Frederica of Hanover

Queen consort of Greece as the wife of King Paul; daughter of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick (1887-1953)

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Lived 1917–1981, aged 64Germany
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  • Era
    1917–1981
    Aged 64
  • Awards
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Summary
Updated 2026-06-21

Queen of Greece for seventeen years, then the shadow power behind her son's throne — blamed by many for the palace's Cold War political meddling and lauded by royalists for her refugee work during the civil war.

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Born April 1917, granddaughter of Kaiser Wilhelm II, she came of age amid the wreckage of the German Empire. As a teenager she joined the Hitler Youth in 1933, then studied in Britain and Italy, where she met Crown Prince Paul of Greece in Florence and married him in 1938. She gave birth to Sophia in 1938, Constantine in 1940, and Irene in 1942. During the Second World War the family fled occupied Greece, spending years in South Africa and Egypt before returning in 1946 after a referendum restored the monarchy. In the civil war that followed, she built a network of "children's towns" for refug…

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Sourced, dated quotes from Frederica of Hanover

Frederica of Hanover
saidundated
You are fortunate to inherit such knowledge. I envy you. While Greece is the country of my birth, India is the country of my soul.
Queen Fredricka of Greece, wife of King Paul. source: A Newsletter of the Kanchi Kamakoti Center of California and From the New Physics to
Frederica of Hanover
saidundated
It was my advanced research in physics that had started me on a spiritual quest.
Queen Fredricka of Greece, wife of King Paul.Quoted from Gewali, Salil (2013). Great Minds on India. New Delhi: Penguin Random House.
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