Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark

The Lady Katherine Brandram (née Princess Ekaterini of Greece and Denmark) is the daughter of Constantine I of Greece (1868-1922) (son ofGeorge I of Greece and Grand Duchess Olga of Russia, who became Olga, Queen of Greece) and his wife Queen Sophie (1870-1932), formerly Princess Sophie of Prussia, daughter of Frederick III, German Emperor, and his wife Victoria, Princess Royal and Empress Frederick.

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Constantine I of Greece - George I of Greece - Olga, Queen of Greece - Sophie of Prussia - Frederick III, German Emperor - Victoria, Princess Royal and Empress Frederick

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Katherine was born on May 4 in 1913 in Athens, Greece. Her parents were deposed in 1917, when she was just four years old, and re-instated in 1920 and deposed again in 1922. Katherine's brother George became King George II of the Hellenes in 1922. He was deposed in 1924 and reinstated in 1935. He then abdicated in 1941. In 1947, Katherine's brother Paul, or Pavlos, became Paul I of Greece. In that same year, Katherine, living in England, married Richard Brandram on April 21. She received permission to style herself 'Lady Katherine Brandram' and in 25 August 1947 she formally renounced her title of Princess of Greece and Denmark and the style 'Royal Highness'.

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1913 - Athens - Greece - 1917 - 1920 - 1922 - George II of the Hellenes - 1924 - 1935 - 1941 - Paul I of Greece

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She had one son with Richard Brandram: Richard Paul George Andrew Brandram, born April 1 1948.

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Lady Katherine is one of only two surviving great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria. (The other one is Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Sweden.) Katherine had two sisters, Helen of Greece and Denmark (who married Carol II of Romania and became Queen Helen of Romania) and Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, and another brother, Alexander I of Greece.

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Queen Victoria - Count Carl Johan Bernadotte - Sweden - Helen of Greece - Carol II of Romania - Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark - Alexander I of Greece

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