Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark was the eldest child and daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg.
Background
Princess Margarita was born on 18 April 1905 at her parents villa, Mon Repos on the island of Corfu in Greece. Gottfried was a son of Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria through her second son, Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and his wife, Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia, a daughter of Alexander II of Russia.
Career
She was the first great-great-grandchild of Queen Victoria, and the eldest sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. She was the sister of Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, the consort of Elizabeth World War II She also had three sisters: Theodora, Margravine of Baden. Cecilie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine.
And Sophie, later Princess George of Hanover.
Margarita married Prince Gottfried of Hohenlohe-Langenburg on 20 April 1931 in Langenburg, Germany. Princess Margarita died on 24 April 1981 in Langenburg, Germany.
Titles and styles 18 April 1905 – 20 April 1931: Her Royal Highness Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark 20 April 1931 – 11 December 1950: Her Royal Highness The Hereditary Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 11 December 1950 – 11 May 1960: Her Royal Highness The Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 11 May 1960 – 24 April 1981: Her Royal Highness The Dowager Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 11 May 1960 – 24 April 1981: Also used Her Royal Highness Margarita, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Honours.