Signed Princess Marina of Greece Denmark Duchess Kent George V 1906-1968 1930s

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Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark Signed Album Page Princess Marina Duchess of Kent Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark by Philip de László , 1934 SpousePrince George, Duke of Kent Issue Prince Edward, Duke of Kent Princess Alexandra, The Hon. Lady Ogilvy Prince Michael of Kent Full name Marina [1 ] House House of Windsor (by marriage) House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (by birth) Father Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark Mother Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia Born ( 1906-12-13 )13 December 1906 Athens , Greece Died 27 August 1968 (1968-08-27 ) (aged 61) Kensington Palace , London Burial Frogmore Religion Greek Orthodox House of Oldenburg(Glücksburg branch) George I Children Constantine I Prince George Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia Prince Nicholas Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna of Russia Princess Olga Prince Andrew Prince Christopher Grandchildren Prince Peter Eugénie, Duchess of Castel Duino Olga, Princess Paul of Yugoslavia Elizabeth, Countess of Toerring-Jettenbach Marina, Duchess of Kent Margarita, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Theodora, Margravine of Baden Cecilie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine Sophie, Princess George of Hanover Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Prince Michael Great-grandchildren Princess Alexandra of Greece Princess Olga Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent , née Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark ( Greek : � ριγκίπισσα Μαρίνα της Ελλάδος και της Δανίας ; 13 December [ O.S. 30 November] 1906 – 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 .Princess Marina was the most recent foreign-born princess to marry into the British royal family. Early life Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, right, with her sisters Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark , left, and Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark , center. 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 .She was baptised near the end of 1906, and her godparents were: the King of Greece (her paternal grandfather); the King of the United Kingdom (her granduncle); the Princess of Wales ; Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (her paternal uncle); Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia (her maternal uncle); and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (her maternal aunt).The family was generally poor and forced into exile when she was 11, following the overthrow of the Greek monarchy. They later moved to Paris, while the Princess stayed throughout Europe with her extended family. Marriage On 29 November 1934 she married Prince George, Duke of Kent , at Westminster Abbey , London . Her bridesmaids were her first cousins Princesses Irene , Eugenie and Katherine of Greece and Denmark, her maternal first cousin Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia , Crown Princess Juliana of the Netherlands , her husband's niece Princess Elizabeth of York , and her husband's cousins the Lady Iris Mountbatten and the Lady Mary Cambridge .The Royal School of Needlework made a quilt as a wedding gift for Princess Marina and the Duke of Kent.Together the couple had three children: Prince Edward of Kent , born 9 October 1935; Duke of Kent from 25 August 1942 Princess Alexandra of Kent , born 25 December 1936 Prince Michael of Kent , born 4 July 1942 The Duke of Kent was killed on 25 August 1942, in an aeroplane crash at Eagles Rock, near Dunbeath, Caithness , Scotland , while on active service with the Royal Air Force . The Duchess, according to royal biographer Hugo Vickers , was "the only war widow in Britain whose estate was forced to pay death duties".... read more

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