Consorts of the Kings of Greece were women married to the rulers of the Kingdom of Greece during their reign. All monarchs of modern Greece were male.The exception is King Otto, who was styled King of Greece. Amalia, accordingly, is the only person to hold the title Queen of Greece (rather than of the Hellenes). The monarchy of Greece was abolished on 8 December 1974.
Greek consorts bore the title, Queen of the Hellenes and the style, Majesty. The following queens were spouses of the kings of modern Greece between 1836 and 1973:
Queen consort of Greece
House of Wittelsbach (1832–1862) Picture Coat of arms Name Father Birth Marriage Became consort Ceased to be consort Death Spouse Amalia of Oldenburg Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (Holstein-Gottorp) 21 December 1818 22 December 1836 24 October 1862husband's disposition 20 May 1875 Otto
Queens consort of the Hellenes House of Glücksburg (1863–1973) Picture Coat of arms Name Greek name Father Birth Marriage Became consort Ceased to be consort Death Spouse Olga of RussiaÓlga Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia (Romanov) 3 September 1851 27 October 1867 18 March 1913husband's assassination 18 June 1926 George I Sophia of Prussia(first tenure)Sofía Frederick III, German Emperor (Hohenzollern) 14 June 1870 27 October 1889 18 March 1913husband's accession 11 June 1917husband's abdication 13 January 1932 Constantine I Aspasía Mánou(morganatic wife, created a Princess during widowhood)Aspasia and Alexander's marriage was kept secret, and Aspasia was never styled as Queen of the Hellenes. Sometime after Alexander's death she was recognized as a Princess of Greece and Denmark instead.Aspasía Pétros Mános (Mános) 4 September 1896 4 November 1919 25 October 1920husband's death 7 August 1972 Alexander Sophia of Prussia(second tenure)Sofía Frederick III, German Emperor (Hohenzollern) 14 June 1870 27 October 1889 19 December 1920husband's reinstatement 27 September 1922husband's abdication 13 January 1932 Constantine I Elizabeth of RomaniaElisávet Ferdinand of Romania (Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen) 12 October 1894 27 February 1921 27 September 1922husband's accession 25 March 1924husband's exile 14 November/15 November 1956 George II Frederica of HanoverFreideríki Ernest Augustus III, Duke of Brunswick (Hanover) 18 April 1917 9 January 1938 1 April 1947husband's accession 6 March 1964husband's death 6 February 1981 Paul Anne-Marie of DenmarkÁnna-María Frederik IX of Denmark (Glücksburg) 30 August 1946 18 September 1964 1 June 1973monarchy abolished living Constantine II
See also List of kings of Greece List of heads of state of Greece List of Roman and Byzantine empresses List of exiled and pretending Byzantine Empresses
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