Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark
The Lady Katherine Brandram (née Princess Ekaterini of Greece and Denmark) (born May 4, 1913) is a daughter of Constantine I of Greece (1868–1922) and Queen consort Sophie of Prussia.
Her paternal grandparents were George I of Greece and Olga Konstantinovna of Russia. Her maternal grandparents were Friedrich III, German Emperor, and his Empress consort Victoria. Victoria was a daughter of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Queen regnant Victoria of the United Kingdom. Currently, she is one of two living great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria, along with Carl Johan Bernadotte.
Katherine was born in Athens. Her parents were deposed in 1917, when she was just four years old, and re-instated in 1920 and deposed again in 1922. Katherine's brother George became King George II of the Hellenes in 1922. He was deposed in 1924 and reinstated in 1935. He then abdicated in 1941. In 1947, Katherine's brother Paul, or Pavlos, became Paul I of Greece. In that same year, Katherine, living in the United Kingdom, married Richard Brandram on April 21. She received permission to style herself 'Lady Katherine Brandram' and in 25 August 1947 she formally renounced her title of Princess of Greece and Denmark and the style 'Royal Highness'.
She had one son with Richard Brandram: Richard Paul George Andrew Brandram, born April 1, 1948.
Lady Katherine is one of only two surviving great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria. The other one is Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Sweden. She is also the last surviving niece of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. Katherine had two sisters, Helen of Greece and Denmark (who married Carol II of Romania and became Queen Helen of Romania) and Princess Irene (not to be confused with her namesake niece Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, daughter of King Paul I of the Hellenes), and another brother, Alexander I of Greece.
Genetics
As a matrilineal descendant of Victoria of the United Kingdom, she and all her female-line descendants are members of mitochondrial haplogroup H.
| Styles of Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark (until 1947) |
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| Reference style | Her Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Ma'am |
| Preceded by: Maddalena Arrivabene Valenti Gonzaga |
Line of succession to the British throne | Succeeded by: Paul Brandram |
