Queen Olga (1851-1926)

[juliamontague]

Olga Konstantinovna, later Queen of Greece, with her mother. Coloured by me

[CarolinaLandgrave]

Does anyone have a good source of info in Queen Olga? Her genealogy (I know she was a Russian Grand Duchess)...
And some good pictures of her?
Thanks!

[Philippe Egalite']

Originally Posted by CarolinaLandgrave

Does anyone have a good source of info in Queen Olga? Her genealogy (I know she was a Russian Grand Duchess)...
And some good pictures of her?
Thanks!

Look at Wikipedia. If you search for "Queen Olga" or Queen Olga of Greece" you will also be referred to the national Portrait Gallery site where you'll find a magnificent portrait of hers by Vandyk dating back to 1922. She is in mourning dress following the unexpected death of her son Alexander. Please note that during the short interregnum, she became Regent of Greece.

[Warren]

Here's the Wikipedia entry,

here's a larger version of the Wikipedia Queen Olga portrait,

and here's the National Portrait Gallery Vandyk Portrait of Queen Olga.
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[Philippe Egalite']

In my post #3 above, I quoed inadvertently King Alexander as Queen Olga's son. He was, in fact, her grandson, the second son of her first son King Constantine I.

[Philippe Egalite']

I read (I believe in a book by prince Michael on the Greek Royal Family) that Queen Olga was feeling extremely homesick and whenever a boat of the Russian Navy arrived in Piraeus, the port adjacent to Athens, she would visit with the sailors joking and having fun with them.

[sinulord]

It's interesting to note that since the Prince of Wales is a direct descendant of Queen Olga, he will, upon his ascension to the British Throne, become the first British monarch to also descend from the Imperial House of Romanov. And perhaps also the only royal descendant of Queen Olga that will be a reigning monarch