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Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark
Greek princess (1914-2001); elder sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
- Child of Princess Alice of Battenberg and Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark
- Married to Prince Christoph of Hesse-Kassel, Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hanover
- Dated 26 June 1914 CE – 24 November 2001 CE
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Family
The family of Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark
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The family as a list · 17
Family 17
What this means
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child of (child) Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark Greek prince; father of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, grandfather Charles III (1882-1944) -
child of (child) Princess Alice of Battenberg Member of the House of Battenberg (1885–1969) -
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of the house House of Glücksburg (Greece) Greek branch of the House of Glücksburg - parent of (child) Prince Georg of Hanover Hanoverian Royal
- parent of (child) Prince Karl of Hesse German aristocrat (1937–2022)
- parent of (child) Prince Rainer of Hesse (born 1939)
- parent of (child) Prince Welf Ernst of Hanover Hanovarian prince
- parent of (child) Princess Christina Margarethe of Hesse eldest daughter of Prince Christoph of Hesse and Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark
- parent of (child) Princess Clarissa of Hesse born 1944; youngest child of Prince Christoph of Hesse and Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark
- parent of (child) Princess Dorothea of Hesse (1934-2025)
- parent of (child) Princess Friederike of Hanover Hanoverian princess
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sibling of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh consort of Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2021 (1921-2021) -
sibling of Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark Greek and Danish princess -
sibling of Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark Greco-Danish Royal and German Noble -
sibling of Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark Greco-Danish princess (1906-1969); sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - married to Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hanover German nobleman (1915–2006)
- married to Prince Christoph of Hesse-Kassel German air force officer (1901-1943)
Sources
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