Princess Friederike of Hanover

Frederica of Hanover (Frederica Louisa Thyra Victoria Margareta Sophie Olga Cécilie Isabelle Christa; Greek: Φρειδερίκη; pronounced [fri΄ðerici]; 18 April 1917 – 6 February 1981) was Queen consort of the Hellenes as the wife of King Paul of Greece.Frederica was born on 18 April 1917 in Blankenburg am Harz, Duchy of Brunswick, German Empire. She was the daughter of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, and Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia. As daughter of a Hanoverian prince, she was born a princess of Hanover, Great Britain and Ireland, and also a duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg. However the Titles Deprivation Act was passed soon after her birth, and she lost her British titles. As a descendant of Queen Victoria, she was, at birth, 34th in the line of succession to the British throne.Prince Paul of Greece, her second cousin once removed, proposed to her during the summer of 1936, while he was in Berlin attending the 1936 Summer Olympics. Paul was the son of King Constantine I and Frederica's great-aunt Sophia. Their engagement was announced officially on 28 September 1937. They married in Athens on 9 January 1938. Frederica became Hereditary Princess of Greece, her husband being heir presumptive to his childless elder brother, King George II.