Royal Profile: Queen Anne-Marie of Greece
Queen Anne-Marie Dagmar Ingrid of Greece was born Princess Anne-Marie Dagmar Ingrid of Denmark, the third child of King Fredrick IX of Denmark and Queen Ingrid of Denmark on 30 August 1946 {Source}. She has two older sisters, Queen Margarethe II of Denmark & Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg {Source}.
Her godparents were:
The young princes attended schools in Denmark, and Switzerland. She began attending Zahle's School in 1952 until 1961{Source}. From 1962-1963, she attended the Chatelard School for Girls{Source}. In 1963-1964, she attended the Institut Le Mesnil {Source}.
She met her double third cousin who would later become her husband when she was 13 during a State Visit from Greece to Denmark{Source}. They met again two years later, where Constantine declared his intentions to marry Anne-Marie{Source}. They met a third time in 1962, during the wedding of Princess Sophia of Greece to King Juan Carlos of Spain, which Anne-Marie was a bridesmaid, and Constantine was a brother-of-the bride {Source} They met a fourth time during the centenary of the Greek Monarchy in 1963{Source}. In March 1964, her potential future father-in-law died, leaving her potential suitor to be King of the Hellenes{Source}. Four months later in July 1964, their engagement was announced, and they were wed in a ceremony on 18 September (two weeks after Anne-Marie's 18th birthday){Source}. During her tenure as Queen of the Hellenes, she worked for countless charitable efforts.
In 1967, her husband was forced to flee Greece for Italy{Source}. In 1973, they continued their exile, settling in England with their children{Source}.
Today, she has a large family, three sons, a son in law, two daughter-in-laws, two daughters,and four granddaughters, and five grandsons, who are{Source}:
Her godparents were:
- King Christian X of Denmark (paternal grandfather)
- Queen Alexandrine of Denmark (paternal grandmother)
- King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (maternal grandfather)
- Prince Bertil of Sweden (maternal uncle)
- King Haakon VII of Norway (maternal 1st cousin 1x removed)
- Prince George of Greece (paternal 1st cousin 1x removed)
- Crown Princess Märtha of Norway (maternal 1st cousin 1x removed)
- Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (maternal 1st cousin 1x removed)
- Princess Dagmar of Denmark (paternal great-aunt)
- Queen Mary of the United Kingdom
The young princes attended schools in Denmark, and Switzerland. She began attending Zahle's School in 1952 until 1961{Source}. From 1962-1963, she attended the Chatelard School for Girls{Source}. In 1963-1964, she attended the Institut Le Mesnil {Source}.
She met her double third cousin who would later become her husband when she was 13 during a State Visit from Greece to Denmark{Source}. They met again two years later, where Constantine declared his intentions to marry Anne-Marie{Source}. They met a third time in 1962, during the wedding of Princess Sophia of Greece to King Juan Carlos of Spain, which Anne-Marie was a bridesmaid, and Constantine was a brother-of-the bride {Source} They met a fourth time during the centenary of the Greek Monarchy in 1963{Source}. In March 1964, her potential future father-in-law died, leaving her potential suitor to be King of the Hellenes{Source}. Four months later in July 1964, their engagement was announced, and they were wed in a ceremony on 18 September (two weeks after Anne-Marie's 18th birthday){Source}. During her tenure as Queen of the Hellenes, she worked for countless charitable efforts.
In 1967, her husband was forced to flee Greece for Italy{Source}. In 1973, they continued their exile, settling in England with their children{Source}.
Today, she has a large family, three sons, a son in law, two daughter-in-laws, two daughters,and four granddaughters, and five grandsons, who are{Source}:
- Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece(1967), who married Crown Princess Marie-Chantal in 1995 and has 5 kids with her:
- Princess Maria-Olympia (1996)
- Prince Constantine Alexios (1998)
- Prince Achileas-Andreas (2000)
- Prince Odysseus-Kimon(2004)
- Prince Aristidis-Stavros (2008)
- Princess Alexia of Greece (1965), who married Carlos Morales Quintana and has four children with him:
- Arrietta Morales y de Grecia (2002)
- Ana María Morales y de Grecia (2003)
- Carlos Morales y de Grecia (2005)
- Amelia Morales y de Grecia (2007)
- Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark (1969), who married Princess Tatiana of Greece in 2010
- Princess Theodora of Greece & Denmark (1983)
- Prince Philippos of Greece & Denmark (1986)
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