Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark
Katherine of Greece and Denmark | |
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Born | Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark 4 May 1913 Athens, Greece |
Died | 2 October 2007 London, England | (aged 94)
Burial | 11 October 2007 Royal Cemetery, Tatoi Palace, Greece |
Spouse | |
Issue | Paul Brandram |
House | Glücksburg |
Father | Constantine I of Greece |
Mother | Sophia of Prussia |
Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark[1] (Greek: Αικατερίνη; 4 May 1913 – 2 October 2007), styled in the United Kingdom as Lady Katherine Brandram from 1947 until 2007, was the third daughter and youngest child of King Constantine I of Greece and Princess Sophia of Prussia.
Early life
Katherine was born on 4 May 1913 in the Royal Palace in
Katherine had five siblings – three brothers (
Life in exile
Her father abdicated in 1917, replaced as king by her brother Alexander. She and her parents were exiled to Switzerland. They were reinstated following Alexander's death in 1920, but Constantine abdicated again in 1922. Exiled again, this time to Sicily, her father died in Palermo in 1923. The family moved to Villa Sparta in Florence, where Katherine took up painting. Her second brother George became King George II in 1922, but was deposed in 1924.
Katherine was educated in England, at a boarding school at
Return to Greece and marriage
Her brother George was reinstated as king in 1935, and Katherine returned to Greece with her sister, Irene. She joined the
She then accompanied her husband to his new army posting in
According to her obituary in The Daily Telegraph, "Lady Katherine lived quietly but remained in close touch with her own and the British royal families. She attended the Queen's wedding to Prince Philip (her first cousin), and was a guest at the service to mark Prince Philip's 80th birthday at St George's Chapel, Windsor, in 2001."[2]
After the death of Infanta Beatriz of Spain in 2002, Katherine was the last surviving great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, as well the last surviving grandchild of Frederick III, German Emperor and Victoria, Princess Royal. She lived for almost 87 years after the death of her brother, King Alexander, and her death left her second cousin Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Sweden (31 October 1916 – 5 May 2012) as Queen Victoria's last living great-grandchild.
From the time of the death of her eldest sister Queen Helen, Queen Mother of Romania in 1982, to the time of her own death, she was Queen Victoria's most senior female line descendant. Her death marked the end of all female-line direct descendants of Frederick III, German Emperor and Victoria, Princess Royal.[1]
Issue
Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark and Major Richard Campbell Andrew Brandram had one child, a son:[1]
- Richard Paul George Andrew Brandram (1 April 1948 – 9 May 2020);[8][9] he married Jennifer Diane Steele on 12 February 1975 and they were divorced in 1993. They had three children and five grandchildren. His second marriage was to Katherine Moreton on 19 September 2009.
- Sophie Eila Brandram (23 January 1981);[1] she married Humphrey Walter Voelcker on 11 February 2017. They have two sons.
- Maximillian Walter Voelcker (4 February 2018)
- Alexander Paul Voelcker (13 May 2019)
- Nicholas George Brandram (23 April 1982);[1] he married Katrina Davis on 10 September 2011 and they divorced in 2014. In 2022, he married Sophie Amelia Ferguson (b. 1992). They have 1 son.
- Felix Robert Brandram (29 May 2023)
- Alexia Katherine Brandram (6 December 1985);[1] she married William John Palairet Hicks on 29 April 2016. They have two children.
- Theodora Katherine Anne Hicks (6 March 2019)[10]
- Frederick "Freddie" William Paul Hicks (10 April 2021)
- Sophie Eila Brandram (23 January 1981);[1] she married Humphrey Walter Voelcker on 11 February 2017. They have two sons.
Ancestry
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References
- ^ a b c d e f Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 165.
- ^ a b "Lady Katherine Brandram," The Daily Telegraph, 4 October 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
- ISBN 978-0750921473.
- ^ Van der Kiste, p.175
- ISBN 9780312302399.
- ^ Van der Kiste, p.177
- ^ "No. 38067". The London Gazette. 9 September 1947. p. 4249.
- ^ Romania Regala
- ^ Koenig, Marlene Eilers. "A QVD Death: Paul Brandram (1948–2020)". Royal Musings. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ Rhodes, Michael. "Son for Alexia Hicks [nee Brandram] and William Hicks: latest descendant of the Royal House of Greece". Peerage News. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ^ a b c d Meisner, Heinrich Otto (1961), "Friedrich III", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 5, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 487–489; (full text online)
- ^ a b Bricka, Carl Frederik (ed.). "Louise". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Vol. 5. p. 593.
- ^ a b "Olga Constantinovna (1851–1926)". Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Gale Research. 2002.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-85605-469-0
External links
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