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Also Known As Frederika • Frederica Louisa Thyra Victoria Margareta Sophie Olga Cécilie Isabelle Christa
Born April 18, 1917 • Germany
Died February 6, 1981 (aged 63) • Madrid • Spain
Notable Family Members spouse Paul • son Constantine II
Winckelmann, Johann
Johann Winckelmann
German art historian
Otto, painting by an unknown artist; in the Historical and Ethnological Museum, Athens
Otto
king of Greece
Müller, Karl Otfried
Karl Otfried Müller
German scholar
Wilhelm Adolf Becker
German archaeologist
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
St. Paul the Apostle
Christian Apostle
Alexis Tsipras
Alexis Tsipras
prime minister of Greece
Carl Blegen
American archaeologist
Herodotus, detail of a Roman herm probably copied from a Greek original of the first half of the 4th century bce; in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples.
Herodotus
Greek historian
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
prime minister of Greece
Isocrates
Greek orator and rhetorician
Venizélos
Eleuthérios Venizélos
prime minister of Greece
Pappus of Alexandria
Greek mathematician
Konstantinos Karamanlis
Greek statesman
Papandreou, George
George Papandreou
prime minister of Greece
Samaras, Antonis
Antonis Samaras
prime minister of Greece
Papandreou, Andreas
Andreas Papandreou
prime minister of Greece
Kapodístrias, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist, 19th century; in the Historical and Ethnological Museum of Greece, Athens
Ioánnis Antónios, Komis Kapodístrias
Greek statesman
Costas Simitis
prime minister of Greece
Kostas Karamanlis
Kostas Karamanlis
prime minister of Greece
Georgios Papandreou
prime minister of Greece