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Princess Frederica of Hanover (Friederike Sophie Marie Henriette Amelie Therese; 9 January 1848 – 16 October 1926) was a member of the House of Hanover. After her marriage, she lived mostly in England, where she was a prominent member of society.

(public domain) Friederike Luise Thyra Victoria Margarita Sophia Olga Cecilia Isabella Christa or Queen Frederica of Greece as she would later be known was born on 18 April 1917 in Blankenburg am Harz in the German Empire to parents Ernest Augustus, Prince of Hanover and Duke of Brunswick and Princess Victoria Louise (originally of Prussia as her father was Kaiser Wilhelm).

Frederica married Ernest Augustus I Hanover, son of George III Hanover and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, on 29 May 1815 in Neustrelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. (Ernest Augustus I Hanover was born on 5 Jun 1771 in Buckingham House, London, England, died on 18 Nov 1851 in Hanover, Niedersachsen, Germany and was buried in ...

Little is known of Frederica and her siblings Marie and Ernest’s childhoods in Hanover but their father’s position made Frederica an attractive future bride. (public domain) Otto von Bismark, the Prussian Prime Minister, contacted Hanover in 1866 about a possible match for the Princess and Prince Albrecht of Prussia was suggested as a ...

Greece Monarch. Full name, Fredericka Louise Thyra Victoria Margaret Sophia Olga Cecily Guelph Oldenburg. Wife of Paul I, King of the Hellenes. Her mother was daughter of German Emperor Wilhem II and father Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg.Mother of Queen Sophia of Spain and King Constantine II last King of Greece. She died...

Queen Frederica was the wife of King Paul of the Hellenes, and the mother of the last Greek king, Constantine II. She was born Princess Frederica Louisa Thyra Victoria Margareta Sophie Olga Cécilie Isabelle Christa of Hanover, on April 18, 1917, in Blankenburg am Harz, in the Duchy of Brunswick, now in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, the daughter of ...

Princess Frederica was buried in the Royal Vault in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle ("Court Circular", The Times, 19 November 1926: 17). British and German royalty. Her Royal Highness Princess Frederica Sophie Marie Henrietta Amelia Theresa of Hanover was the elder daughter of George V, King of Hanover, and his wife, Marie of Saxe-Altenburg.

Frederica of Hanover. Frederica of Hanover ( Friederike Luise Thyra Victoria Margarita Sophia Olga Cecilia Isabella Christa; Greek: Φρειδερίκη της Ελλάδας; pronounced [friðeˈrici ˈtis eˈlaðas]; 18 April 1917 – 6 February 1981) was Queen consort of Greece from 1947 until 1964 as the wife of King Paul. [1]