Royal Profile: Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece & Denmark

Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece & Denmark was born 25 July 1996 in New York, NY USA the eldest child of Crown Prince Pavlos & Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece {Source}. She has four younger brothers:
  1. Prince Constantine Alexios (1998)
  2. Prince Achileas-Andreas (2000)
  3. Prince Odysseus-Kimon(2004)
  4. Prince Aristidis-Stavros (2008)

Her godparents were {Source}:
  1. Princess Alexia of Greece (her paternal aunt)
  2. Prince Michael of Greece (her 1st cousin 2x removed)
  3. The Prince Charles of Wales(her 2nd cousin 2x removed)

She has grown up mostly in the US and Europe. She was born in the US, and likely lived here until she was at least two, before the family temporary went back to England, where her brother Odysseus-Kimon was born in 2004. Four years later, she was back in the US, this time on the "left coast", where her youngest brother was born in Los Angeles in 2008.

Although a member of the defunct Greek Royal Family, she still participates in numerous appearances. In 2004, she attended the gala preview of Mary Poppins on London's West End with her paternal grandmother and family {Photos}. In 2005, she attended her new brother's christening {Photo}. In 2008 and 2009, she participated in part of the family's appearances in Vanity Fair {Photo} {Photos}. In 2010, she was in Greece to attend her uncle's wedding {Photos}. In 2011, she was spotted in London's West End for a gala performance of Shrek The Musical {Photos} and attended the annual ARK Gala Dinner with her parents {Photos}. In 2012, along side her mother and grandfather, she attended a dinner and private view of'Valentino: Master Of Couture' {Photos}. In 2013, she attended Gabrielle's Angel Foundation for Cancer Research at Battersea Power station with her parents and one of her brothers {Photo}. She has also designed her own handbag for charity called "The Japan Bag", which was sold by her mother's line, Marie Chantal, that was released in September 2013 and will benefit the construction of a new nursery school in the tsunami-devastated town of Minami Sanriku in Japan {Source}. The bag can be purchased in three locations online, at Marie-Chantal's Hawaii store or at the store in Guam {Source}. The bag is still available for purchase on the online for $75+shipping and handling.

It's unknown where she went to school, however, she likely was educated in London. It's likely she speaks English and Greek, if not some Danish and other languages as well.


She is presently related to most of Europe's monarchies and is in line for the defunct Greek and British throne. She is presently 6th in line for the Greek throne after her father and brothers.

She is related to the following monarchies:

  • Denmark: Queen Margarethe II is her great-aunt on her father's maternal side.
  • Spain: Queen Sofia is her paternal Great-Great aunt. King Juan Carlos is her 3rd cousin 1x removed.
  • Sweden: King Carl XVI Gustav is her 1st cousin 2x removed.
  • Great Britain: Queen Elizabeth is her 3rd cousin 2x removed. Prince Philip is her 1st cousin 3x removed.
  • Norway: King Harald is her 3rd cousin 2x removed.

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