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May 20, 1802 – Birth of Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont, wife of Georg II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, at Schaumburg Castle in the Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, now in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Through her mother, Emma was a descendant of King George II of Great Britain and Willem IV, Prince of Orange. In 1845, Emma’s husband died and she served as Regent of the Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont until her son Georg Viktor reached his majority in 1852. Emma was the grandmother of Princess Emma of Waldeck-Pyrmont who became Queen of the Netherlands when she married King Willem III of the Netherlands, and therefore she is an ancestor of the Dutch royal family.
Unofficial Royalty: Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont
May 20, 1875 – Death of Amalia of Oldenburg, Queen of Greece, wife of King Otto of Greece, at the Neue Residenz in Bamberg, Kingdom of Bavaria, now in Germany; buried at the Theatine Church in Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Amalia’s husband, born a Prince of Bavaria, had been appointed king of the newly created Kingdom of Greece in 1833. In 1862, after a coup deposed Otto, Amalia and Otto left for the Kingdom of Bavaria where they lived out the rest of their lives.
Unofficial Royalty: Amalia of Oldenburg, Queen of Greece
May 20, 1967 – Birth of Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece, son of the late former King Constantine II of Greece and Head of the House of Glücksburg-Greece, at Tatoi Palace, north of Athens, Greece
Pavlos is the eldest son of former King Constantine II of Greece and Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark. Just seven months after Pavlos’ birth, a coup forced the royal family to flee the country. They settled in Rome for several years before moving to England in 1974. In 1995, Pavlos married Marie-Chantal Miller, the daughter of billionaire entrepreneur Robert Warren Miller. The couple had five children. Pavlos’ father, the former King Constantine II of the Hellenes, died on January 10, 2023, aged 82, and Pavlos succeeded him as Head of the House of Glücksburg-Greece.
Unofficial Royalty: Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece
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