On This Day In History . . 13th December 1906. . Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark was born . . ◼ Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, (born Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark was the wife of Prince George, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of King George V of the United Kingdom & Mary of Teck. . ◼ Princess Marina's marriage was the most recent occasion on which a foreign-born princess married into the British royal family. . . Brief biography; . ◼ Princess Marina was born in Athens, Greece, on 13 December 1906. . ◼ Her father was Prince Nicholas of Greece & Denmark, the third son of George I of Greece. Her mother was Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, a granddaughter of Tsar Alexander II of Russia. She was the youngest of the couple's children. One of her paternal uncles was Prince Andrew of Greece & Denmark, the father of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. . ◼ She was baptised near the end of 1906, & her godparents were: the King of Greece (her paternal grandfather); the King of the United Kingdom Edward VII (her great-uncle by marriage); the Princess of Wales (later George V); Prince Andrew of Greece & Denmark (her paternal uncle); Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia (her maternal uncle); & Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (her maternal aunt). . ◼ The family was generally poor & forced into exile when she was 11, following the overthrow of the Greek monarchy. They later moved to Paris, while the Princess stayed throughout Europe with her extended family. . ◼ She married Prince George, Duke of Kent, fourth son of King George V in 1934. They had three children: Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Princess Alexandra, & Prince Michael. . ◼ The Princess was widowed in 1942, when her husband was killed in a plane crash on active service. In later life, she carried out many royal engagements, including the independence celebrations for Ghana and Botswana. . Both portraits taken by Marcus Adams, 1936 . . #OnThisDayInHistory #History #TheYear1906 #RoyalBirth #PrincessMarina #Greece #Denmark #HouseofGlucksberg #HouseofWindsor #Royalty #RoyalFamily #Heritage #Monarchy #BritishMonarchy #D13Dec #Athens #Royal #Princess #TheBritishMonarchy (at Athens, Greece) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrVZo_SFa9N/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1f374saaqi9n8