Queen Anne-Marie of Greece
Queen of Greece from 1964 to 1973 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Anne-Marie RE (Greek: Άννα-Μαρία, romanized: Ánna-María; born 30 August 1946) is a Danish princess who was Queen of Greece as the consort of King Constantine II from their marriage on 18 September 1964 until the abolition of the Greek monarchy on 1 June 1973.
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Tenure | 18 September 1964 – 1 June 1973 | ||||
Born | Princess Anne-Maria Dagmar Ingrid of Denmark (1946-08-30) 30 August 1946 (age 77) Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark | ||||
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House | Glücksburg | ||||
Father | Frederik IX of Denmark | ||||
Mother | Ingrid of Sweden |
Anne-Marie is the youngest daughter of Frederik IX of Denmark and Ingrid of Sweden. In 1964, she married Constantine and became queen consort of Greece. They had five children: Princess Alexia, Crown Prince Pavlos, Prince Nikolaos, Princess Theodora, and Prince Philippos. As queen, Anne-Marie spent much of her time working for a charitable foundation known as "Her Majesty's Fund", a foundation established by her mother-in-law, Queen Frederica of Greece. In 1967, Anne-Marie and her family were forced into exile upon the rise of a military dictatorship. After fleeing to Rome, they eventually settled in London, when the Greek monarchy was officially abolished.
Anne-Marie and her family were stripped of their Greek citizenship and had their property revoked, leading them to sue in the European Court of Human Rights, where they won and were allowed back to Greece. Of the compensation she earned, Anne-Marie set up the "Anne-Marie Foundation", which provided assistance to people in rural areas of Greece. In 2013, she and Constantine moved back to Greece. They moved to Athens in 2022, where Constantine died in January the following year.