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Olga Konstantinovna of Russia (in Russian Великая Княжна Ольга Константиновна) ( 3 September 1851 - 18 June 1926 ), born Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna of Russia, was the Queen Consort of King George I Of Greece and in 1920, Regent Of Greece . A granddaughter of Tsar Nicholas I Of Russia and cousin of Tsar Alexander III of Russia and Tsar Nicholas II , Olga was the daughter of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich Of Russia and Alexandra Iosifovna , a Princess of Saxe-Altenberg. She met the young king during his trip to Russia to meet with his sister Dagmar , the Danish wife of Tsar Alexander III . They fell in love and married in 1867 , when she was sixteen years old. Together they had eight children:
She was acting Regent after her grandson, Alexander I died on 25 October , 1920 of a monkey bite, until her son Constantine returned to take over the throne a second time. He had reigned before from 1913 to 1917 and again from 1920 to 1922 . Having been extensively involved in charity work and having endowed the ''Evangelismos'' (Annunciation) Hospital, Greece's largest, in downtown Athens, Olga was Greece's only genuinely popular Queen. The image shown is a VAndyk image which is copyright National Portrait Gallery London, and hence should not be used without permission. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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