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« Reply #165 on: September 14, 2021, 02:14:58 AM »
Queen Olga in Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1867   
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« Reply #166 on: September 16, 2021, 06:22:23 PM »
The date must be wrong on that photo - in 1867 Olga would have been 16 and I only see a much older woman, or women.   More like 1907. 
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« Reply #167 on: September 16, 2021, 09:37:18 PM »
And the caption also says she died in 1913...
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« Reply #168 on: September 19, 2021, 08:53:16 PM »
Quote from: Celia on September 16, 2021, 09:37:18 PM
And the caption also says she died in 1913...

I think it's meant as dates of how long she was a reigning Queen.
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« Reply #169 on: September 20, 2021, 01:41:34 AM »
Quote from: Kristallinchen on September 19, 2021, 08:53:16 PM
Quote from: Celia on September 16, 2021, 09:37:18 PM
And the caption also says she died in 1913...

I think it's meant as dates of how long she was a reigning Queen.
   
Kristallinchen, Your are correct. The given years are how long Olga was the Queen.
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« Reply #170 on: December 08, 2021, 10:33:31 PM »
Departure in exile of King George II and Queen Elizabeth of Greece on December 19, 1923   
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« Reply #171 on: February 04, 2022, 10:23:14 PM »
Prince William of Denmark was elected King of the Hellenes. How did he choose George for his regnal name?
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« Reply #172 on: April 06, 2022, 11:51:36 PM »
Prince Constantine Alexios of Greece   
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« Reply #173 on: May 14, 2022, 12:57:11 AM »
Was King Constantine I of Greece named after a Constantine in early Greek history?
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« Reply #174 on: May 14, 2022, 04:59:17 AM »
Most likely named after his maternal grandfather, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich.
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« Reply #175 on: May 14, 2022, 05:54:33 AM »
Quote from: CyrilSebastian on February 04, 2022, 10:23:14 PM
Prince William of Denmark was elected King of the Hellenes. How did he choose George for his regnal name?

George was one of his middle names, perhaps he thought it the most "king-like" given his descent from King George II of Great Britain.

I find it fascinating he was only 17 when elected as King - how insane that seems now!
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« Reply #176 on: May 14, 2022, 11:34:51 PM »
I seriously doubt his descent from a British king 100 years removed factored in to it!  George is a popular Greek name, and Wilhelm/William is definitely not.
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« Reply #177 on: May 15, 2022, 01:09:21 AM »
Quote from: lilyrose on May 14, 2022, 04:59:17 AM
Most likely named after his maternal grandfather, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich.

Yes, and I think I've read somewhere? that at Constantine I's birth in 1868, a large crowd outside the palace chanted "Constantine" when the news broke.  So the parents went with that 😄. 
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« Reply #178 on: May 16, 2022, 05:54:06 PM »
Quote from: Kristallinchen on September 19, 2021, 08:53:16 PM
Quote from: Celia on September 16, 2021, 09:37:18 PM
And the caption also says she died in 1913...

I think it's meant as dates of how long she was a reigning Queen.

She was never a reigning queen but a queen consort and then dowager queen or queen consort.
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