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February 8, 1938
Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, the uncle of King George II, died today of a stroke after a ten-day illness at the Grande Bretagne Hotel in Athens. He was 66 years old. His wife, the former Grand Duchess Helen of Russia, their daughter, Princess Olga of Yugoslavia, and the king, were at Prince Nicholas' bedside when he died, according to the New York Times.
Flags were ordered to fly at half-staff today. Tomorrow the prince's body will be taken to the cathedral in Athens, where it will "lie in state for three days." Burial will take place at Tatoi.
Prince Nicholas' youngest daughter, the Duchess of Kent, and her husband are expected to arrive tomorrow from Austria, "where they had been skiing."
Prince Nicholas was born in Athens on January 22, 1872. He was the third son of King George I and Queen Olga, who was born Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinova of Russia. In his memoirs, Prince Nicholas wrote that in his childhood the royal palace in Athens was "neither sanitary nor habitable, according to our modern standards."
He married Grand Duchess Helene of Russia on August 29, 1902.
Nicholas was a firm defender of his older brother, King Constantine, during the world war, from accusations that Constantine was pro-German. After the monarchy fell and Constantine went into exile, Prince Nicholas and his family went to Switzerland, where they lived until Constantine was restored as king in 1920.
Four years later, when the monarchy was again abolished, Nicholas and his family went again into exile, this time to Paris, where they lived in a "modest apartment in Passy."
It was during this time that Prince Nicholas "devoted a great deal of his time to painting." The sale of his work was said to "have been his chief source of income."
All three of Nicholas' daughters have married well. The eldest daughter, Olga, who was once engaged to Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, is the wife of Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, one of three regents for the minor King Peter II, whose father was assassinated in Marseilles in 1934. They have three children, Alexander, Nicholas, and Elizabeth.
The second daughter, Princess Elisabeth, is the wife of the Count of Toerring-Jettenbach, and they have two children: Hans Veit and Helene.
The youngest daughter, Marina, was married in 1934 to Prince George, the Duke of Kent, and they are the parents of two children, Prince Edward, and Princess Alexandra.
Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, the uncle of King George II, died today of a stroke after a ten-day illness at the Grande Bretagne Hotel in Athens. He was 66 years old. His wife, the former Grand Duchess Helen of Russia, their daughter, Princess Olga of Yugoslavia, and the king, were at Prince Nicholas' bedside when he died, according to the New York Times.
Flags were ordered to fly at half-staff today. Tomorrow the prince's body will be taken to the cathedral in Athens, where it will "lie in state for three days." Burial will take place at Tatoi.
Prince Nicholas' youngest daughter, the Duchess of Kent, and her husband are expected to arrive tomorrow from Austria, "where they had been skiing."
Prince Nicholas was born in Athens on January 22, 1872. He was the third son of King George I and Queen Olga, who was born Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinova of Russia. In his memoirs, Prince Nicholas wrote that in his childhood the royal palace in Athens was "neither sanitary nor habitable, according to our modern standards."
He married Grand Duchess Helene of Russia on August 29, 1902.
Nicholas was a firm defender of his older brother, King Constantine, during the world war, from accusations that Constantine was pro-German. After the monarchy fell and Constantine went into exile, Prince Nicholas and his family went to Switzerland, where they lived until Constantine was restored as king in 1920.
Four years later, when the monarchy was again abolished, Nicholas and his family went again into exile, this time to Paris, where they lived in a "modest apartment in Passy."
It was during this time that Prince Nicholas "devoted a great deal of his time to painting." The sale of his work was said to "have been his chief source of income."
All three of Nicholas' daughters have married well. The eldest daughter, Olga, who was once engaged to Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, is the wife of Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, one of three regents for the minor King Peter II, whose father was assassinated in Marseilles in 1934. They have three children, Alexander, Nicholas, and Elizabeth.
The second daughter, Princess Elisabeth, is the wife of the Count of Toerring-Jettenbach, and they have two children: Hans Veit and Helene.
The youngest daughter, Marina, was married in 1934 to Prince George, the Duke of Kent, and they are the parents of two children, Prince Edward, and Princess Alexandra.
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