| Royal Marriages of More Than Convenience |
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| Written by Dr. Janice Seto | |
| Tuesday, 12 December 2006 | |
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Page 2 of 4 To this day, the approved spouses of Greek royal men largely fall into just four categories: 1) Royal and wealthy and Romanov (a pool which has dried up in recent times) 2) Royal 3) Wealthy 4) Royal and wealthy 1: Royal and Wealthy and Romanov: Starting
as you plan to go on, the impecunious Danish appointee to the Greek
throne, King Georgios, began the tradition by choosing as his consort
someone who could easily adopt to the Greek Orthodox religion. That person was the
16-year old Russian Orthodox grand duchess Olga, a daughter of Grand
Duke Constantine and GD Alexandra.
The Romanov bride brought, along with her doll collection, a sizable dowry, a continuing allowance from home — enough money to live according to their stature — and more royal connections.  This
stature elevated the new Greek dynasty in the eyes of members of other royal houses.Besides continuing to marry members of Russia's Romanov dynasty, the Greek family even provided royal spouses to their Russian Romanovs. (Olga's daughter, Princess Alexandra of Another Romanov GD Elena — known to us as Grand Duchess Helen — married Queen Olga's third son, Prince Nicholas of
The original invitations referred to the bride's parents as 'T.R.H. The Prince and Princess Nicholas of 
2) Royal:
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