King Constantine I (1868-1923) and Sophie of Prussia (1870-1932)

[Vasillisos Markos]

Wow, wonderful photographs. Thanks for posting!

 

[BELTRANEJA]

This picture of King Constantine is very well, it is military parade, in the picture King Constantine and Prince George.
http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae16/RFAMILY_G/desfilemilitar.jpg?t=1297952327

 

[Marengo]

Apparently the letters of King Constantine I to princess Paola Ostheim have been published:

Les lettres du roi Constantin Ier de Grèce à la princesse Paola d’Ostheim | Noblesse & Royautés

 

[EmpressRouge]

Apparently the letters of King Constantine I to princess Paola Ostheim have been published:

Les lettres du roi Constantin Ier de Grèce à la princesse Paola d’Ostheim | Noblesse & Royautés

Mmm...the letter seems to suggest they had a romantic attachment or at the very least, a very deep bond.

 

[Grandduchess24]

The grandparents of Constantine II and his sisters and I belive queen Sofia of Spain was actually named after her grandmother.

 

[Nikolopoulus]

yes it was, it was one tradition in Greece. And the Crown Prince of Kings Constantine- sofia was George as his grandfather the King George. Princess Irene was born in wartime, it was customary to put the name of Irene, because it means peace.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

www.formerkingofgreecw.org stated;
Constantine I of Greece was named after his mother's father, the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia. It was also a name of great significance for the Greeks and those patriots who had espoused the Megali Idea of a united Greek people led from Constantinople.
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King Constantine I in Thesalonika in 1913.
http://www.gettyimages.com/license/152235730

 

[WreathOfLaurels]

Τhe Greek Royal Mistresses

 

[CyrilVladisla]

The triumphal return of King Constantine I to Athens, Greece in 1913
http://www.gettyimages.com/license/152235733

 

[CyrilVladisla]

When she was Crown Princess of Greece, Sophie joined the Greek Orthodox Church of her husband Constantine. Emperor Wilhelm II claimed that Sophie entirely refused to acknowledge her brother as Head of her Family and the Church. He banned Sophie from returning to Germany.
However, when Prince Constantine had formally asked Wilhelm for Sophie's hand in marriage, he received the Emperor's support.

 

[Blog Real]

The tomb of King Constantine I in the Tatoi Mausoleum (Greece).
https://fotos.web.sapo.io/i/o0617b60b/21894779_EYza9.gif

The tomb of Queen Sophia of Prussia, consort of King Constantine I, in the Tatoi Mausoleum (Greece).
https://fotos.web.sapo.io/i/o9f17c827/21894783_ummUI.gif

 

[Blog Real]

Accession of King Constantine I of Greece, 1913
https://royalwatcherblog.com/2023/0...constantine-i-of-greece-1913/#google_vignette

 

[CyrilVladisla]

Queen Sophie had a politcal controversy with her brother Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany.

 

[Blog Real]

Princess Sophie of Prussia, 1887.

Princess Sophie of Prussia and Constantine, Duke of Sparta.

Sophia, Crown Princess of Greece, ca. 1900.

Sophia as Queen of the Hellenes, 1913.

 

[Blog Real]

King Constantine I and Queen Sophia with their children, ca. 1915.

Swearing-in ceremony of Constantine, 1913.

 

[Prinsara]

Queen Sophie had a politcal controversy with her brother Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany.

She looks startlingly similar to her great-niece Frederica and to current-Queen Sofia here…