Andrew of Greece and Denmark
1882 – 1944 · Generation XXXVI
Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1882–1944). Married Alice of Battenberg in 1903. A son of George I of Greece and Olga of Russia, and in time the father of Prince Philip, he was a working cavalry officer rather than an ornamental one. The officers’ coup of 1909 forced him out of the army; the Balkan Wars brought him back, and his father’s assassination during them left him the Corfu villa of Mon Repos. Commanding the II Army Corps at the Sakarya in 1921, he ignored orders to attack that he judged desperate, and after the Greek collapse of 1922 a court-martial convicted him of disobedience. Spared the firing squad that took others, he was banished for life and carried away aboard the British cruiser HMS Calypso. He spent his remaining years largely in France, estranged from Alice, and died in Monte Carlo in 1944, having seen neither his wife nor his son since 1939.
Place in the family
- Andrew of Greece and Denmark was a first cousin twice removed of Queen Elizabeth II.
- The archive records 28 of his descendants, across 4 generations.
Line of descent: Christian IX of Denmark → George I of Greece → Andrew of Greece and Denmark.
Parents
- George I of Greece (1845 – 1913)
- Olga Constantinovna of Russia (1851 – 1926)
Partners
- Married Alice of Battenberg (1885 – 1969) in 1903 — one child together
Children
- Philip Mountbatten (1921 – 2021)
Life
- 1882 — Born
- 1903 — Married Alice of Battenberg
- 1944 — Died