Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark


 
 

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Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, née Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (); ? 27 August 1968) was a member of the British Royal Family; the wife of Prince George, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of King George V of the United Kingdom and Mary of Teck.

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Princess Marina was the last foreign-born princess to marry into the British royal family.

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Princess Marina was born in Athens, Greece on 13 December 1906. Her father was Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, the third son of George I of Greece. Her mother was Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, a granddaughter of Tsar Alexander II of Russia. One of her paternal uncles was Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, the father of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.


 

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Map of the Austrian Empire Italian States Turkey in Europe and Greece c.1867
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The Battle of Actium: off the West Coast of Greece
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Princess Frog

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Introduction
Early life
Marriage
Later life
Titles, styles, and honours
Ancestry
Trivia
References
See also
 
FR: Marina de Grèce


 

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