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Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark ((ギリシア語:Μαρίνα); 27 August 1968), later Duchess of Kent, was the wife of Prince George, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of King George V of the United Kingdom and Mary of Teck.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Princess Marina )〕 Princess Marina's marriage was the most recent occasion on which a foreign-born princess married into the British Royal Family. ==Early life== Princess Marina was born in Athens, Greece, on 13 December 1906.〔 Her father was Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, the third son of George I of Greece.〔 Her mother was Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, a granddaughter of Tsar Alexander II of Russia.〔 She was the youngest of the couple's children. One of her paternal uncles was Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, the father of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. She was baptised near the end of 1906, and her godparents were: the King of Greece (her paternal grandfather); the King of the United Kingdom (her great-uncle by marriage); the Princess of Wales; Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (her paternal uncle); Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia (her maternal uncle); and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (her maternal aunt).〔(Yvonne's Royalty Home Page — Royal Christenings )〕 The family was generally poor and forced into exile when she was 11, following the overthrow of the Greek monarchy.〔 They later moved to Paris, while the Princess stayed throughout Europe with her extended family. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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