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{{Short description| Princess of Greece and Denmark, eldest child of Constantine II and Anne-Marie of Denmark}}
{{Short description|Princess of Greece and Denmark, eldest child of Constantine II and Anne-Marie of Denmark}}
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{{Infobox royalty
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Princess Alexia
| name = Princess Alexia
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| image = [[File:Princess Alexia of Greece (cropped).jpg|190px]]
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| house = [[House of Glücksburg|Glücksburg]]
| caption = Princess Alexia in 2010
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| spouse = {{marriage|Carlos Morales Quintana|9 July 1999}}
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| house = [[House of Glücksburg|Glücksburg]]
| issue = Arrietta Morales y de Grecia <br>Anna Maria Morales y de Grecia<br>Carlos Morales y de Grecia<br>Amelia Morales y de Grecia
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| spouse = {{marriage|Carlos Morales Quintana|9 July 1999}}
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| image = Princess Alexia of Greece.jpg
| issue = {{plainlist|
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* Arrietta Morales y de Grecia
| caption = Princess Alexia at the wedding of her second cousin [[Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden|Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden]], 19 June 2010
* Anna Maria Morales y de Grecia
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|7|10|df=y}}
* Carlos Morales y de Grecia
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| birth_place = [[Mon Repos, Corfu|Mon Repos]], [[Corfu]], [[Ionian Islands]], [[Kingdom of Greece]]
* Amelia Morales y de Grecia}}
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| father = [[Constantine II of Greece]]
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|7|10|df=y}}
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| mother = [[Queen Anne-Marie of Greece|Anne-Marie of Denmark]]
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| birth_place = [[Mon Repos, Corfu|Mon Repos]], [[Corfu]], [[Kingdom of Greece]]
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| father = [[Constantine II of Greece]]
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| mother = [[Anne-Marie of Denmark]]
| religion = [[Roman Catholic]]
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'''Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark''' ({{lang-el|Αλεξία}}; born 10 July 1965) is the eldest child of King [[Constantine II of Greece]] and [[Queen Anne-Marie of Greece|Anne-Marie of Denmark]], who were [[List of kings of Greece|King]] and [[List of Greek royal consorts|Queen]] of Greece from 1964 until the abolition of the monarchy in 1973. She was [[heir presumptive|heiress presumptive]] to the Greek throne from her birth in 1965 until the birth of her brother [[Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece|Crown Prince Pavlos]] in 1967.<ref name="burkeI"/>
'''Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark''' ({{lang-el|Αλεξία}}; born 10 July 1965) is the eldest child of [[Constantine II of Greece|Constantine II]] and [[Queen Anne-Marie of Greece|Anne-Marie]], who were [[List of kings of Greece|King]] and [[Queen of Greece]] from 1964 until the abolition of the monarchy in 1973. She was [[heir presumptive|heiress presumptive]] to the Greek throne from her birth in 1965 until the birth of her brother [[Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece|Crown Prince Pavlos]] in 1967.<ref name="burkeI"/>


==Early life==
==Early life==
[[File:Anne Marie, reine de Grèce.jpg|thumb|left|Princess Alexia with her mother [[Anne-Marie of Denmark|Queen Anne-Marie]], 1965.]]
[[File:Anne Marie, reine de Grèce.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Alexia with her mother, [[Anne-Marie of Denmark|Anne-Marie]], in 1965]]
Alexia was born on 10 July 1965 at [[Mon Repos, Corfu|Mon Repos]], a villa on the Greek island of [[Corfu]] used at the time as a summer residence by the [[Greek royal family]].<ref name="Birthplace ref">{{cite news |last1=Lakritz |first1=Talia |title=Take a look inside Prince Philip's birthplace, a 19th-century Greek island villa that is now an archaeological museum |url=https://www.insider.com/prince-philip-birthplace-greece-photos-2021-4#philip-isnt-the-only-royal-who-was-born-there-10 |access-date=August 26, 2021 |publisher=Insider |date=April 14, 2021}}</ref> She was the first child born to the then [[Constantine II of Greece|King Constantine II]] and [[Anne-Marie of Denmark|Queen Anne-Marie]] of the [[King of the Hellenes|Hellenes]]. At the time of her birth, her father was King of [[Kingdom of Greece|Greece]], her grandfather was King of [[Kingdom of Denmark|Denmark]], and her great-grandfather was King of [[Kingdom of Sweden|Sweden]].<ref name="burkeI"/>
Alexia was born on 10 July 1965 at [[Mon Repos, Corfu|Mon Repos]], a villa on the Greek island of [[Corfu]] used at the time as a summer residence by the [[Greek royal family]].<ref name="Birthplace ref">{{cite news |last1=Lakritz |first1=Talia |title=Take a look inside Prince Philip's birthplace, a 19th-century Greek island villa that is now an archaeological museum |url=https://www.insider.com/prince-philip-birthplace-greece-photos-2021-4#philip-isnt-the-only-royal-who-was-born-there-10 |access-date=August 26, 2021 |publisher=Insider |date=April 14, 2021}}</ref> She was the first child born to the then [[Constantine II of Greece|King Constantine II]] and [[Anne-Marie of Denmark|Queen Anne-Marie]] of the [[King of the Hellenes|Hellenes]]. At the time of her birth, her father was King of [[Kingdom of Greece|Greece]], [[Frederik IX of Denmark|her grandfather]] was King of [[Kingdom of Denmark|Denmark]], and [[Gustaf VI Adolf|her great-grandfather]] was King of [[Kingdom of Sweden|Sweden]].<ref name="burkeI"/>


As the monarch's only child, between her own birth and the birth on 20 May 1967 of her brother [[Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece|Pavlos]], Alexia was [[heir presumptive]] to the throne of the Hellenes, then an extant monarchy.<ref name="burkeI"/><ref>Queen of Style. '''Daily Telegraph (London)''', ''[s. l.]'', p. 38,39,40,41, 2021. Disponível em: <nowiki>https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=8Q2169803072&site=eds-live&scope=site</nowiki>. Acesso em: 21 mar. 2023.</ref> The [[Greek Constitution of 1952]] had changed
As the monarch's only child, between her own birth and the birth on 20 May 1967 of her brother [[Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece|Pavlos]], Alexia was [[heir presumptive]] to the throne of the Hellenes, then an extant monarchy.<ref name="burkeI"/><ref>Queen of Style. '''Daily Telegraph (London)''', ''[s. l.]'', p. 38,39,40,41, 2021. Disponível em: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=8Q2169803072&site=eds-live&scope=site . Acesso em: 21 mar. 2023.</ref> The [[Greek Constitution of 1952]] had changed Greece's [[order of succession]] to the throne from the previous [[Salic law]], prevalent in much of the continent, and which precluded the succession of women, to [[primogeniture#Male-preference primogeniture|male-preference primogeniture]], which accorded succession to the throne to a female member of a dynasty if she has no brothers, similar to the then extant succession laws of the United Kingdom, Denmark and Spain.<ref>{{cite book |first=Stelio |last=Hourmouzios |title=No Ordinary Crown: A Biography of King Paul of the Hellenes |publisher=Weidenfeld & N |year=1972 |pages=243–244 |isbn=0-297-99408-5}}</ref>
Greece's [[order of succession]] to the throne from the previous [[Salic law]], prevalent in much of the continent, and which precluded the succession of women, to [[primogeniture#Male-preference primogeniture|male-preference primogeniture]], which accorded succession to the throne to a female member of a dynasty if she has no brothers, similar to the then extant succession laws of the United Kingdom, Denmark and Spain.<ref>{{cite book |first=Stelio |last=Hourmouzios |title=No Ordinary Crown : A Biography of King Paul of the Hellenes |publisher=Weidenfeld & N |year=1972 |pages=243–244 |isbn=0-297-99408-5}}</ref>


Alexia grew up in exile and was raised in between Rome and London.<ref name="London">{{cite news |last1=Cope |first1=Rebecca |title=Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark and Nina Flohr celebrate second wedding |url=https://www.tatler.com/article/prince-philippos-of-greece-and-denmark-nina-flohr-second-wedding |access-date=August 26, 2021 |publisher=Tatler |date=June 1, 2021 |archive-date=28 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628185931/https://www.tatler.com/article/prince-philippos-of-greece-and-denmark-nina-flohr-second-wedding |url-status=live }}</ref> Prior to her education at the [[Hellenic College of London]], she attended the Miss Surtee’s School for Boys and Girls in Rome, Italy. After Hellenic College, she went to the [[Froebel College]] of the [[University of Roehampton|Roehampton Institute]], a division of the [[University of Surrey]], in 1985 and took a BA in History and Education in 1988.
Alexia grew up in exile and was raised in between Rome and London.<ref name="London">{{cite news |last1=Cope |first1=Rebecca |title=Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark and Nina Flohr celebrate second wedding |url=https://www.tatler.com/article/prince-philippos-of-greece-and-denmark-nina-flohr-second-wedding |access-date=August 26, 2021 |publisher=Tatler |date=June 1, 2021 |archive-date=28 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628185931/https://www.tatler.com/article/prince-philippos-of-greece-and-denmark-nina-flohr-second-wedding |url-status=live }}</ref> In Rome, she and her brothers were tutored privately by Jon Kanellopoulos. These private lessons eventually became open to other Greek children living in Rome and lessons would take place in their summerhouse garden rooms.<ref name="Princess Alexia"/> The family then briefly moved to Denmark and stayed at [[Amalienborg]] Palace, and then to London the following year.<ref name="Princess Alexia"/> Prior to Alexia's education at the [[Hellenic College of London]], she attended the Miss Surtee's School for Boys and Girls in Rome, Italy. After Hellenic College, she went to the [[Froebel College]] of the [[University of Roehampton|Roehampton Institute]], a division of the [[University of Surrey]], in 1985 and took a BA in History and Education in 1988.
In 1989, she achieved a Post Graduate Certificate of Education and became a primary school teacher in the inner city area of [[Southwark]] in London between 1989 and 1992<ref name="petit">de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. [[:fr:Guy Coutant de Saisseval|Coutant de Saisseval, Guy]]. Le Petit Gotha. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery. Paris. 2002. pp. 522–525, 536–539 (French) {{ISBN|2-9507974-3-1}}</ref><ref name="eilers">Eilers, Marlene. Queen Victoria's Descendants. Rosvall Royal Books, Falkoping, Sweden, 1997. pp. 31–33, 132, 173. {{ISBN|91-630-5964-9}}</ref> before moving to [[Barcelona]] where she became a teacher of children with [[developmental disability|developmental disabilities]].<ref name="eilers"/>
In 1989, she achieved a Post Graduate Certificate of Education and became a primary school teacher in the inner city area of [[Southwark]] in London between 1989 and 1992<ref name="petit">de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. [[:fr:Guy Coutant de Saisseval|Coutant de Saisseval, Guy]]. Le Petit Gotha. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery. Paris. 2002. pp. 522–525, 536–539 (French) {{ISBN|2-9507974-3-1}}</ref><ref name="eilers">Eilers, Marlene. Queen Victoria's Descendants. Rosvall Royal Books, Falkoping, Sweden, 1997. pp. 31–33, 132, 173. {{ISBN|91-630-5964-9}}</ref> before moving to [[Barcelona]] where she became a teacher of children with [[developmental disability|developmental disabilities]].<ref name="eilers"/>


==Marriage and children==
==Marriage and children==
{{Greek Royal Family}}
{{Greek Royal Family}}On 9 July 1999, Alexia married Carlos Javier Morales Quintana, an architect<ref name=":1">THEODORACOPULOS, T. Royal Is as Royal Does. '''National Review''', ''[s. l.]'', v. 51, n. 15, p. 29–30, 1999. Disponível em: <nowiki>https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=2064633&site=eds-live&scope=site</nowiki>. Acesso em: 21 mar. 2023.</ref> and a champion yachtsman, at [[Saint Sophia (London)|St. Sophia Cathedral]], London.<ref name="Wedding vogue">{{cite news |last1=Gay |first1=Danielle |title=Inside Princess Alexia and Carlos Morales Quintana's 1999 wedding |url=https://www.vogue.com.au/brides/trends/inside-princess-alexia-and-carlos-morales-quintanas-1999-wedding/image-gallery/f10a9c08f8e38f2f8bc275b5d2f7c34e |access-date=August 26, 2021 |publisher=Vogue |date=July 8, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Royal weddings in history|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/spy/celebrity-photos/2011/04/11/royal-weddings-in-history/gallery/555887|publisher=Vogue|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201110205/http://www.vogue.co.uk/spy/celebrity-photos/2011/04/11/royal-weddings-in-history/gallery/555887|archive-date=1 February 2014}}</ref> The princess wore a gown by the Austrian designer Inge Sprawson. Her attendants were her sister [[Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (born 1983)|Princess Theodora]], her niece [[Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark|Princess Maria-Olympia]], and [[Mafalda (British singer)|Princess Mafalda]], daughter of [[Kyril, Prince of Preslav]], a son of former King [[Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha|Simeon of Bulgaria]].
On 9 July 1999, Alexia married Carlos Javier Morales Quintana, an architect<ref name=":1">THEODORACOPULOS, T. Royal Is as Royal Does. '''National Review''', ''[s. l.]'', v. 51, n. 15, p. 29–30, 1999. Disponível em: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=2064633&site=eds-live&scope=site . Acesso em: 21 mar. 2023.</ref> and a champion yachtsman, at [[Saint Sophia (London)|St. Sophia Cathedral]], London.<ref name="Wedding vogue">{{cite news |last1=Gay |first1=Danielle |title=Inside Princess Alexia and Carlos Morales Quintana's 1999 wedding |url=https://www.vogue.com.au/brides/trends/inside-princess-alexia-and-carlos-morales-quintanas-1999-wedding/image-gallery/f10a9c08f8e38f2f8bc275b5d2f7c34e |access-date=August 26, 2021 |publisher=Vogue |date=July 8, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Royal weddings in history|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/spy/celebrity-photos/2011/04/11/royal-weddings-in-history/gallery/555887|publisher=Vogue|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201110205/http://www.vogue.co.uk/spy/celebrity-photos/2011/04/11/royal-weddings-in-history/gallery/555887|archive-date=1 February 2014}}</ref> In May 1999, two months before their wedding, Alexia and Carlos were involved in a yachting accident on a boat named the ''Alexia''.<ref name="Princess Alexia"/> Alexia and Carlos were the only two people out of the thirteen on board to be injured. Alexia suffered a broken collarbone and Carlos a fractured kneecap. Plans for their wedding to be delayed were in place, however both were able to recover beforehand.<ref name="Princess Alexia"/>


At her wedding, Alexia wore a gown by the Austrian designer Inge Sprawson. She also wore a [[Cartier (jeweler)|Cartier]] diamond tiara that previously belonged to [[Margaret of Connaught]]. The same tiara was worn by the brides at the weddings of Alexia's mother, Anne-Marie, and grandmother, Ingrid.<ref name="Princess Alexia"/> Her attendants included her sister [[Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (born 1983)|Princess Theodora]], her niece [[Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark|Princess Maria-Olympia]], and [[Ona Mafalda|Princess Mafalda]], daughter of [[Kyril, Prince of Preslav]], a son of former King [[Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha|Simeon of Bulgaria]]. Their wedding was preceded by a royal ball,<ref name=":1" /> two days prior.
Their wedding was proceeded by a royal ball,<ref name=":1" /> two days prior.


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[[File:Dual Cypher of Alexia and Carlos of Greece.svg|thumb|right|100px|Dual Cypher of Alexia and Carlos]]
The couple have four children:
The couple have four children:
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* Arrietta Morales y de Grecia (b. 24 February 2002, [[Barcelona]])<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Πριγκίπισσα Αλεξία |url=https://www.greekroyalfamily.gr/en/princess-alexia.html |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=www.greekroyalfamily.gr}}</ref><ref>N.A. Baby due for Princess. '''Advertiser, The (Adelaide)''', ''[s. l.]'', ''[s. d.]''. Disponível em: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bwh&AN=200109102023032733&site=eds-live&scope=site . Acesso em: 21 mar. 2023.</ref>
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[[File:Dual Cypher of Alexia and Carlos of Greece.svg|thumb|100px|Dual Cypher of Alexia and Carlos|left]]
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* Anna-Maria Morales y de Grecia (b. 15 May 2003, Barcelona)<ref name=":0" />
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*Arrietta Morales y de Grecia (b. 24 February 2002, [[Barcelona]])<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Πριγκίπισσα Αλεξία |url=https://www.greekroyalfamily.gr/en/princess-alexia.html |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=www.greekroyalfamily.gr}}</ref><ref>N.A. Baby due for Princess. '''Advertiser, The (Adelaide)''', ''[s. l.]'', ''[s. d.]''. Disponível em: <nowiki>https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bwh&AN=200109102023032733&site=eds-live&scope=site</nowiki>. Acesso em: 21 mar. 2023.</ref>
*Anna-Maria Morales y de Grecia (b. 15 May 2003, Barcelona)<ref name=":0" />
* Carlos Morales y de Grecia (b. 30 July 2005, Barcelona)<ref name=":0" />
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* Amelia Morales y de Grecia (b. 26 October 2007, Barcelona)<ref name="Princess Alexia">{{cite web|title=Princess Alexia|url=https://www.greekroyalfamily.gr/en/princess-alexia.html|access-date=13 April 2021|archive-date=13 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413000924/https://www.greekroyalfamily.gr/en/princess-alexia.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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*Carlos Morales y de Grecia (b. 30 July 2005, Barcelona)<ref name=":0" />
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*Amelia Morales y de Grecia (b. 26 October 2007, Barcelona)<ref name="Princess Alexia">{{cite web|title=Princess Alexia|url=https://www.greekroyalfamily.gr/en/princess-alexia.html|access-date=13 April 2021|archive-date=13 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413000924/https://www.greekroyalfamily.gr/en/princess-alexia.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


Their children's last names are "Morales y de Grecia", which translates to "Morales and of Greece", taking their father's surname and their mother's royal title.
Alexia and her family now live in her husband's native land, at Puerto Calero marina, [[Yaiza (municipality)|Yaiza]], [[Lanzarote]] in the [[Canary Islands]], in a house designed by her husband.<ref name="Princess Alexia" />


Alexia and her family now live in her husband's native land, at Puerto Calero marina, [[Yaiza (municipality)|Yaiza]], [[Lanzarote]] in the [[Canary Islands]], in a house designed by her husband.<ref name="Princess Alexia" /> The Canary Islands are an [[Autonomous communities of Spain|autonomous community]] of Spain,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamaimos.com/2009/10/14/canarias-esta-en-africa/|title=Canarias está en África|last=Tamaimos|website=tamaimos.com|access-date=3 October 2018|archive-date=3 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003222452/http://www.tamaimos.com/2009/10/14/canarias-esta-en-africa/|url-status=live}}</ref> where Alexia's aunt, [[Queen Sofía]], lives and first cousin, [[Felipe VI]], lives and rules.
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== Titles and styles ==
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[[File:Coat of Arms of a Single Princess of Greece.svg|thumb|100px|Arms of a Princess of Greece]]
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* 10 July 1965 – present: ''Her Royal Highness'' Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark<ref name="petit"/>


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==Titles and styles==
==Honours==
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[[File:Coat of Arms of a Single Princess of Greece.svg|thumb|100px|right|Arms of a Princess of Greece]]
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* 10 July 1965 - 20 May 1967: ''Her Royal Highness'' The Crown Princess of Greece
{{see also|List of honours of the Greek Royal Family by country}}
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* 20 May 1967 – present: ''Her Royal Highness'' Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark<ref name="petit"/>
* {{flagicon|Greece|royal}} [[Greek Royal Family]]: Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Redeemer]]
* {{flagicon|Greece|royal}} [[Greek Royal Family]]: Dame Grand Cross, Special Class of the [[Order of Saints Olga and Sophia]] (by birth)


==Ancestry==
==Ancestry==

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Revision as of 20:54, 13 June 2024

Princess Alexia
Princess Alexia in 2010
Born (1965-07-10) 10 July 1965 (age 59)
Mon Repos, Corfu, Kingdom of Greece
Spouse
Carlos Morales Quintana
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(m. 1999)​
Issue
  • Arrietta Morales y de Grecia
  • Anna Maria Morales y de Grecia
  • Carlos Morales y de Grecia
  • Amelia Morales y de Grecia
HouseGlücksburg
FatherConstantine II of Greece
MotherAnne-Marie of Denmark
ReligionRoman Catholic

Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark (Greek: Αλεξία; born 10 July 1965) is the eldest child of Constantine II and Anne-Marie, who were King and Queen of Greece from 1964 until the abolition of the monarchy in 1973. She was heiress presumptive to the Greek throne from her birth in 1965 until the birth of her brother Crown Prince Pavlos in 1967.[1]

Early life

Alexia with her mother, Anne-Marie, in 1965

Alexia was born on 10 July 1965 at Mon Repos, a villa on the Greek island of Corfu used at the time as a summer residence by the Greek royal family.[2] She was the first child born to the then King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie of the Hellenes. At the time of her birth, her father was King of Greece, her grandfather was King of Denmark, and her great-grandfather was King of Sweden.[1]

As the monarch's only child, between her own birth and the birth on 20 May 1967 of her brother Pavlos, Alexia was heir presumptive to the throne of the Hellenes, then an extant monarchy.[1][3] The Greek Constitution of 1952 had changed Greece's order of succession to the throne from the previous Salic law, prevalent in much of the continent, and which precluded the succession of women, to male-preference primogeniture, which accorded succession to the throne to a female member of a dynasty if she has no brothers, similar to the then extant succession laws of the United Kingdom, Denmark and Spain.[4]

Alexia grew up in exile and was raised in between Rome and London.[5] In Rome, she and her brothers were tutored privately by Jon Kanellopoulos. These private lessons eventually became open to other Greek children living in Rome and lessons would take place in their summerhouse garden rooms.[6] The family then briefly moved to Denmark and stayed at Amalienborg Palace, and then to London the following year.[6] Prior to Alexia's education at the Hellenic College of London, she attended the Miss Surtee's School for Boys and Girls in Rome, Italy. After Hellenic College, she went to the Froebel College of the Roehampton Institute, a division of the University of Surrey, in 1985 and took a BA in History and Education in 1988. In 1989, she achieved a Post Graduate Certificate of Education and became a primary school teacher in the inner city area of Southwark in London between 1989 and 1992[7][8] before moving to Barcelona where she became a teacher of children with developmental disabilities.[8]

Marriage and children

Greek royal family

On 9 July 1999, Alexia married Carlos Javier Morales Quintana, an architect[9] and a champion yachtsman, at St. Sophia Cathedral, London.[10][11] In May 1999, two months before their wedding, Alexia and Carlos were involved in a yachting accident on a boat named the Alexia.[6] Alexia and Carlos were the only two people out of the thirteen on board to be injured. Alexia suffered a broken collarbone and Carlos a fractured kneecap. Plans for their wedding to be delayed were in place, however both were able to recover beforehand.[6]

At her wedding, Alexia wore a gown by the Austrian designer Inge Sprawson. She also wore a Cartier diamond tiara that previously belonged to Margaret of Connaught. The same tiara was worn by the brides at the weddings of Alexia's mother, Anne-Marie, and grandmother, Ingrid.[6] Her attendants included her sister Princess Theodora, her niece Princess Maria-Olympia, and Princess Mafalda, daughter of Kyril, Prince of Preslav, a son of former King Simeon of Bulgaria. Their wedding was preceded by a royal ball,[9] two days prior.

Dual Cypher of Alexia and Carlos

The couple have four children:

  • Arrietta Morales y de Grecia (b. 24 February 2002, Barcelona)[12][13]
  • Anna-Maria Morales y de Grecia (b. 15 May 2003, Barcelona)[12]
  • Carlos Morales y de Grecia (b. 30 July 2005, Barcelona)[12]
  • Amelia Morales y de Grecia (b. 26 October 2007, Barcelona)[6]

Their children's last names are "Morales y de Grecia", which translates to "Morales and of Greece", taking their father's surname and their mother's royal title.

Alexia and her family now live in her husband's native land, at Puerto Calero marina, Yaiza, Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, in a house designed by her husband.[6] The Canary Islands are an autonomous community of Spain,[14] where Alexia's aunt, Queen Sofía, lives and first cousin, Felipe VI, lives and rules.

Titles and styles

Arms of a Princess of Greece
  • 10 July 1965 - 20 May 1967: Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess of Greece
  • 20 May 1967 – present: Her Royal Highness Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark[7]

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ a b c d Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. "Burke's Royal Families of the World: Volume I Europe & Latin America, 1977, pp. 67, 316, 327–328. ISBN 0-85011-023-8
  2. ^ Lakritz, Talia (14 April 2021). "Take a look inside Prince Philip's birthplace, a 19th-century Greek island villa that is now an archaeological museum". Insider. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. ^ Queen of Style. Daily Telegraph (London), [s. l.], p. 38,39,40,41, 2021. Disponível em: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=8Q2169803072&site=eds-live&scope=site . Acesso em: 21 mar. 2023.
  4. ^ Hourmouzios, Stelio (1972). No Ordinary Crown: A Biography of King Paul of the Hellenes. Weidenfeld & N. pp. 243–244. ISBN 0-297-99408-5.
  5. ^ Cope, Rebecca (1 June 2021). "Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark and Nina Flohr celebrate second wedding". Tatler. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "Princess Alexia". Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  7. ^ a b c de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. Le Petit Gotha. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery. Paris. 2002. pp. 522–525, 536–539 (French) ISBN 2-9507974-3-1
  8. ^ a b Eilers, Marlene. Queen Victoria's Descendants. Rosvall Royal Books, Falkoping, Sweden, 1997. pp. 31–33, 132, 173. ISBN 91-630-5964-9
  9. ^ a b THEODORACOPULOS, T. Royal Is as Royal Does. National Review, [s. l.], v. 51, n. 15, p. 29–30, 1999. Disponível em: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=2064633&site=eds-live&scope=site . Acesso em: 21 mar. 2023.
  10. ^ Gay, Danielle (8 July 2019). "Inside Princess Alexia and Carlos Morales Quintana's 1999 wedding". Vogue. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Royal weddings in history". Vogue. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014.
  12. ^ a b c "Πριγκίπισσα Αλεξία". www.greekroyalfamily.gr. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  13. ^ N.A. Baby due for Princess. Advertiser, The (Adelaide), [s. l.], [s. d.]. Disponível em: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bwh&AN=200109102023032733&site=eds-live&scope=site . Acesso em: 21 mar. 2023.
  14. ^ Tamaimos. "Canarias está en África". tamaimos.com. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark
Cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg
Born: 10 July 1965
Greek royalty
Preceded by Heir-presumptive to the Greek throne
1965–1967 		Succeeded byas Crown Prince
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