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Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark

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Princess Eugénie
Princess Dominik Radziwiłł
Duchess of Castel Duino
Princess Eugenie as a child
Born(1910-02-10)10 February 1910
Paris, France
Died13 February 1989(1989-02-13) (aged 79)
Geneva, Switzerland
SpousePrince Dominik Radziwiłł
Raimundo, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino
IssuePrincess Tatiana Radziwiłł
Prince Jerzy Radziwiłł
Carlo Alessandro, 3rd Duke of Castel Duino
HouseSchleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
FatherPrince George of Greece and Denmark
MotherPrincess Marie Bonaparte
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark (Template:Lang-el) (10 February 1910 – 13 February 1989) was the youngest child and only daughter of Prince George of Greece and Denmark and his wife, Marie Bonaparte, daughter of Prince Roland Bonaparte. Her father was the second son of George I of Greece and Olga Constantinovna of Russia.[1]

As a cousin of the bridegroom, she was a leading guest at the 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.[2]

She authored Le Tsarevitch, Enfant Martyr, a biography of Aleksey Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, written in French, which was published in 1990.

Marriage and issue

She married Dominik Rainer Radziwiłł on 30 May 1938 in Paris. They divorced in 1946.[1] They had two children:[3]

Eugénie remarried on 28 November 1949 to Prince Raymundo della Torre e Tasso, Duke of Castel Duino. Their marriage also ended in divorce, in 1965.[1] They had one son:


Ancestry

Family of Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark
16. Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
8. Christian IX of Denmark
17. Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Cassel
4. George I of Greece
18. Landgrave William of Hesse-Kassel
9. Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel
19. Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark
2. Prince George of Greece and Denmark
20. Nicholas I of Russia
10. Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia
21. Princess Charlotte of Prussia
5. Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia
22. Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
11. Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg
23. Duchess Amelia of Württemberg
1. Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark
24. Prince Lucien Bonaparte
12. Prince Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte
25. Alexandrine de Bleschamp
6. Prince Roland Bonaparte
26. Julian Ruflin
13. Justine Eleanore Ruflin
27. Justine Lucard
3. Princess Marie Bonaparte
28. Claude Blanc
14. François Blanc
29. Marie Janin
7. Marie-Félix Blanc
30. Caspar Hensel
15. Marie Hensel
31. Catherine Stemler


Titles, styles, honours, and arms

Titles and styles

  • 10 February 1910 – 30 May 1938: Her Royal Highness Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark
  • 30 May 1938 – 28 November 1949: Her Royal Highness Princess Dominic Radziwiłł
  • 28 November 1949 – 11 May 1965: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Castel Duino
  • 11 May 1965 – 13 February 1989: Her Royal Highness Princess Eugénie, Duchess of Castel Duino

Honours

References

  1. ^ a b c Paul Theroff. "Greece". An Online Gotha. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
  2. ^ Royal Collection: Seating plan for the Ball Supper Room http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/microsites/royalwedding1947/object.asp?grouping=&exhibs=NONE&object=9000366&row=82&detail=magnify
  3. ^ Genealogy
  4. ^ a b Brewer-Ward, Daniel A. (also known as Daniel Willis), The House of Habsburg: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Empress Maria Theresia, Clearfield Co., Inc., Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1966, p. 166.
  5. ^ Coronation of Elizabeth II



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