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Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906-1969)

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  • Princess of Greece and Denmark (birth)
  • Margravine of Baden (marriage)

Biography

Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark was born 30 May 1906 in Old Royal Palace, Athens, Attica, Greece to Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1882-1944) and Alice Mountbatten (1885-1969) and died 16 October 1969 Konstanz, Konstanz, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany of unspecified causes. She married Berthold Friedrich von Baden (1906-1963) 17 August 1931 in Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Badene-Wurttemberg, Germany.

Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark was a Greek and Danish princess by birth and Margravine of Baden through her marriage to Berthold, pretender to the throne of the Grand Duchy of Baden. She lived a happy childhood in Greece before the tragedy of the Balkan Wars forced her family to live many years in exile in Switzerland.

Marriage and settling in Salem

Princess Theodora of Greece and Prince Berthold of Baden

Berthold and Theodora on their wedding day in 1931

In June 1931, Théodora became engaged to Berthold, Margrave of Baden.[1] Son of the last chancellor of the German Empire and titular Grand Duke of Baden from November 1929, Berthold was in charge of a substantial fortune. A man of culture, he lived in Salem, where his father had founded a school with the help of his secretary, Kurt Hahn, in 1920.[2][3][4] On 17 August 1931, Theodora and Berthold married in a double religious ceremony, both Lutheran and Orthodox, at the Neues Schloss in Baden-Baden, which resulted in a large family reunion, at which the bride's mother, Princess Alice, was not present.[3][5] After the ceremony, the newlyweds went on their honeymoon in Capri, Italy, where they were hosts to the Swedish poet Axel Munthe.[3]

Back in Germany, the couple moved to Salem Castle, a former Cistercian abbey transformed into a princely residence after its secularization in 1803.[6][7][8][9] The Margrave and Margravine of Baden had three children: Margarita (1932–2013),[10] Maximilian (1933–2022) and Ludwig (born 1937).[11][12]




Children


Offspring of Berthold Friedrich von Baden (1906-1963) and Princess Theodora
Name Birth Death Joined with
Margarete Alice Thyra Viktoria Maria von Baden (1932-2013)
Maximilian Andreas Friedrich Gustav Ernst August Bernhard Prinz von Baden (1933-2022)
Ludwig Wilhelm Georg Ernst Christoph Prinz von Baden (1937-)



Siblings


Offspring of Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1882-1944) and Alice Mountbatten (1885-1969)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Margarita of Greece and Denmark (1905-1981) 18 April 1905 Royal Palace, Athens, Greece 24 April 1981 Bad Wiessee, Miesbach, Bavaria, Germany Gottfried Hermann Alfred zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1897-1960)
Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906-1969) 30 May 1906 Old Royal Palace, Athens, Attica, Greece 16 October 1969 Konstanz, Konstanz, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany Berthold Friedrich von Baden (1906-1963)
Cecilie of Greece and Denmark (1911-1937) 22 June 1911 Athens, Attica, Greece 16 November 1937 Oostende, Oostende, West Flanders, Belgium Georg Donatus von Hesse-Darmstadt (1906-1937)
Sophie of Greece and Denmark (1914-2001) 26 June 1914 Villa Mon-Repos, Corfu, Kerkira, Ionian Islands, Greece 24 November 2001 Schilersee, Miesbach, Bavaria, Germany Christopher Ernst August von Hessen (1901-1943)
George WIlhelm of Hanover (1915-2006)
Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021) 10 June 1921 Corfu, Greece 9 April 2021 Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1926-2022)

Residences

Notable Ancestors

  • Descendants of Christian IX of Denmark


See Also


References

  1. ^ Vickers 2000, p. 230.
  2. ^ Mateos Sainz de Medrano 2004, p. 297.
  3. ^ a b c Vickers 2000, p. 231.
  4. ^ Eade 2012, p. 77, 84-86.
  5. ^ Eade 2012, p. 76.
  6. ^ Eade 2012, p. 76-77.
  7. ^ Vickers 2000, p. 234.
  8. ^ Celada 2007, p. 88-89.
  9. ^ Mateos Sainz de Medrano 2004, p. 446-447.
  10. ^ Vickers 2000, p. 242, 269.
  11. ^ Beéche & Miller 2020, p. 166.
  12. ^ Vickers 2000, p. 269.



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