Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark - Marriage and Children

Marriage and Children

Brought up in relative poverty, she married in Belgrade 22 October 1923 HRH Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, the regent after the assassination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia. Prince Paul and Princess Olga had three children:

  • Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (August 13, 1924)
  • Prince Nikola of Yugoslavia (June 29, 1928 – April 12, 1954)
  • Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia (April 7, 1936)

Through her daughter Elizabeth, she was the grandmother of actress Catherine Oxenberg.

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