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Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark
Czar + Painter
Male
Born
Jan 22, 1872
Hometown
Athens
Died
Feb 8, 1938
Death Place
Athens
Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, was the fourth child and third son of George I, King of the Hellenes, and of Queen Olga. He was known as "Greek Nicky" in the family to distinguish him from… Read More
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CHILDHOOD
1872
Birth
Born on January 22, 1872.
TWENTIES
1896
24 Years Old
Along with his brothers Constantine and George, Nicholas helped to organize the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, the first to be held since 393.
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THIRTIES
1902
30 Years Old
He married Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia (1882–1957), daughter of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia and Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and the only sister of the future Russian imperial pretender, Grand Duke Kyril Vladimirovich, on 29 August 1902 in Tsarskoye Selo, Russia.
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FORTIES
1913
41 Years Old
In 1913 the Prince took a very controversial position on his father's assassination in Thessaloniki, declaring that the King's murderer was an instrument of the German Secret Service; a theory that would have certainly displeased the new Queen, his sister-in-law Sophia of Prussia.
LATE ADULTHOOD
1935
63 Years Old
His father bequeathed him the Royal Theater of Greece which Nicholas, in turn, transferred to the Greek state in 1935.
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1938
66 Years Old
Prince Nicholas died in Athens on February 8, 1938 and was buried in the Royal tomb at the Palace of Tatoi.
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