Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark , born 10 July 1965, is the elder daughter and eldest child of former King Constantine II of Greece

Constantine II of Greece

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 and former Queen Anna-Marie

Queen Anne-Marie of Greece

Queen Anne-Marie of Greece is the wife of former King Constantine II of Greece, who was deposed in referendums in 1973 and in 1974. Her title "Queen of Greece" is not recognized under the terms of the republican Constitution of Greece...

 (née Princess Anne-Marie Dagmar Ingrid of Denmark who is the youngest daughter of King Frederick IX of Denmark

Frederick IX of Denmark

Frederick IX was King of Denmark from 20 April 1947 until his death on 14 January 1972....

 and his wife Ingrid of Sweden

Ingrid of Sweden

Ingrid of Sweden was a Swedish princess and the queen consort of King Frederick IX of Denmark.-Background:...

).

Early life

Princess Alexia was born at Mon Repos

Mon Repos

Mon Repos may refer to:*Monrepos, a Rococo water pavilion in Ludwigsburg, Germany.*Mon Repos, a landscape garden in Vyborg, Russia.*Mon Repos Conservation Park, a turtle rookery near Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia....

, Corfu

Corfu

Corfu is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the second largest of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the edge of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The island is part of the Corfu regional unit, and is administered as a single municipality. The...

, Ionian Islands

Ionian Islands

The Ionian Islands are a group of islands in Greece. They are traditionally called the Heptanese, i.e...

, Greece, the same house as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is the husband of Elizabeth II. He is the United Kingdom's longest-serving consort and the oldest serving spouse of a reigning British monarch....

.

Since her own birth and until the birth on 20 May 1967 of her brother Pavlos

Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece

Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, is the eldest son and heir apparent of Constantine II, who was King of Greece from 1964 to 1973....

, Princess Alexia was heiress presumptive to the throne of Hellenes, then an extant monarchy. The succession law of Greece was not a Salic

Salic law

Salic law was a body of traditional law codified for governing the Salian Franks in the early Middle Ages during the reign of King Clovis I in the 6th century...

 one, instead it was effectively similar with the ones of the United Kingdom and Spain.

Marriage and issue

On 9 July 1999 Princess Alexia married Carlos Morales Quintana

Carlos Morales Quintana

Carlos Morales Quintana is a Spanish architect and yachtsman. He is the husband of Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark, a member of the Greek Royal Family....

, an architect and a champion yachtsman, at St. Sophia Cathedral

Saint Sophia (London)

Saint Sophia Cathedral is a Greek Orthodox church on Moscow Road in the Bayswater area of London.It was consecrated as the Church of St Sophia on 5 February 1882 by Antonios, Archbishop of Corfu, as a focus for the prosperous Greek community that had settled in London, particularly around...

, London.
Princess Alexia and Carlos Morales have four children:

• Arrietta Morales y de Grecia, born 24 February 2002 in Barcelona
  Barcelona
  Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
  
  .
• Ana María Morales y de Grecia, born 15 May 2003 in Barcelona
  Barcelona
  Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
  
  .
• Carlos Morales y de Grecia, born 30 July 2005 in Barcelona
  Barcelona
  Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
  
  .
• Amelia Morales y de Grecia, born 26 October 2007 in Spain.

Alexia is godmother to Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece, Pablo Nicolas Urdangarin y de Borbon

Pablo Nicolás Urdangarín y de Borbón

Don Pablo Nicolás Sebastián de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón is the second son of the Duchess and Duke of Palma de Mallorca, Infanta Cristina of Spain and Iñaki Urdangarín...

, Countess Ingrid von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth, Princess Isabella of Denmark

Princess Isabella of Denmark

Princess Isabella Henrietta Ingrid Margrethe of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat , is a member of the Danish Royal Family. She is the daughter of Crown Prince Frederik and his wife, the Australian-born Crown Princess Mary....

 and Emma Tallulah Behn

Emma Tallulah Behn

Emma Tallulah Behn is the third daughter of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and husband Ari Behn. She was born in their home in Lommedalen outside of the capital of Oslo at 12.53, weighing 3700 grams and measuring 53 cm...

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Alexia and her family live now in Puerto Calero, Lanzarote

Lanzarote

Lanzarote , a Spanish island, is the easternmost of the autonomous Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 125 km off the coast of Africa and 1,000 km from the Iberian Peninsula. Covering 845.9 km2, it stands as the fourth largest of the islands...

, Canary Islands in a house designed by her husband.

Titles and styles

• 10 July 1965 – 20 May 1967: Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess of Greece, Princess of Denmark
• 20 May 1967 – 9 July 1999: Her Royal Highness Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark
• 9 July 1999 – present: Her Royal Highness Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark, Mrs Morales

Ancestry