Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark

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Princess Alexia
Princess Alexia at the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, 19 June 2010
Spouse Carlos Morales Quintana
Issue
Arrietta Morales y de Grecia
Ana María Morales y de Grecia
Carlos Morales y de Grecia
Amelia Morales y de Grecia
House House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Father Constantine II of Greece
Mother Anne-Marie of Denmark
Born (1965-07-10) 10 July 1965 (age 47)
Mon Repos, Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece
Religion Greek Orthodox
Greek Royal Family
Coat of Arms of the Royal Family of Greece

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Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark (Greek: Πριγκίπισσα Αλεξία της Ελλάδας και Δανίας), born 10 July 1965, is the eldest child of former King Constantine II of Greece and former Queen Anna-Marie (née Princess Anne-Marie Dagmar Ingrid of Denmark who is the youngest daughter of King Frederick IX of Denmark and his wife Ingrid of Sweden), and the eldest grandchild of King Frederick IX of Denmark and Queen Ingrid.

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Biography

Early life

Princess Alexia was born at Mon Repos, Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece, the same house as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Since her own birth and until the birth on 20 May 1967 of her brother Pavlos, Princess Alexia was heiress presumptive to the throne of Hellenes, then an extant monarchy. The succession law of Greece was not a Salic one, instead it was effectively similar with the ones of the United Kingdom and Spain.

Marriage and issue

On 9 July 1999 Princess Alexia married Carlos Morales Quintana, an architect and a champion yachtsman, at St. Sophia Cathedral, London. Princess Alexia and Carlos Morales have four children:

  • Arrietta Morales y de Grecia, born 24 February 2002 in Barcelona.
  • Ana María Morales y de Grecia, born 15 May 2003 in Barcelona.
  • Carlos Morales y de Grecia, born 30 July 2005 in Barcelona.
  • Amelia Morales y de Grecia, born 26 October 2007 in Spain.

Alexia is godmother to Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece, Pablo Nicolas Urdangarin y de Borbon, Countess Ingrid von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth, Princess Isabella of Denmark and Emma Tallulah Behn.

Alexia and her family live now in Puerto Calero, Lanzarote, Canary Islands in a house designed by her husband.[1]

Styles of
Princess Alexia
Arms of a Prince of Greece.svg
Reference style Her Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Royal Highness
Alternative style Ma'am

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

  • 10 July 1965 – 20 May 1967: Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess of Greece, Princess of Denmark
  • 20 May 1967 – 9 July 1999: Her Royal Highness Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark
  • 9 July 1999 – present: Her Royal Highness Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark, Mrs Morales

Honours

See also List of honours of the Greek Royal Family by country

Ancestry

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References

  1. ^ Exilio de las Infantas en Lanzarote provocado por Zapatero
  2. ^ Mad Hattery, Victoria of Sweden's Wedding, 06/2010, HRH Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark, and Carlos Morales
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