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Olga Constantinovna of Russia

1851 - 1926

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Olga Constantinovna of Russia (Greek: Όλγα; 3 September [O.S. 22 August] 1851 – 18 June 1926) was Queen of Greece as the wife of King George I. She was briefly the regent of Greece in 1920. A member of the Romanov dynasty, Olga was the oldest daughter of Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaievich and his wife, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg. She spent her childhood in Saint Petersburg, Poland, and the Crimea, and married George in 1867 at the age of sixteen. At first, she felt ill at ease in the Kingdom of Greece, but she quickly became involved in social and charitable work. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Olga Constantinovna of Russia is the 61st most popular companion (up from 153rd in 2019), the 92nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 207th in 2019) and the most popular Russian Companion.

Olga Constantinovna of Russia was the daughter of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and Tsarina Alexandra. She was the sister of Tsar Alexander II of Russia. Olga was the first wife of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia, and the mother of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. She is most famous for being the mother of the last tsar of Russia.

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Among companions, Olga Constantinovna of Russia ranks 61 out of 784. Before her are Catherine Howard, Philippa of Hainault, Olympias, Eugénie de Montijo, Carlos, Prince of Asturias, and Salman the Persian. After her are Anne of Bohemia and Hungary, Elizabeth of York, Magda Goebbels, Neilia Hunter Biden, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, and Anne of Cleves.

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Among people born in 1851, Olga Constantinovna of Russia ranks 2. Before her is Ferdinand Foch. After her are Arthur Evans, Eugen Böhm von Bawerk, Empress Myeongseong, George Francis FitzGerald, Léon Bourgeois, Louise of Sweden, Emile Berliner, Margherita of Savoy, Ismail Gaspirali, and Peder Severin Krøyer. Among people deceased in 1926, Olga Constantinovna of Russia ranks 10. Before her are Mehmed VI, Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Emperor Taishō, Harry Houdini, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, and Felix Dzerzhinsky. After her are Camillo Golgi, Sunjong of Korea, Mary Cassatt, Symon Petliura, Emil Kraepelin, and Kim Hyong-jik.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Olga Constantinovna of Russia ranks 92 out of 3,761. Before her are Alexandra Kollontai (1872), Martti Ahtisaari (1937), Roman Jakobson (1896), Sergey Lavrov (1950), Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (1904), and Andrei Rublev (1360). After her are Alexis of Russia (1629), Vasily Arkhipov (1926), Mikhail Kalinin (1875), Ivan Konev (1897), Ivan III of Russia (1440), and Michael of Russia (1596).

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Among COMPANIONS In Russia

Among companions born in Russia, Olga Constantinovna of Russia ranks 1. After her are Anna Pavlovna of Russia (1795), Gala Dalí (1894), Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg (1599), Yevdokiya Lopukhina (1669), Duchess Anna of Prussia (1576), Catharina of Württemberg (1783), Natalia Pushkina (1812), Anna Demidova (1878), and Agafya Grushetskaya (1663).

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