Helen of Greece and Denmark was the queen mother of Romania during the reign of her son King Michael I. Her humanitarian efforts to save Romanian Jews during World War II led to her being awarded by t
Photograph by Bassano, 1934
Greek Royal Family in 1914. King Constantine I and Queen Sophia surrounded by their five older children (from left to right): Paul, Alexander, George, Helen and Irene.
Artillery Major Nikolaos Zorbas, figurehead leader of the Goudi coup. Portrait by Spyridon Prosalentis.
Greek Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos
Constantine I was King of Greece from 18 March 1913 to 11 June 1917 and again from 19 December 1920 to 27 September 1922. The eldest son of George I of Greece, he succeeded to the throne following his
Helen of Greece and Denmark
…Romanian Jews during World War II led to her being awarded by the State of Israel with the honorific of Righteous Among the Nations in 1993. Daughter of King Constantine I of Greece and his wife, Princess Sophia of Prussia, Helen spent her childhood in Greece, the United Kingdom and Germany. The outbreak of World War I and the…
Constantine as member of the international committee for organization of the 1896 Summer Olympics.
King Constantine I during the Second Balkan War
Constantine with George I and the Greek Army enter Thessaloniki