Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark ( el, Ευγενία; 10 February 1910 – 13 February 1989) was the youngest child and only daughter of
Prince George of Greece and Denmark
Prince George of Greece and Denmark ( el, Γεώργιος; 24 June 1869 – 25 November 1957) was the second son and child of George I of Greece and Olga Konstantinovna of Russia, and is remembered chiefly for having once saved the life of hi ...
and his wife, Princess
Marie Bonaparte, daughter of
Marie-Félix Blanc
Princess Marie-Félix Bonaparte (née Marie-Félix Blanc; 22 December 1859 – 1 August 1882) was a French heiress. Born into a wealthy French bourgeoisie family with financial holdings in Monaco and Germany, she was left with a large inheritanc ...
and Prince
Roland Bonaparte
Roland Napoléon Bonaparte, 6th Prince of Canino and Musignano (19 May 1858 – 14 April 1924) was a French prince and president of the Société de Géographie from 1910 until his death. He was the last male-lineage descendant of Lucien Bonapart ...
, a great-nephew of
Napoleon I
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader wh ...
. Her father was the second son of
George I of Greece
George I ( Greek: Γεώργιος Α΄, ''Geórgios I''; 24 December 1845 – 18 March 1913) was King of Greece from 30 March 1863 until his assassination in 1913.
Originally a Danish prince, he was born in Copenhagen, and seemed destined for ...
and
Olga Constantinovna of Russia.
As a cousin of the bridegroom, she was a leading guest at the
1947 wedding of
Princess Elizabeth and
Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021) was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he served as the consort of the British monarch from E ...
.
She authored ''Le Tsarevitch, Enfant Martyr'', a biography of
Aleksey Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, written in
French
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** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
, which was published in 1990.
Marriage and issue
She married
Prince Dominik Rainer Radziwiłł, member of the
House of Radziwiłł, on 30 May 1938 in Paris. They divorced in 1946. They had two children:
*
Princess Tatiana Radziwiłł
Princess is a regal rank and the feminine equivalent of prince (from Latin ''princeps'', meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or for the daughter of a king or prince.
Princess as a subst ...
(b. 28 August 1939); married Dr. Jean Henri Fruchaud.
[Brewer-Ward, Daniel A. (also known as Daniel Willis), ''The House of Habsburg: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Empress Maria Theresia'', Clearfield Co., Inc., Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1966, p. 166.] and has issue. Tatiana was a bridesmaid at the
1962 wedding of
Prince Juan Carlos of Spain and
Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark
Princess is a regal rank and the feminine equivalent of prince (from Latin '' princeps'', meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or for the daughter of a king or prince.
Princess as a subs ...
as well as the
1964 wedding of
Constantine II of Greece
Constantine II ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Βʹ, ''Konstantínos II''; 2 June 1940) reigned as the last King of Greece, from 6 March 1964 until the abolition of the Greek monarchy on 1 June 1973.
Constantine is the only son of King Paul a ...
and
Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark
*Prince Jerzy (''George'') Andrzej Dominik Hieronim Piotr Leon Radziwiłł (4 November 1942 – 27 August 2001).
Eugénie remarried on 28 November 1949 to
Prince Raymundo della Torre e Tasso,
Duke of Castel Duino, a
cadet member of the
House of Thurn and Taxis. Their marriage also ended in divorce, in 1965. They had one son:
*
Prince Carlo Alessandro della Torre e Tasso, Duke di Castel Duino (b. 10 February 1952); married Veronique Lantz and had issue.
Ancestry
Honours
*
Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Olga and SophiaCoronation of Elizabeth II
References
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Danish princesses
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House of Glücksburg (Greece)
Radziwiłł family
1910 births
1989 deaths
Princesses of Thurn und Taxis
Nobility from Paris
French people of German descent
French people of Danish descent
Winners of the Prix Broquette-Gonin (literature)
French people of Greek descent
French people of Russian descent