George I of Greece and Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark
Father and son. George I, a Danish prince who became King of the Hellenes in 1863, and his son Andrew, Prince of Greece and Denmark, a career officer in the Greek army. The record links them from both sides: Andrew appears among George's children, George appears as Andrew's father, and Andrew's mother, Olga Constantinovna, was the king's wife. One generation and two countries at once — father and son are both citizens of Denmark and of Greece, and both wear the Order of St Andrew and the Order of the Elephant.
How they met
They never met as strangers — Andrew was born into the family in 1882, the seventh child of a king already nineteen years on the Greek throne. He grew up alongside Constantine I, George Count of Corfu, Nicholas, Alexandra and Marie. George's own arrival in Greece was different: born in Copenhagen in 1845, a son of Christian IX, he received the crown at eighteen.
The core tension
The father built a dynasty; the son carried it in another direction. George's children gave Greece its kings; Andrew's children gave Britain Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Andrew served as a soldier where his father served as a monarch — one family, two roles. George died in Thessaloniki, before that branch became what it became.
What connects them
- father:George I of Greece
- child:Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark