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Princess Frederica of Hanover (Friederike Sophie Marie Henriette Amelie Therese; 9 January 1848 – 16 October 1926) was a member of the House of Hanover. After her marriage, she lived mostly in England, where she was a prominent member of society.
War and exile. At the peak of World War II, in April 1941, the Greek royal family was evacuated to Crete in a Sunderland flying boat. Shortly afterwards, the German forces attacked Crete. Frederica and her family were evacuated again, setting up a government-in-exile office in London.
The Kingdom of Hanover ceased to exist after being annexed by Prussia in 1866. She was, however, a Duchess of Brunswick, as her father had been the reigning Duke of Brunswick since 1913. This title would also become merely a courtesy after her father was forced to abdicate in 1918.
Apr 18, 2017 · In 1967, Dowager Queen Frederica left Greece with the rest of the Royal Family after a failed counter-coup by King Constantine, living in Rome and in India. Eventually, she spent her time between her sons home in the UK and her daughter’s home in Spain. Queen Frederica died in 1981 of a heart attack.
Princess Frederica of Hanover (Friederike Sophie Marie Henriette Amelie Therese; 9 January 1848 – 16 October 1926) was a member of the House of Hanover. After her marriage, she lived mostly in England, where she was a prominent member of society.
Princess Frederica was born on the 9 January 1848 in Hanover, the eldest daughter of George, the Hereditary Prince of Hanover and Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg. On the 24 April 1880, Frederica married Baron Alfons von Pawel-Rammingen in Windsor Castle.
World War I would lead to the abdication of both her maternal grandfather, the Kaiser and her father in 1918 after the defeat of Germany. The war also resulted in her paternal grandfather (Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover) losing his British dukedom as he had supported Germany in the Great War.
