Marriage
Prince Paul, Crown Prince of Greece proposed to her during the summer of 1936, while he was in Berlin attending the 1936 Summer Olympics. Prince Paul was the son of King Constantine I of Greece and Sophie of Prussia, sister of Wilhelm II of Germany (through whom he was a great-grandson of Queen Victoria and a first cousin once removed to Frederica). Their engagement was announced officially on 28 September 1937. They married in Athens on 9 January 1938. In addition to her standard title of Princess, Frederica used the title Hereditary Princess (Greek: Πριγκήπισσα Διαδόχου, Prinkēpissa Diadókhou, literally "Princess of the Heir"), her husband being heir presumptive to his childless elder brother, King George II of the Hellenes.
During the early part of their marriage, they resided at Villa Psychiko in the suburbs of Athens. Ten months after their marriage, their first child, Princess Sophia (the future Queen Sofia of Spain), was born on 2 November 1938. On 2 June 1940, their son and heir, Crown Prince Constantine (the future King Constantine II), was born.
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