She also bequeathed her jewelry to the duchess. Princess Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (1882-1957), born Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, was Princess Marina's mother. Their common grandparents were George I, King of Hellenes 1845-1913 married in 1867 to Olga Romanov, Grand Duchess of Russia 1851-1926. Seated at the front are Princess (later Queen) Elizabeth … Her father was Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, who comes for the same Danish House of Oldenberg. Marina had two elder sisters: Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark (1903–1997) married Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, had two sons and one daughter; Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark (1904–1955) married Count Carl Theodor of Toerring-Jettenbach, had one son and one daughter; 1913 brought the family’s idyllic life to an end. She was the youngest of the three daughters of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (a son of King George I of the Hellenes, born Prince Vilhelm of Denmark) and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia (a granddaughter of Alexander II, Emperor of All Russia). She married her second cousin, Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, in 1902. Prince Philip related to Princess Marina were paternal first cousins. In 1954 the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by Princess Alexandra, opened the college's extension. In 1923 he married Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, a sister of Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent. 30 November] 1906 – 27 August 1968), later known as the Duchess of Kent, was a princess of the Greek royal house, who married Prince George, Duke of Kent, fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary in 1934. She was the youngest of the couple’s children. Prince Paul of Yugoslavia-Wikipedia. Princess Xenia Georgievna of Russia (22 August 1903, Mikhailovskoe, Russia – 17 September 1965, Glen Cove, New York) was the younger daughter of Grand Duke George Mihailovich of Russia and Princess Maria Georgievna of Greece and Denmark. 6. Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark was born on December 13, 1906, in Athens, Greece. In 1939, the wealthy Princess Louise, Queen Victoria’s fourth daughter, died and she assigned the Duke of Kent as the chief beneficiary of her estate. In 1944, Princess Marina's first cousin King George II of Greece, also stayed at Coppins. Princess Marina was born in 1906. She was the only daughter of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia. The marriage of Prince George, Duke of Kent to Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, 1934. The Princess is also royal on her mother's side, with ties to Greece, Denmark, and Russia. 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