Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark (10 August 1888 - 21 January 1940) was a member of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. He renounced his title in 1920 when he married his first wife. August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (in Danish: Slesvig-Holsten-Sønderborg-Lyksborg (or Glücksborg)), from Glücksburg in northernmost Germany, is a line of the House of Oldenburg (Danish: Oldenborg), to which the royal houses of Denmark, Norway, and the former royal house of Greece belong. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ...

He was born at Pavlovsk, Russia; his parents were George I of Greece and Olga, Queen of Greece; he was the youngest of their eight children (twenty years younger than their oldest child, Constantine), and was called "Christo" by the family. Pavlovsk (Russian: Павловск) is a town situated in the Leningrad oblast, Russia, 30 km from St. ... George I (December 24, 1845 - March 18, 1913) was King of the Hellenes (Greece) from 1863 to 1913 He was born in Copenhagen, the second son of King Christian IX of Denmark and the brother of Alexandra of Denmark (consort of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom). ... Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinova, Queen of Greece ( 3 September 1851 - 18 June 1926) married King George I of Greece. ... Constantine I, King of the Hellenes (2 August 1868 - 11 January 1923), ruled Greece from 1913-1917 and from 1920-1922. ...

Like his siblings, he was a polyglot, speaking Greek, English, Danish, Russian, French, and Italian. (The siblings spoke Greek to one another, and used English with their parents - who, oddly enough, spoke German to each other!).

When he came of age he joined the Greek Army, although apparently he would much rather have rather studied the piano! While a young man, he was apparently offered no less than three different thrones - those of Portugal, Lithuania, and Albania - but he declined them all, as he did not wish the stress of royal duties. This article is about the modern musical instrument. ...

He was briefly engaged to Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife in about 1910, but their engagement was terminated when dis-approving parents learned of the liaison. He later married an American, Anastasia Stewart (formerly Mrs. Nancy Leeds) at Vevey, Switzerland, on 1 January 1920, after a six-year engagement while the legal details of marriage to a previously-married commoner were worked on. However, shortly after their marriage she developed cancer, and died at London on 29 August 1923, leaving no children from this marriage. [[Image:Princess_arthur. ... 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Vevey is a small city in Switzerland, located in the canton Vaud, on the north shore of Lake Geneva, at 46°28′ N 6°51′ E, not far from Lausanne. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben Tower Bridge at night A red double-decker bus crosses Piccadilly Circus. ... August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He later remarried; his second wife was Françoise de Guise, Princess of Orléans (25 December 1902 - 25th February, 1953). They were married in 1929 in Palermo, Italy; the civil ceremony was on 10 February, and the religious one on 11 February. They had one child, Prince Michael of Greece, born in 1939, shortly before his father's death in Athens. December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining. ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... (Redirected from 25th February) February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Location within Italy Palermo (Palermo in Italian) (Palermu or Palemmu in Sicilian) (population 680,000) is the principal city and administrative seat of the autonomous region of Sicily, Italy. ... February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark (born 7 January 1939) is a member of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Athens (Greek: Αθήνα; see also alternative names) is the capital of Greece, and of the Attica region of Greece. ...

Web links

• Christopher of Greece (http://www.glintofgold.org/romanovs/bio/christo.html)