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Royal Order of Saints Olga and Sophia
Τάγμα Ἁγίων Ὂλγας καὶ Σοφίας
Grand Cross set of the Order
Awarded by the head of the Greek royal family
TypeDynastic Order
EligibilityWomen (post-1974 typically members of the royal family)
Awarded forAt the monarch's pleasure for personal services of women to the Crown
StatusCurrently constituted
SovereignCrown Prince Pavlos
Grand MistressCrown Princess Marie-Chantal
Grades1st Class
2nd Class
3rd Class
4th Class
Statistics
First induction1936 Queen Helen, Queen Mother of Romania (née Princess of Greece and Denmark)
Last induction2020 Princess Nina of Greece and Denmark
Precedence
Next (higher)Royal Order of the Redeemer
Next (lower)Royal Order of George I
EquivalentRoyal Order of Saints George and Constantine

Ribbon bar of the Order

The Royal Family Order of Saints Olga and Sophia (Template:Lang-el) was an order of the Greek royal family. Reserved for women, it was the third highest honour of the modern Greek state and the Crown after the Order of the Redeemer and the male-only Order of Saints George and Constantine. It was instituted in January 1936, by King George II in the memory of his grandmother (Queen Olga) and his mother (Queen Sophia).

The order was abolished in 1973, by the Greek state and today is awarded only by the head of the former Greek royal family.

Grades

  • Dame Grand Cross
  • Dame Commander
  • Commander
  • Gold Cross
  • Silver Cross

Grand Mistresses

Recipients

Upon the creation of the Order in January 1936, Greek Princesses and their daughters were invested in order of precedence:

  1. Queen Helen, The Queen Mother of Romania (née Princess Helen of Greece and Denmark) – Grand Mistress (1936–1947)
  2. Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark – Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  3. Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark – Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  4. Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark – Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  5. Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark – Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  6. Princess Aspasia, Princess Alexander of Greece and Denmark (née Aspasia Manos) – Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  7. Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark – Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  8. Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia – Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  9. Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark – Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  10. Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark – Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  11. Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (née Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark) – Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  12. Princess Nina Georgievna of Russia (née Princess Nina Georgievna of Russia) – Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  13. Princess Xenia Georgievna of Russia – Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  14. The Hereditary Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (née Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark) – Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  15. The Margravine of Baden (née Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark) – Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  16. The Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine (née Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark) – Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  17. Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  18. Princess Marie, Princess George of Greece and Denmark (née Princess Marie Bonaparte) – Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  19. Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia – Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  20. Princess Alice, Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark (née Princess Alice of Battenberg) - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  21. Princess Françoise, Princess Christopher of Greece and Denmark (née Princess Françoise d’Orléans) – Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  22. Princess Margaret of Prussia – Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class

Other dames

Current dames

References

  1. ^ "Familia Real de Dinamarca: Marie-Chantal Miller, la royal más esperada por su ataque a Letizia". www.vanitatis.elconfidencial.com.

Media related to Order of Saints Olga and Sophia at Wikimedia Commons

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Order of Saints George and Constantine . . . Dynastic
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Order of George I . . . . Dynastic
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Order of Beneficence . Rep.
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