Royal Profile: 50 Facts about Princess Alexia of Greece & Denmark
- Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark was born 10 July 1965 {Source}.
- She is the eldest child of King Constantine II and Queen Anne Marie of Greece {Source}.
- At the time of her birth, her father was not in power, however the monarchy was still in tact{Source}.
- From her birth to the birth of her younger bother, Crown Prince Pavlos in 1967, she was heiress presumptive to the throne {Source}.
- She was born in the same house as Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh at Mon Repos, Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece.
- As a member of the Greek Royal Family, she is related to many other Royal Families in Europe:
- Denmark: Queen Margrethe II is her mother's sister, making her a maternal niece
- Germany: Princess Benedikte of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Princess of Denmark is her maternal aunt
- Spain: the former Queen Sofia is her paternal aunt, making King Felipe VI her first cousin
- Sweden: King Carl XVI Gustaf is her maternal 1st cousin 1x removed.
- Romania: King Mihai I is her 1st cousin 1x removed through Constantine I of Greece
- United Kingdom:
- Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh is her 1st cousin 3x removed from King George I of Greece
- Queen Elizabeth II is her 3rd cousin 1x removed from Queen Victoria
- She spent her early years in Greece, before the family's re-location to Rome, Italy in December 1967 {Source}.
- She began her education in Italy, where she was taught Greek by a private tutor{Source}.
- During her childhood, she was very close with both her grandmothers.
- Her Greek grandmother, Queen Fredrica, would visit her family on Saturdays {Source}.
- Her Danish grandmother, Queen Ingrid of Denmark would often visit the family in Rome{Source}.
- During her visits with her Danish grandmother, tea would be served at approximately 4PM, and the pair would often go to the ballet or theatre together{Source}.
- In 1973, a year after her maternal grandfather's death and the accession of her aunt to the Danish throne, she spent a year living in Amalienbourg Palace in Denmark{Source}.
- In 1974, she and her family would move again, this time to England {Source}.
- During her time in England, Princess Alexia, her brother and their friends would often re-enact historical and mythical stories{Source}.
- As her siblings did, she also attended the school started up by her parents, The Hellenic College in London, where she earned a Greek Baccalaureate{Source}.
- In addition to the Greek Bacalauraeate, she also gained two British A-Levels {Source}.
- She then spent a year (1984-5) doing voluntary work at the London Hospital for Sick Children helping in the Play Centre at the Hospital{Source}.
- She went to the Froebel College of the Roehampton Institute, a division of Surrey University, in 1985 and took a BA in History and Education in 1988{Source}.
- In 1989, she achieved a Post Graduate Certificate of Education
- After graduation, she became a primary school teacher in the inner city area of Southwark in London from 1989-1992{Source}.
- She attended the Catalan Foundation for Down's Syndrome where she took a Master's Degree in 'Early Childhood Intervention'{Source}.
- This qualified her to work with children who have physical or psychological problems, -and to help their parents in coping with the difficulties{Source}.
- Up to the birth of her first daughter, Arrietta, she worked as a Group Therapist with Down's Syndrome children at the Foundation, having in her particular care 18 children{Source}.
- In 1992, Princess Alexia took a year's sabbatical and went to Barcelona to attend the 1992 Olympics, where some of her friends won Gold Medals for sailing.
- She was then offered the opportunity to take part in a World Championship sailing contest in the 3/4 Ton Class in 1993 with an 'All Girl' crew.
- Along with the rest of her family, she returned to Greece in 1981 to bury her grandmother{Source}.
- Her next visit wouldn't be for another 12 years, in 1993{Source}.
- Since then, she has joined her parents on numerous visits to their former homeland{Source}.
- In 1994, she met the man she would later marry, Carlos Morales Quintana at a boat race in Spain{Source}.
- They were married in London on the day before her 34th birthday in 1999{Source}.
- Her attendants included:
- Princess Theodora (her sister, age 16)
- Princess Mafalda-Cecilia Preslavska of Bulgaria (family friend, age 5)
- Princess Maria-Olympia (her goddaughter and niece, age 3)
- Just prior to their wedding, they were in a serious sailing accident, where she broke her collar bone and he fractured his kneecap, however, they both fully recovered in time for their nuptials{Source}!
- Today, they lead private lives for the most part in the Canary Islands with their three daughters and son{Source}:
- 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)
- Princess Alexia is also a royal godmother, several times over:
- Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece (1996, her niece)
- Pablo Nicolas Urdangarin y de Borbon (2000, her 1st cousin 1x removed)
- Countess Ingrid Alexandra von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (2003, her 1st cousin 1x removed)
- Princess Isabella of Denmark (2007, her 1st cousin 1x removed)
- Miss Emma Tallulah Behn (2008, daughter of Princess Martha Louise of Norway)
- She is the big sister of:
- Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece, Prince of Denmark (1967)
- Prince Nikolaos of Greece & Denmark (1969)
- Princesss Theodora of Greece & Denmark (1983)
- Prince Philippos of Greece & Denmark (1986)
- Her siblings-in-law are:
- Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece (1968)
- Princess Tatiana of Greece & Denmark (1980)
- She is the paternal niece of:
- Queen Sofia of Spain
- Princess Irene of Greece & Denmark
- Her paternal uncle is:
- Her paternal cousins are :
- Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo
- King Felipe VI of Spain
- Infanta Cristina of Spain
- Her paternal cousins-in-law are:
- Queen Letizia of Spain
- Don Iñaki Urdangarín
- Her paternal 1st cousins 1x removed are:
- Don Felipe Juan de Marichalar y Borbón(1998)
- Don Juan Valentín Urdangarín y Bórbon (1999)
- Doña Victoria Federica de Marichalar y Borbón (2000)
- Don Pablo Urdangarín y Bórbon (2000)
- Don Miguel Urdangarín y Bórbon (2002)
- Doña Irene Urdangarín y de Bórbon (2005)
- Princess Leonor of Asturias (2005)
- The Infanta Sofia of Spain (2007)
- Her maternal uncles are:
- Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
- Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
- Her maternal aunts and uncles are:
- Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
- Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
- Her maternal cousins are:
- Crown Prince Frederik André Henrik Christian of Denmark (1968)
- Gustav, The Hereditary Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1969)
- Princess Alexandra Rosemarie Ingrid Benedikte of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1970)
- Prince Joachim Holger Waldemar Christian of Denmark (1969)
- Princess Nathalie Xenia Margrethe Benedikte of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1975)
- Her maternal cousins-in-law are:
- Count Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (1967)
- Crown Princess Mary of Denmark (1972)
- Princess Marie of Denmark (1976)
- Mr. Alexander Johannsmann (1977)
- Her maternal 1st cousins 1x removed are:
- Count Friedrich Richard Oscar Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (1999)
- Prince Nikolai William Alexander Frederik of Denmark (1999)
- Prince Felix Henrik Valdemar Christian of Denmark (2002)
- Countess Ingrid Alexandra Irma Astrid Benedikte von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (2003)
- Prince Christian Valdemar Henri John of Denmark (2005)
- Princess Isabella Henrietta Ingrid Margrethe of Denmark (2007)
- Prince Henrik Carl Joachim Alain of Denmark (2009)
- Master Konstantin Gustav Heinrich Richard Johannsmann (2010)
- Prince Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander of Denmark (2011)
- Princess Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda of Denmark (2011)
- Princess Athena Marguerite Françoise Marie of Denmark (2012)
- Miss Louisa Johannsmann (2015)
- It is likely she speaks English, Spanish, Greek, as well as some Italian and Danish.
- She is renounced her succession rights to the Greek throne upon her marriage to a roman catholic.
- If she still were in line for the Greek and British thrones, she would be 9th for the Greek throne and 240+ for the British Throne.
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