Princess Aspasia Manos (4 September 1896-7 August 1972) was the wife of Alexander I, King of the Hellenes. September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years). ... 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... Alexander of Greece King of Greece Alexander I, King of the Hellenes, ruled Greece from 1917-1920. ...

She was born in Athens, the daughter of Colonel Petros Manos and his wife, Maria Argyropoulos (1874-1930). Her family descended, in part, from Phanariote Greeks living in Constantinople (now Istanbul). Some of her ancestors had been among leaders of Greek fight for independence, some had been leaders of Greeks in Constantinople for centuries under Turkish yoke, and some had even been reigning princes of Danubian provinces. She was of highest noble birth among the ethnic Greeks of her day, and was regarded as a suitable consort for royals of Greece by some, but not by those who approved only marriages between fully royals. Athens (Greek: Αθήνα Athína IPA ) is the capital of Greece and one of the most famous cities in the world. ... Phanariotes (from Phanar, the chief Greek quarter at Istambul, where the oecumenical patriarchate is situated) were those members of families resident in the Phanar quarter who between the years 1711 and 1821 were appointed voivodes of the Danubian principalities (Moldavia and Wallachia). ... Map of Constantinople. ... Satellite image of Istanbul and the Bosphorus Istanbul (Turkish: İstanbul) is the largest city in Turkey, and arguably the most important. ...

Her father's parents were Thrasybulos Manos (1835-1922) from Phanar and Roxane Mavromichalis (1848-1905). Roxane Mavromichalis descended from a ruling family of local Greek beys of Maniot peninsula in the Peloponnese, being daughter of Eufrosyne Soutzos (d 1878) from Bucarest and Petros Mavromichalis (1819-92), who himself was son of Kyriakos Mavromichalis from Peloponnese. They were kin of Petros Mavromichalis, a freedom-fighter of Greece and the Maniot bey in Peloponnese. Map of Greece highlighting the Mani peninsula For other meanings of the word Mani, see Mani. ... Petros Mavromichalis (1765-1848) (in Greek Πέτρος Μαυρομιχάλης) also known as Petrobey (Πετρομπέης), was the leader of the Maniot people during the first half of the 19th century. ...

Eufrosyne Soutzos was daughter of Ruxandra Racovitza (d 1866), of a Danubian princely family (daughter of lord Dumitrasco Racovita), and Constantinos Soutzos (Costache Sutu), descendant of phanariot Soutzos family, princes of Wallachia and Moldavia, himself Grand Marshal of Moldavia and son of Grigore Sutu, himself son of Michael Soutzos, a reigning prince of Moldavia and Valachia, and his wife Sebastie Callimachi, daughter of Ioan Callimachi another reigning prince of Moldavia.

Thrasybulos Manos was son of Constantinos Manos (1785-1835) from Phanar, himself son of Demetrios Manos (whose mother was Eufrosyne Ghica, from Romania, of that Albanian Arumanian clan) and Marioara Caradja (of phanariot Caradja family, Danubian princes); and Sebastia Argyropoulos (1806-83), herself daughter of Jakob Argyropoulos and Marioara Soutzos. Marioara Soutzos was sister of Gregorios Soutzos aforementioned and daughter of Sebastia Callimachi and Prince Michael Soutzos, who himself was son of Constantinos Draco Soutzos and Marioara Rosetti, herself daughter of Iordaki Rosetti and Elena Mavrocordato of Moldavia, daughter of Prince Alexander Mavrocordato and Sultana Chrysokoula of Valachia, daughter of Ilie Alexandru, reigning Prince of Valachia, of the Bogdan-Mushat clan of native princes of Moldavia. The Ghica family was a Romanian noble family, ruling Wallachia and Moldavia for much of the period from the 17th century through the 19th century. ... Alexander Mavrocordato (c. ... This article is about the region in what is now Southern Romania. ... Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian) was a Romanian principality, originally created in the Middle Ages, now divided between Romania, Moldovan Republic and Ukraine. ...

Her mother's parents were Aspasia Anargyrou Petraki and Jacob Argyropoulos (1845-1923), himself son of Aglaia Rosetti (d 1871, Ruset-Roznoveanu) and Perikles Argyropoulos (1810-60), himself son of the selfsame Jacob Argyropoulos and the princess Marioara Soutzos, aforementioned, daughter of reigning prnce of Moldavia and Valachia. Jacob Argyropoulos was son of phanariote Manolos Argyropoulos, originally from Saloniki.

Her ancestry is strongly in Vlach and Rhomaion peoples of Balkan, particularly in Danubian principalities, in Peloponnese and in Constantinople. Of her descendants, her only grandson and her three great-grandsons live currently. Vlachs (also called Wlachs, Wallachs, Olahs) are the Romanized population in Central and Eastern Europe, including Romanians, Aromanians, Istro-Romanians and Megleno-Romanians, but since the creation of the Romanian state, this term was mostly used for the Vlachs living south of the Danube river. ...

On 4 November 1919, at Tatoi, lady Aspasia Manos married King Alexander. Their marriage caused a scandal, and the couple was forced to temporarily flee to Paris, until the crisis was resolved and the wedding was declared legal. She never took the title of Queen, but did use the title "Princess of Greece and Denmark", particularly after the death of her husband. November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Aspasia and Alexander were the parents of one child, Princess Alexandra of Greece, who was born after Alexander's death at Tatoi (her father having died of sepsis following a monkey bite). Alexandra would later marry Peter II, King of Yugoslavia. Alexandra of Greece Queen of Yugoslavia Her Majesty Queen Alexandra of Yugoslavia (née Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark) (25 March 1921 - 30 January 1993) was the wife of the last King of Yugoslavia, Peter II. She was born in Athens in Greece, after the death of her father. ... Sepsis (in Greek Σήψις, putrefaction) is a serious medical condition caused by a severe infection. ... HM King Peter II (6 September 1923 – 3 November 1970) was the last King of Yugoslavia. ...

Aspasia Manos and her daughter were the only members of the Glücksburg dynasty, the Greek Royal House, to be of recent Greek descent. Like most European royal families, the Glücksburg family had a very mixed ethnic origin (including some Greek blood dating back to medieval times).

She died in Venice in Italy and was initially interred at the cemetery of San Michele island near Venice. Her remains were later transferred to the royal cemetery Plot in the park of Tatoi near Dekéleia (23 km north of Athens.) Location within Italy Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venexia) 45°26′N 12°19′E, the city of canals, is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice in Italy. ... Tatoi, located 15 kilometers north of the center of Athens, was the summer palace and private property of the former Greek Royal Family, and the site of George II of the Helleness birth. ...