sofia, Queen of Spain
  7. Royalty
  8. Membership of the Constantinian Order
  9. Royal State Visits
Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark
Cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg
Born: 11 May 1942
Lines of succession
Preceded by Line of succession to the British throne
descended from Victoria, Princess Royal, daughter of Queen Victoria
Succeeded by
Duchess Donata of Mecklenburg