Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark explained

Princess Irene
House:Glücksburg
Birth Date:1942 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Cape Town, South Africa
Father:Paul of Greece
Mother:Frederica of Hanover

Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ειρήνη; born 11 May 1942) is the youngest child and second daughter of King Paul of the Hellenes and his wife, Queen Frederica. She is the younger sister of Queen Sofía of Spain and King Constantine II of the Hellenes. She is also the great-granddaughter of Wilhelm II, German Emperor, who was the first grandson of Queen Victoria.

Biography

Irene was born in Cape Town, South Africa, where her parents were living in exile, on 11 May 1942. She was christened at her parents' Claremont home by the Metropolitan of the Holy Archdiocese of Good Hope. She had ten godparents, including General Jan Smuts, Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark (her paternal aunt), King George II of the Hellenes (her paternal uncle), Queen Mary of the United Kingdom, and the Duchess of Kent (her paternal first cousin once removed). She was a pupil of concert pianist Gina Bachauer and, for a while, she was a professional concert pianist herself.[1]

Irene was courted by Prince Michel of Orléans, Count of Évreux, a younger son of the Orléanist pretender Henri, Count of Paris, until he met French noblewoman Béatrice Marie Pasquier de Franclieu,[2] whom he married in 1967.[3]

Between her father’s death and her brother having his first child, she had the title “Crown Princess of Greece”.

After her brother was dethroned, Irene moved to India with her mother. Since her mother's death in 1981, she has lived in Spain in an apartment at the Zarzuela Palace in Madrid, the residence of her sister and brother-in-law, Queen Sofía and King Juan Carlos.[4]

Irene was the founder and president of the organisation World in Harmony (Mundo en Armonía) from 1986 to 2023.[5] On 16 March 2018, Princess Irene obtained Spanish nationality and renounced her Greek nationality.[6] [7]

Notable published works

Titles, styles and honours

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Honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Royal Baby Christened 1942. British Pathé. 18 December 2022. 18 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221218021615/https://www.britishpathe.com/video/royal-baby-christened/query/Royal+Baby+Christened. live.
  2. Herrero, Nieves. Beatriz de Orleans , El Mundo Magazine. 4 October 2009
  3. Philippe de Montjouvent. Le Comte de Paris et sa Descendance. Editions du Chaney, 1998, Charenton, France. pp. 21, 23-26, 34-36, 40-41, 187, 197, 310, 313, 467-468. (French) .
  4. Web site: Irene de Grecia, así es la hermana rebelde, divertida y bohemia de Doña Sofía . 19 January 2023 . 29 March 2023 . 29 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230329175202/https://www.diariodesevilla.es/gente/Irene-Grecia-divertida-Dona-Sofia_0_1758425597.html . live .
  5. Web site: Who We Are . World In Harmony . 10 April 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081218/http://www.worldinharmony.org/who_en.html . 4 March 2016 . dead .
  6. Web site: El Mundo . 19 March 2018 . 22 March 2018 . 22 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180322145110/http://www.elmundo.es/loc/casa-real/2018/03/19/5aafdd73468aeb57218b4684.html . live .
  7. Web site: "Real Decreto 164/2018, de 16 de marzo, por el que se concede la nacionalidad española por carta de naturaleza a Su Alteza Real doña Irene de Grecia de Hannover." . 4 April 2018 . 5 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180405024150/http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2018/04/03/pdfs/BOE-A-2018-4570.pdf . live .
  8. Web site: Logintegral . 2 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131103180532/http://www.logintegral-libros.com/?editorial=Editorial-CSED&libro=EN-DECELIA . 3 November 2013 . dead .
  9. Book: Librería Marcial Pons . 2 November 2013 . 4 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131104063335/http://www.marcialpons.es/libros/en-decelia-fragmentos-ceramicos-de-decelia-y-miscelanea-arqueologica/9788494103308/ . live .
  10. Jørgen Pedersen: Riddere af Elefantordenen 1559–2009, Odense: Syddansk Universitetsforlag, 2009.
  11. http://www.constantinianorder.org/the-order/membersip-of-the-constantinian-order.html Membership of the Constantinian Order
  12. Web site: Sito web del Quirinale: dettaglio decorato. . 21 September 2019 . 21 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190921173645/https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/33146 . live .
  13. Web site: Instagram .

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