Sophie von Hannover (von Griechenland) Also Known As: "Πριγκίπισσα Σοφία της Ελλάδας και Δανίας", "Sophie of Greece and Denmark", "Sophie von Hessen" Birthdate: June 26, 1914: Birthplace: München, Bayern, Deutschland(DKR) Death: November 03, 2001 (87) München, Bayern, Deutschland(BRD) Place of Burial: Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark (Greek: Πριγκίπισσα Ευγενία της Ελλάδας και Δανίας) (10 February 1910 – 13 February 1989) was the youngest child and only daughter of Prince George of Greece and Denmark and his wife, Princess Marie Bonaparte, daughter of Marie-Félix Blanc and Prince Roland Bonaparte, a great-nephew of Napoleon I. Sophie was born at Villa Mon Repos on the island of Corfu in Greece. The youngest daughter of Andrew and Alice, Sophie — born in 1914 — was the first of her sisters to tie the knot. Princess Theodora stands behind her mother and on the right of her sister, Princess Cecilie. The Family of Princess Alice and Prince Andrew: Prince Philip stands to the right of his mother, and next to his sister, Princess Margarita. Nov 18, 2019 - by Scott Mehl Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, Princess of Hesse, Princess of Hanover Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark was the third daughter of Prince Andreas of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. The Duke of Edinburgh is her younger brother. He was in the line of succession to the Greek and more distantly to the Danish throne. Known in the family as “Tiny”, she was born on March 25, 1915, at Mon Repos on the… Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (Greek: Πριγκίπισσα Σοφία της Ελλάδας και Δανίας) (26 June 1914 – 3 November 2001) was the fourth child and youngest daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark. Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark, also known as Princess Victoria Alice Elizabeth Julia Marie of Battenberg, was the mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and mother-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II. She was the granddaughter of King George I of Greece.
A member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, he was a prince of both Greece and Denmark, as his father was a younger son of Christian IX of Denmark. 1923: Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark married HRH Prince Paul of Yugoslavia. Princess Sophie sits on her father's left.
She was born in England as the great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and the eldest child/daughter of Prince Louis of Battenberg. Prince Christoph of Hesse - 1st husband of Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, killed Princess Sophie, Prince Philip’s youngest sister, sitting opposite Hitler at the top table of a wedding of Hermann Goering, the commander of the Luftwaffe.