Alice, Princess Andrew Of Greece (1885-1969)

[rebbevb]

I just realized that Princess Alice's tiara that is the first pic in post 19 was actually her wedding necklace

[Martha]

I have a question, princess alice had some diseases. How did she met Prince Andrew? was princess alice´s marriage a familiar decision?

[EmpressRouge]

Originally Posted by Martha

I have a question, princess alice had some diseases. How did she met Prince Andrew? was princess alice´s marriage a familiar decision?

She suffered from congenital deafness. She met Prince Andrew at her great-uncle, Edward VII's coronation. The event was postponed for a few weeks because of Edward's sudden illness, thus giving Andrew and Alice more time to get to know each other. It was a love match.

[tan_berry]

A beautiful woman. Her husband was Prince of Greece and Denmark and belonged to the Schlesswieg-Holstein House. It seems most of the kings of eastern Europe belonged to german royal families.

[Warren]

Originally Posted by tan_berry

It seems most of the kings of eastern Europe belonged to german royal families.

Yes, a sort of dynastic colonisation:

Albania: for a short time Wied (German) then Zogu (native)
Bulgaria: for a short time Batternberg [Hesse] followed by Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (both German)
Greece: S-H-S-G (Danish)
Montenegro: Petrovich-Njegos (native)
Romania: Hohenzollern (-Sigmaringen) (German)
Serbia: Obrenovic and Karageorgevic (both native)