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Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark

1914 - 2001

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Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (Greek: Σοφία, romanized: Sofía; 26 June 1914 – 24 November 2001) was by birth a Greek and Danish princess, as well as Princess of Hesse-Kassel and Princess of Hanover through her successive marriages to Prince Christoph of Hesse and Prince George William of Hanover. 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 fourth of five children of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg, Sophie spent a happy childhood. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark has received more than 2,769,194 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark is the 237th most popular nobleman (down from 212th in 2019), the 241st most popular biography from Greece (down from 235th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Greek Nobleman.

Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark is most famous for being the grandmother of King Constantine II of Greece.

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  • 60.63

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark ranks 237 out of 842. Before her are Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden. After her are Louis, Count of Vendôme, Userkare, Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia, Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans, Carlos, Duke of Madrid, and Claude, Duke of Guise.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark ranks 41. Before her are Gino Bartali, Richard Laurence Millington Synge, Alan Hodgkin, Max Perutz, Jackie Coogan, and Norman Borlaug. After her are Raymond Davis Jr., William Vickrey, Vjekoslav Luburić, Boris Christoff, Dylan Thomas, and Adolfo Bioy Casares. Among people deceased in 2001, Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark ranks 39. Before her are Charles Trenet, Juan Antonio Villacañas, Morris, Stanley Kramer, Chung Ju-yung, and Jacques Mayol. After her are Timothy McVeigh, Isaac Stern, Ken Kesey, Henry Lee Lucas, Giovanni Leone, and Emilie Schindler.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark ranks 241 out of 936. Before her are Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark (1870), Katerina Sakellaropoulou (1956), Agis II (-490), Corinna (-501), Caranus of Macedon (-900), and Theodore Stratelates (281). After her are Leochares (-400), Saturnin (300), Julia Livilla (18), Conon of Samos (-280), Gazi Husrev-beg (1480), and Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Greece

Among noblemen born in Greece, Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark ranks 4. Before her are Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921), Queen Sofía of Spain (1938), and Memnon of Rhodes (-380). After her are Arsinoe I (-305), Leotychidas (-540), and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (1906).

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