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Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark

1905 - 1981

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Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark (Greek: Μαργαρίτα; 18 April 1905 – 24 April 1981) was a Greek and Danish princess by birth and Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg by marriage. An elder sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (husband of Queen Elizabeth II), she was, for a time, linked to the Nazi regime. The eldest daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg, Margarita spent a happy childhood between Athens and Corfu. In her youth, however, she witnessed the Balkan Wars (1912–1913), followed by the First World War (1914–1918) and the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark is the 5,245th most popular politician (down from 3,922nd in 2019), the 305th most popular biography from Greece (down from 248th in 2019) and the 129th most popular Greek Politician.

Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark is most famous for being the wife of King Constantine II of Greece.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark ranks 5,245 out of 19,576Before her are Philippe de Gaulle, Wilhelm Stuckart, Skirgaila, Emperor Fushimi, Huo Qubing, and Donald II of Scotland. After her are Henry IV, Duke of Saxony, Prithvi Narayan Shah, Herschel Grynszpan, M. Visvesvaraya, Gnaeus Octavius, and Piri Mehmed Pasha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark ranks 65Before her are Sada Abe, Clara Bow, Prince John of the United Kingdom, Franz König, Dolores del Río, and Erika Mann. After her are Otto Preminger, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Sebastian Shaw, Barnett Newman, André Jolivet, and Nikolai Tikhonov. Among people deceased in 1981, Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark ranks 43Before her are Stefan Wyszyński, Mehmet Shehu, Will Durant, David Wechsler, Benjamin Sheares, and Leo Kanner. After her are Lobsang Rampa, Karl Richter, Frances Yates, Alberto Suppici, Marcel Bezençon, and Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark ranks 305 out of 1,024Before her are Theaetetus (-417), Dimitri Mitropoulos (1896), Georgios Papandreou (1888), Agis II (-490), Machaon (null), and Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem (1952). After her are Piri Mehmed Pasha (1458), Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta (1904), Timoleon (-411), Loukas Notaras (1402), Andronikos Palaiologos (1400), and Euphronios (-520).

Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark ranks 129Before her are Lycurgus of Athens (-390), Julia Livilla (18), Antilochus (null), Georgios Papandreou (1888), Agis II (-490), and Machaon (null). After her are Piri Mehmed Pasha (1458), Timoleon (-411), Loukas Notaras (1402), Andronikos Palaiologos (1400), Euphronios (-520), and Cleisthenes of Sicyon (-701).