Biography of George I King Greece 1845-1913

On 26th May 1842 [his father] King Christian IX of Denmark [aged 24] and [his mother] Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Denmark. He the son of [his grandfather] Friedrich Wilhelm Glücksburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg and [his grandmother] Louise Caroline Hesse-Kassel Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg [aged 52]. They were second cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 24th December 1845 George I King Greece was born to [his father] King Christian IX of Denmark [aged 27] and [his mother] Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [aged 28]. He a great x 3 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.84%.

In 1863 Charlotte Knollys [aged 27] was appointed Lady of the Bedchamber to [his sister] Alexandra Princess Wales [aged 18].

On 30th March 1863 George I King Greece [aged 17] succeeded I King Greece.

On 15th November 1863 [his father] King Christian IX of Denmark [aged 45] succeeded IX King of Denmark.

In 1865 [his father] King Christian IX of Denmark [aged 46] was appointed 744th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [aged 45]..

On 15th October 1867 George I King Greece [aged 21] and Olga Constantinovna Holstein Gottorp Romanov Queen Consort Greece [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Greece. He the son of King Christian IX of Denmark [aged 49] and Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [aged 50]. They were fifth cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 2nd August 1868 [his son] Constantine I King Greece was born to George I King Greece [aged 22] and [his wife] Olga Constantinovna Holstein Gottorp Romanov Queen Consort Greece [aged 16]. He a great x 4 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. He married 27th October 1889 his second cousin once removed Sophia Hohenzollern Queen Consort Greece, daughter of Frederick III King Prussia and Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia, and had issue.

On 24th June 1869 [his son] George Glücksburg was born to George I King Greece [aged 23] and [his wife] Olga Constantinovna Holstein Gottorp Romanov Queen Consort Greece [aged 17]. He a great x 4 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. He married 21st November 1907 Princess Marie Bonaparte.

On 28th July 1869 [his brother] Frederick VIII King of Denmark [aged 26] and [his sister-in-law] Louise of Sweden Queen Consort Denmark [aged 17] were married. He the son of [his father] King Christian IX of Denmark [aged 51] and [his mother] Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [aged 51].

In 1870 [his daughter] Alexandra Glücksburg was born to George I King Greece [aged 24] and [his wife] Olga Constantinovna Holstein Gottorp Romanov Queen Consort Greece [aged 18]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. She married 1889 her first cousin once removed Paul Holstein Gottorp Romanov.

On 22nd January 1872 [his son] Prince Nicholas Glücksburg was born to George I King Greece [aged 26] and [his wife] Olga Constantinovna Holstein Gottorp Romanov Queen Consort Greece [aged 20]. He a great x 4 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. He married 29th August 1902 his second cousin Elena Vladimirovna Holstein Gottorp Romanov and had issue.

In 1876 [his daughter] Maria Glücksburg was born to George I King Greece [aged 30] and [his wife] Olga Constantinovna Holstein Gottorp Romanov Queen Consort Greece [aged 24]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

In 1876 George I King Greece [aged 30] was appointed 766th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [aged 56].

On 22nd December 1878 [his brother-in-law] Ernest Augustus Hanover 3rd Duke Cumberland and Teviotdale [aged 33] and [his sister] Thyra Glücksburg Duchess Cumberland and Teviotdale [aged 25] were married. She by marriage Duchess Cumberland and Teviotdale. She the daughter of [his father] King Christian IX of Denmark [aged 60] and [his mother] Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [aged 61]. He the son of George V King Hanover and Marie Saxe Altenburg Queen Consort Hanover. They were fourth cousins. He a great grandson of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

In 1880 [his daughter] Olga Glücksburg died.

In 1880 [his daughter] Olga Glücksburg was born to George I King Greece [aged 34] and [his wife] Olga Constantinovna Holstein Gottorp Romanov Queen Consort Greece [aged 28]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. She died aged less than one years old.

On 2nd February 1882 [his son] Andrew Glücksburg was born to George I King Greece [aged 36] and [his wife] Olga Constantinovna Holstein Gottorp Romanov Queen Consort Greece [aged 30] at Old Royal Palace. He a great x 4 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. He married 6th October 1903 his fourth cousin once removed Princess Alice of Battenburg, daughter of Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven, and had issue.

In 1888 [his son] Christopher Glücksburg was born to George I King Greece [aged 42] and [his wife] Olga Constantinovna Holstein Gottorp Romanov Queen Consort Greece [aged 36]. He a great x 4 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

In 1889 [his son-in-law] Paul Holstein Gottorp Romanov [aged 28] and Alexandra Glücksburg [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of George I King Greece [aged 43] and Olga Constantinovna Holstein Gottorp Romanov Queen Consort Greece [aged 37]. They were first cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 27th October 1889 Constantine I King Greece [aged 21] and Sophia Hohenzollern Queen Consort Greece [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of Frederick III King Prussia and Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [aged 48]. He the son of George I King Greece [aged 43] and Olga Constantinovna Holstein Gottorp Romanov Queen Consort Greece [aged 38]. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

In 1891 [his daughter] Alexandra Glücksburg [aged 21] died.

On 29th September 1898 [his mother] Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [aged 81] died.

In 1901 Alice Maude Olivia Montagu Countess Derby [aged 38] was appointed Lady of the Bedchamber to [his sister] Alexandra of Denmark Queen Consort England [aged 56].

On 29th August 1902 Prince Nicholas Glücksburg [aged 30] and Elena Vladimirovna Holstein Gottorp Romanov [aged 20] were married. He the son of George I King Greece [aged 56] and Olga Constantinovna Holstein Gottorp Romanov Queen Consort Greece [aged 51]. They were second cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 6th October 1903 Andrew Glücksburg [aged 21] and Princess Alice of Battenburg [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven [aged 49] and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven [aged 40]. He the son of George I King Greece [aged 57] and Olga Constantinovna Holstein Gottorp Romanov Queen Consort Greece [aged 52]. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. She a great granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

On 21st November 1907 George Glücksburg [aged 38] and Princess Marie Bonaparte [aged 25] were married. He the son of George I King Greece [aged 61] and Olga Constantinovna Holstein Gottorp Romanov Queen Consort Greece [aged 56].

In 1912 George Holford [aged 51] and Susannah West Wilson [aged 47] were married at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. King George VI of the United Kingdom [aged 16], Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England [aged 11], [his sister] Alexandra of Denmark Queen Consort England [aged 67] and [his niece] Princess Victoria Windsor [aged 43] were present. The Times reported ... "The aisle was lined by non-commissioned officers of the bridegroom's old regiment the 1st Life Guards. The bride who was given away by her two sons, wore a gown of old Point d'Alençon lace with a train of gold brocade veiled in chiffon. Instead of a hat she wore a headdress of gold lace and pink roses and she carried a bouquet of orchids ... The King and Queen gave Sir George Holford a pair of sleeve links bearing the Royal monogram in diamonds and rubies."

On 14th May 1912 [his brother] Frederick VIII King of Denmark [aged 68] died. His son [his nephew] Christian [aged 41] succeeded X King of Denmark.

On 20th May 1912 [his nephew] George William Hanover [aged 31] died in a car accident. Somewhat ironically he was driving to the funeral of his maternal uncle [his brother] Frederick VIII King of Denmark [deceased] when he skidded on a newly laid road surface. He and his valet Karl Grebe were killed in the accident. There is a monument at the site.

From the web:

Probably overtired, the car raced into loose gravel rock at 90 kilometers per hour, came off the road to the right, knocked down three trees and drilled into the earth with a destroyed front axle. Prince Georg Wilhelm and his valet Grebe – Karl Grebe – died instantly. The chauffeur sitting in the back survived slightly injured. The dead were laid out in the church of Nackel and brought a little later with military honors to Friesack station.

At the station, the coffins were loaded into the carriage to the songs of the Friesacker men's choir, which brought the crown prince to the funeral in Gmunden, Austria. The Friesacker stationmaster, Joachim Gahl, it is said, received a letter from Austria including two cufflinks decorated with diamonds and the initials "GW" thanks to his duty. Hanover's royal family thanked the villagers because they had shown themselves so compassionate. Monetary donations were made to the church, the warrior federation and the virgin association. In the church, a plaque commemorates the laying out and that the congregation sang before the transfer of the dead.

On 18th March 1913 George I King Greece [aged 67] died. His son Constantine [aged 44] succeeded I King Greece. Sophia Hohenzollern Queen Consort Greece [aged 42] by marriage Queen Consort Greece.

On 18th June 1926 [his former wife] Olga Constantinovna Holstein Gottorp Romanov Queen Consort Greece [aged 74] died.