Queen Of Greece Sophie … Of PrussiaAge: 611870–1932
- Name
- Queen Of Greece Sophie … Of Prussia
- Given names
- Sophie
- Name prefix
- Queen Of Greece
- Name suffix
- Of Prussia
| Birth | 14 June 1870 38 29 Potsdam, Germany |
| Birth of a sister | 1872 (Age 18 months)
younger sister -
Princess Margarete … Of Hesse
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| Australian History | 1872 (Age 18 months) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 2) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 4) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 7) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Death of a brother | 1879 (Age 8)
elder brother -
Waldemar …
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| Australian History | 1879 (Age 8) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 9) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 11) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 12) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 16) Note: An Australian cricket team is established, defeating England in the first Ashes series. First direct Inter-colonial passenger trains begin running between Adelaide and Melbourne. |
| Marriage of a brother | Prince Henry … Of Prussia - View family 1888 (Age 17)
elder brother -
Prince Henry … Of Prussia
sister-in-law -
Princess Irene … Of Hesse
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| Death of a paternal grandfather | 9 March 1888 (Age 17) Berlin, Germany
paternal grandfather -
Emperor William I … Of Germany
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| Death of a father | 15 June 1888 (Age 18) Neues Palais, Potsdam, Germany
father -
Frederick III … German Emperor
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| Marriage | Constantine I Oldenburg King Of Greece - View family 27 October 1889 (Age 19) Athens, Greece |
| Australian History | 1889 (Age 18) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
| Birth of a son #1 | 19 July 1890 (Age 20) Tatoi, Near Athens, Greece |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | 1890 (Age 19)
paternal grandmother -
Augusta … Of Saxe-Weimar
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| Australian History | 1890 (Age 19) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 20) Note: A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution. Note: The first attempt at a federal constitution is drafted. Note: The Convention adopts the constitution, although it has no legal status Note: A severe depression hits Australia |
| Australian History | 1892 (Age 21) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Birth of a son #2 | 1 August 1893 (Age 23) Tatoi, Greece |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 22) Note: The Corowa Conference (the 'people's convention') calls on the colonial parliaments to pass enabling acts, allowing the election of delegates to a new constitutional convention aimed at drafting a proposal and putting it to a referendum in each colony. |
| Australian History | 1894 (Age 23) Note: South Australia becomes the first Australian colony, and the second place in the world, to grant women the right to vote, as well the first Parliament in the world to allow women to stand for office. |
| Australian History | 1895 (Age 24) Note: The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals. Note: Waltzing Matilda is first sung in public, in Winton, Queensland Note: Banjo Paterson publishes The Man from Snowy River |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | 2 May 1896 (Age 25) Athens, Greece
daughter -
Princess Helen … Of Greece
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| Australian History | 1896 (Age 25) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 26) Note: In two sessions, the Second National Australasian Convention meets (with representatives from all colonies except Queensland present). They agree to adopt a constitution based on the 1891 draft, and then revise and amend it later that year. Note: Catherine Helen Spence became the first female political candidate for political office, standing for election as a representative for South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1898 (Age 27) Note: The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people. Note: After much public debate, the Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian referendums are successful; the New South Wales referendum narrowly fails. Later New South Wales votes 'yes' in a second referendum, and Queensland and Western Australia also vote to join. |
| Australian History | 1899 (Age 28) Note: The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney. Note: The Australian Labor Party holds office for a few days in Queensland, becoming the first trade union party to do so anywhere in the world. Note: The first contingents from various Australian colonies are sent to South Africa to participate in the Second Boer War. |
| Australian History | 1900 (Age 29) Note: Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution. Note: The constitution is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a schedule to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, and is given royal assent |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | 22 January 1901 (Age 30) Osborne House, Isle Of Wight, England
maternal grandmother -
Alexandrina Victoria Hanover
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| Death of a mother | 5 August 1901 (Age 31) Friedrichshof, Kronberg, Taunus, Germany |
| Birth of a son #4 | 14 December 1901 (Age 31) Athens, Greece |
| Australian History | 1901 (Age 30) Note: (01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General Note: The first parliament met in Parliament House, Melbourne Note: Immigration Restriction act was introduced- The White Australian Policy Note: The Australian National Flag was flown for the first time |
| Australian History | 1902 (Age 31) Note: The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people, unless already registered to vote on State roles. Note: King Edward VII approved the design of the Australian flag. Note: Breaker Morant is executed for having shot Boers who had surrendered |
| Australian History | 1903 (Age 32) Note: The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice. Note: The Defence Act gives the federal government full control over the Australian Army Note: Alfred Deakin elected Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1904 (Age 33) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Australian History | 1906 (Age 35) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 37) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Australian History | 1909 (Age 38) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 39) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 40) Note: The Royal Australian Navy is founded Note: The Northern Territory comes under Commonwealth control, being split off from South Australia Note: The first national census is conducted. Note: Australian Capital Territory proclaimed. |
| Australian History | 1912 (Age 41) Note: Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time Note: Walter Burley Griffin wins a design competition for the new city of Canberra |
| Birth of a son #5 | 1913 (Age 42)
son -
Child 6 …
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| Australian History | 1913 (Age 42) Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'. |
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 42) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 43) Note: Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's. |
| Australian History | 1915 (Age 44) Note: (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April. Note: Jervis Bay Territory comprising 6,677 hectares surrendered and becomes part of the Australia Capital Territory. Note: Surfing is first introduced to Australia Note: Billy Hughes became Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1916 (Age 45) Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill' Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme. Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected |
| Australian History | 1917 (Age 46) Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed. Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks. |
| Australian History | 1918 (Age 47) Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'. Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead. Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth. |
| Marriage of a son | Alexander I Oldenburg King Of Greece - View family 4 November 1919 (Age 49) Athens, Greece
daughter-in-law -
Aspasia Manos
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| Death of a sister | 1919 (Age 48)
elder sister -
Duchess Charlotte … Of Saxe-Meiningen
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| Australian History | 1919 (Age 48) Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea. |
| Death of a son | 25 October 1920 (Age 50) Athens, Greece |
| Australian History | 1920 (Age 49) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | 1921 (Age 50)
granddaughter -
Princess Alexandra … Of Greece
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| Marriage of a son | George II Oldenburg King Of Greece - View family 27 February 1921 (Age 50) Bucharest, Romania
daughter-in-law -
Princess Elizabeth Hohenzollern Of Romania
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| Marriage of a daughter | Princess Helen … Of Greece - View family 10 March 1921 (Age 50) Athens, Greece
son-in-law -
Carol II Hohenzollern King Of Romania
daughter -
Princess Helen … Of Greece
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| Birth of a grandson #2 | 25 October 1921 (Age 51) Pelesch, Sinaia, Romania
grandson -
Michael Hohenzollern King Of Romania
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| Australian History | 1921 (Age 50) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Marriage of a brother | William II … German Emperor - View family 5 November 1922 (Age 52) HAustralia Doorn, Netherlands
elder brother -
William II … German Emperor
sister-in-law -
Princess Hermine … Of Reuss
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| Australian History | 1922 (Age 51) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Death of a husband | 11 January 1923 (Age 52) Palermo, Italy
husband -
Constantine I Oldenburg King Of Greece
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| Australian History | 1923 (Age 52) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Australian History | 1926 (Age 55) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Australian History | 1927 (Age 56) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Australian History | 1928 (Age 57) Note: Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built. |
| Death of a brother | 1929 (Age 58)
elder brother -
Prince Henry … Of Prussia
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| Death of a sister | 1929 (Age 58)
elder sister -
Friederike Amalia Wilhelmine Viktoria Lippe
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| Australian History | 1929 (Age 58) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
| Australian History | 1930 (Age 59) Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup |
| Australian History | 1931 (Age 60) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
| Australian History | 1932 (Age 61) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
| Death | 13 January 1932 (Age 61) Frankfurt, Germany |
| Burial | November 1936 (4 years after death) Tatoi, Near Athens, Greece |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Frederick III … German Emperor
Birth 18 October 1831 34 20 Neues Palais, Potsdam, Germany Death 15 June 1888 (Age 56) Neues Palais, Potsdam, Germany Loading...
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9 years mother |
Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Birth 21 November 1840 21 21 Buckingham, Palace, London, England Death 5 August 1901 (Age 60) Friedrichshof, Kronberg, Taunus, Germany Loading...
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Marriage: 25 January 1858 — London, England |
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1 year #1 elder brother |
William II … German Emperor
Birth 27 January 1859 27 18 Berlin, Germany Death 4 June 1941 (Age 82) Haus Doorn, Netherlands Loading...
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11 months #2 elder sister |
Duchess Charlotte … Of Saxe-Meiningen
Birth 1860 28 19 Death 1919 (Age 59) Loading...
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2 years #3 elder brother |
Prince Henry … Of Prussia
Birth 1862 30 21 Death 1929 (Age 67) Loading...
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2 years #4 elder brother |
Sigismund …
Birth 1864 32 23 Death 1866 (Age 2) Loading...
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2 years #5 elder sister |
Friederike Amalia Wilhelmine Viktoria Lippe
Birth 12 April 1866 34 25 Death 1929 (Age 62) Loading...
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21 months #6 elder brother |
Waldemar …
Birth 1868 36 27 Death 1879 (Age 11) Loading...
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2 years #7 herself |
Queen Of Greece Sophie … Of Prussia
Birth 14 June 1870 38 29 Potsdam, Germany Death 13 January 1932 (Age 61) Frankfurt, Germany Loading...
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19 months #8 younger sister |
Princess Margarete … Of Hesse
Birth 1872 40 31 Death 1954 (Age 82) Loading...
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| Family with Constantine I Oldenburg King Of Greece - View family |
| husband |
Constantine I Oldenburg King Of Greece
Birth 2 August 1868 22 17 Athens, Greece Death 11 January 1923 (Age 54) Palermo, Italy Loading...
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22 months herself |
Queen Of Greece Sophie … Of Prussia
Birth 14 June 1870 38 29 Potsdam, Germany Death 13 January 1932 (Age 61) Frankfurt, Germany Loading...
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Marriage: 27 October 1889 — Athens, Greece |
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9 months #1 son |
George II Oldenburg King Of Greece
Birth 19 July 1890 21 20 Tatoi, Near Athens, Greece Death 1 April 1947 (Age 56) Athens, Greece Loading...
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3 years #2 son |
Alexander I Oldenburg King Of Greece
Birth 1 August 1893 24 23 Tatoi, Greece Death 25 October 1920 (Age 27) Athens, Greece Loading...
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3 years #3 daughter |
Princess Helen … Of Greece
Birth 2 May 1896 27 25 Athens, Greece Death 28 November 1982 (Age 86) Lausanne, Switzerland Loading...
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6 years #4 son |
Paul I Oldenburg King Of Greece
Birth 14 December 1901 33 31 Athens, Greece Death 6 March 1964 (Age 62) Tatoi, Near Athens, Greece Loading...
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| #5 son |
Child 5 …
Death yes Loading...
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| #6 son |
Child 6 …
Birth 1913 44 42 Death yes Loading...
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Queen Of Greece Sophie … Of Prussia has 32 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (32)
Parents Edward VII Wettin King Of England + Princess Alexandra … Of Denmark
Parents Grand Duke Louis IV … Of Hesse + Princess Alice Maud Mary …
Parents Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince + Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess
Parents (Frederick) Christian Charles … Prince + Helena Augusta Victoria Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Parents Prince Arthur William Patrick … + Duchess Louise Margaret … Of Prussia
Parents Prince Leopold George Duncan … + Princess Helena Frederica … Of Waldeck
Parents Prince Henry Maurice … Of Battenberg + Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore Battenberg
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