Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece

Pavlos
Crown Prince of Greece

Pavlos and his wife at the wedding of Princess Madeleine of Sweden, 8 June 2013
Born (1967-05-20) 20 May 1967
Tatoi Palace, Tatoi, Kingdom of Greece
Spouse Marie Chantal Miller (m. 1995)
Issue
  • Princess Maria-Olympia
  • Prince Constantine-Alexios
  • Prince Achileas-Andreas
  • Prince Odysseas-Kimon
    Prince Aristidis-Stavros
House Glücksburg
Father Constantine II of Greece
Mother Anne Marie of Denmark
Religion Greek Orthodox

Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, Prince of Denmark, RE (Greek: Παύλος; born 20 May 1967) is the eldest son and second child of Constantine II, the last King of the Hellenes from 1964 to 1973 and his wife, Anne-Marie of Denmark. Pavlos was heir apparent to the throne of Greece and was its crown prince from birth, remaining so during his father's reign until the monarchy's abolition.[1]

Since reaching adulthood, he has lived in New York City and London, working as an investment consultant.[2] He is an experienced bluewater yachtsman and crews on the multi-record-breaking monohull Mari-Cha IV owned by businessman and father-in-law, Robert W. Miller.

Early life

Birth

Pavlos was born on 20 May 1967 in Athens, to King Constantine II and Queen Anne Marie.[3] His mother is the youngest sister of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and his father is a brother of Queen Sophia of Spain. His maternal grandparents were King Frederik IX of Denmark and his wife Princess Ingrid of Sweden.

He displaced his older sister, Alexia, born in 1965, as heir to the throne, Greece's order of succession adhering to male-preference primogeniture.[1]

Military coup and abolition of the monarchy

Pavlos was born into a turbulent era in Greek politics. His father, King Constantine II, ascended to the throne on 6 March 1964, aged 23, following the death of his father, King Paul.[1] His mother, the 20 year-old Queen, would give birth to Pavlos barely a month after the coup d'état which ended democratic rule in Greece over the King's objections on 21 April 1967,[1] ushering in the "Regime of the Colonels", led by Georgios Papadopoulos. In December of that year, King Constantine attempted a counter-coup, but could not rally sufficient military support.[1] Pursued by supporters of the junta, the King fled with his wife, children, mother and sister to Rome. From Rome they went to Copenhagen, and lived with Queen Ingrid of Denmark.[4]

During the years 1967–1973, Greece remained officially a monarchy, with a regency appointed while the king lived in exile. On 1 June 1973, Constantine II was declared deposed and Georgios Papadopoulos became the self-appointed President of Greece.

On 17 November 1974, the Greek legislative election, 1974 was held, resulting in a victory for Constantine Karamanlis and his New Democracy party. Less than a month later, on 8 December, the Greek plebiscite of 1974 confirmed a referendum of the previous year: the majority of Greek voters preferred a republican constitution (69%) to restoration of the monarchy (31%).

Constantine II accepted that his reign was at an end. He and Anne Marie had been living with their family in London for several years. Pavlos' youngest siblings were born in London, Princess Theodora in 1983 and Prince Philippos in 1986.

Education

Pavlos was educated in London at the Hellenic College of London, founded by his parents.[2] After completing Sandhurst School, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.[5] While sharing a house in Washington, DC from 1993 he and his cousin, Felipe VI of Spain, then Prince of Asturias, attended Georgetown University where each obtained a Master of Science in Foreign Service in 1995.[5]

Marriage and issue

Pavlos married British-born heiress Marie-Chantal Miller, whom he had met at a party three years earlier in New Orleans, on 1 July 1995.[5] The Greek Orthodox rite wedding at St Sophia's Cathedral, London drew a rare modern panoply of royalty, but the nuptials proved unavailing and had eventually to be repeated civilly (not normally required in the UK) in Chelsea because of an obscure law requiring that marriages in England be conducted in English.[5]

After their marriage, the couple took up residence in Greenwich, Connecticut, the job that Pavlos obtained with the Charles R. Weber ship-broking company being headquartered there.[5] Later, he went to work at a New York City firm as an investment portfolio manager, before relocation to London for their children's education in 2004.[2] The couple have five children:

Name Lifespan Notes
Maria-Olympia (b. 1996)
Constantine-Alexios (b. 1998) (named after his grandfather; born 29 October 1998 in New York City).
Achileas-Andreas (b. 2000) (born on 12 August 2000 in New York City)
Odysseus-Kimon (b. 2004) (born on 17 September 2004 in London)
Aristidis-Stavros (b. 2008) (born on 29 June 2008 in Los Angeles)

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

From birth, Pavlos was the heir apparent to the throne of Greece and as such he was referred to as the Crown Prince of Greece with the style of Royal Highness.[2] Following the deposition of the Greek monarchy in 1973, these titles and styles are no longer legally recognised by the democratic government in Greece but Pavlos is often referred to as such in the press and media and recognized as such by foreign courts. As a male-line descendant of Christian IX of Denmark, Pavlos is also legally a prince of Denmark.[6]

Coat of arms and banner

Arms of the Crown Prince of Greece
Standard of the Crown Prince of Greece
Dual Cypher of Pavlos and his wife

Honours

See also List of honours of the Greek Royal Family by country

Foreign honours

Ancestry

Pavlos was a direct descendant of three reigning sovereign monarchs at birth. He was the eldest son of the King of Greece, grandson of the King of Denmark and great-grandson of the King of Sweden, all living and enthroned when he was born.[1] His paternal aunt, Queen Sofía of Spain, was Queen Consort of Spain. His maternal aunt, Margrethe II of Denmark, is the Queen regnant of Denmark.

By male-line descent, he is a member of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg line of the House of Oldenburg.[1]

Pavlos is a scion multiple times of the "Grandparents of Europe", due to Royal intermarriage. As a result, he descends from Christian IX of Denmark through three of his children; in the male line through George I of Greece, in the female line through Frederick VIII of Denmark and through his daughter Princess Thyra, Duchess of Cumberland.[5] He also descends thrice from Queen Victoria: once through her third son Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, and twice through her eldest daughter Victoria, Princess Royal.[5]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. "Burke’s Royal Families of the World: Volume I Europe & Latin America, 1977, pp. 67, 316, 327-328, 516. ISBN 0-85011-023-8
  2. 1 2 3 4 de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery. Paris. 2002. pp. 522-525, 536-539 (French) ISBN 2-9507974-3-1
  3. ↑ "Heir to Throne Is Born To Greek Royal Couple". The New York Times. Associated Press. 21 May 1967. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Colacello, Bob. "Greece's Royal Couple". Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Eilers, Marlene. Queen Victoria's Daughters. Rosvall Royal Books, Falkoping, Sweden, 1997. pp. 32-33, 130, 132, 173. ISBN 91-630-5964-9
  6. ↑ http://webarkiv.ft.dk/Samling/20001/spor_sv/S3937.htm
  7. 1 2 Pavlos & Marie-Chantal
  8. 1 2 3 4 Noblesse et Royautés (French), Queen Margrethe's Ruby Jubilee, 2012, Pavlos wearing miniatures of the orders on his jacket and Marie-Chantal wearing the sash of the Order of Saints Olga and Sophia
  9. ↑ "New Years". Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  10. ↑ "King Carl Gustav Of Sweden's 50th Birthday Celebrations Pictures - Getty Images". Retrieved 29 July 2016.

References

Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece
Born: 20 May 1967
Greek royalty
Preceded by
Alexia		 Crown Prince of Greece
20 May 1967 – 1 June 1973 		Incumbent
— TITULAR —
Crown Prince of Greece
1 June 1973 – present
Reason for succession failure:
Abolition of the monarchy in 1973/74
Lines of succession
First
 Line of succession to the former Greek throne
1st position 		Succeeded by
Prince Constantine Alexios
of Greece and Denmark
Preceded by
The Queen of the Hellenes		 Line of succession to the British throne
descended from Arthur, son of Victoria
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