Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark

Countess of Törring-Jettenbach

Princess Elizabeth

Countess of Törring-Jettenbach
Born| (1904-05-24)24 May 1904
Tatoi Palace, Tatoi, Kingdom of Greece
Died| 11 January 1955(1955-01-11) (aged 50)
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Burial|

Winhöring, Bavaria, Germany

Spouse|

Carl Theodor, Count of Törring-Jettenbach

(m. 1934)​

Issue| Hans Veit, Count of Törring-Jettenbach
Archduchess Helene of Austria
House| Glücksburg
Father| Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark
Mother| Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia

Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark (Greek: Ελισάβετ; 24 May 1904 – 11 January 1955) was the middle daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and his Russian wife, Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia.[1]

## Early life

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Princess Elizabeth, centre, with her sisters Princess Olga, left, and Princess Marina, right.

Princess Elizabeth was born on 24 May 1904 at the Tatoi Palace just north of Athens, Greece, during the reign of her paternal grandfather, King George I. She was the second daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, and his wife Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia. Her father was the third son of King George I and Queen Olga of Greece, while her mother was the only daughter of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia. Her father was a grandson of King Christian IX of Denmark, while her mother was a granddaughter of Emperor Alexander II of Russia.[2][1]

Princess Elizabeth had two sisters, an older sister Princess Olga and a younger sister Princess Marina.[2] Princess Olga married Prince Paul of Yugoslavia in 1923. After the assassination of his cousin, King Alexander I, Paul served as Prince Regent of Yugoslavia from 1934 to 1941. Princess Marina married Prince George, Duke of Kent, in 1934. One of their paternal uncles was Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, the father of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (making Elizabeth and her sisters Philip's first cousins).

Her family nicknamed her 'Woolly' because of her thick, dark brown hair. Princess Elizabeth was a keen horsewoman and painter.

## Marriage and issue

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Elizabeth on her wedding day in 1934

Elizabeth married Bavarian Count Carl Theodor of Törring-Jettenbach (22 September 1900 – 14 May 1967), member of an ancient German mediatised family, on 10 January 1934. Through his mother, Duchess Sophie Adelheid in Bavaria, he was the nephew of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium and of Princess Marie Gabrielle of Bavaria.[1] Elizabeth and Carl Theodor had two children:

* Hans Veit Kaspar Nikolaus, Count of Törring-Jettenbach (11 January 1935),[1] who married Princess Henriette of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein and had issue
* Countess Helene Marina Elisabeth of Törring-Jettenbach (20 May 1937), who married Archduke Ferdinand Karl Max of Austria and had issue, including Archduchess Sophie of Austria, the designer Sophie Habsburg.

## Death

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Elizabeth died of cancer on 11 January 1955 in Munich and was buried in a Törring family mausoleum in Winhöring, Bavaria. She was 50 years old.[3]

## Honours

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* Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Olga and Sophia.[4]

## Ancestry

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See also: Descendants of Christian IX of Denmark

Ancestors of Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8\. Christian IX of Denmark

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| 4\. George I of Greece|

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| 9\. Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel

| 2\. Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark|

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| 10\. Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia

| 5\. Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia|

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| 11\. Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg

| 1\. Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark|
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| 12\. Alexander II of Russia

| 6\. Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia|

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| 13\. Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine

| 3\. Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia|

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| 14\. Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

| 7\. Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin|

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| 15\. Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz

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## References

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1. ^ a b c d McNaughton, C. Arnold. "The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy". 3 volumes. London, U.K.: Garnstone Press, 1973, ISBN 978-0812902808
2. ^ a b Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh, ed. (1977). Burke's Royal Families of the World. Vol. 1: Europe & Latin America. London: Burke's Peerage Ltd. p. 326\. ISBN 0-85011-023-8.
3. ^ "Greece".
4. ^ Wedding of Juan Carlos of Spain and Sophia of Greece Archived 2015-07-21 at the Wayback Machine

## External links

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Media related to Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark at Wikimedia Commons

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Greek princesses

1st generation|

* Grand Duchess Alexandra of Russia*
* Grand Duchess Maria of Russia*

2nd generation|

* Helen, Queen Mother of Romania*
* Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta*
* Lady Katherine Brandram*
* Princess Eugénie, Duchess of Castel Duino*
* Olga, Princess Paul of Yugoslavia*
* Princess Elizabeth, Countess of Toerring-Jettenbach*
* Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent*
* Margarita, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg*
* Theodora, Margravine of Baden*
* Cecilie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine*
* Sophie, Princess George William of Hanover*

3rd generation|

* Alexandra, Queen of Yugoslavia*
* Sofia, Queen of Spain*
* Princess Irene*
* Princess Alexandra, Mrs. Mirzayantz
* Princess Olga, Duchess of Aosta

4th generation|

* Princess Alexia, Mrs Morales*
* Princess Theodora*

5th generation|

* Princess Maria-Olympia*

*also a princess of Denmark
See also House of Glücksburg

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Danish princesses

Generations are numbered from the implementation of hereditary monarchy by Frederick III in 1660.

1st generation|

* Anna Sophie, Electress of Saxony1
* Frederica Amalia, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp1
* Wilhelmine Ernestine, Electress Palatine1
* Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden1

2nd generation|

* Princess Sophia1

3rd generation|

* Princess Charlotte Amalie1

4th generation|

* Louise, Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen1

5th generation|

* Sophia Magdalena, Queen of Sweden1
* Wilhelmina Caroline, Electress of Hesse1
* Louise, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel1

6th generation|

* Princess Louise, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg1
* Juliana, Landgravine of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld1
* Louise, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel1

7th generation|

* Hereditary Princess Caroline of Denmark1
* Vilhelmine, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg1

8th generation|

* Alexandra, Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India4
* (Dagmar) Empress Maria Feodorovna of All the Russias4
* Thyra, Crown Princess of Hanover and Duchess of Cumberland

9th generation|

* Princess Louise of Schaumburg-Lippe
* Princess Ingeborg, Duchess of Västergötland
* Princess Thyra
* Princess Dagmar, Mrs. Castenskiold
* Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia2
* Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna of Russia2
* Princess Margaret of Bourbon-Parma

10th generation|

* Princess Feodora of Schaumburg-Lippe
* Hereditary Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark
* Princess Alexandrine, Countess of Castell-Castell
* Helen, Queen Mother of Romania2
* Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta2
* Lady Katherine Brandram2
* Princess Eugénie, Duchess of Castel Duino2
* Princess Olga of Yugoslavia2
* Princess Elizabeth, Countess of Toerring-Jettenbach2
* Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent2
* Margarita, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg2
* Theodora, Margravine of Baden2
* Cecilie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine2
* Princess Sophie of Hanover2

11th generation|

* Queen Margrethe II3
* Benedikte, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg3
* Anne-Marie, Queen of the Hellenes
* Princess Elisabeth3
* Alexándra, Queen of Yugoslavia2
* Sofía, Queen of Spain2
* Princess Irene2

12th generation|

* Princess Alexía, Mrs. Morales2
* Princess Theodora2

13th generation|

* Princess Isabella
* Princess Josephine
* Princess Athena
* Princess Olympía2

1 Also princess of Norway
2 Also princess of Greece
3 Also princess of Iceland
4 Not Danish princess by birth, but created princess of Denmark
Princesses that lost their title are shown in italics

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