Order of Saints Olga and Sophia


The Royal Family Order of Saints Olga and Sophia was an order of the Greek royal family. Reserved for women, it was the third highest honour of the modern Greek state and the Crown after the Order of the Redeemer and the male-only Order of Saints George and Constantine. It was instituted in January 1936 by King George II in the memory of his grandmother and his mother.
The order was abolished in 1973 by the Greek state and today is awarded only by the head of the former Greek royal family.

Grades

Upon the creation of the Order, Greek Princesses and their daughters were invested in order of precedence.
  1. Queen Helen, Queen Mother of Romania née Princess of Greece and Denmark - 1st Grand Mistress Dame Grand Cross
  2. Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta née Princess of Greece and Denmark - Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  3. Princess Katherine, Lady Brandram - Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  4. Queen Alexandra,Queen Consort of Yugoslavia née Princess of Greece and Denmark) - Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  5. Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark - Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  6. Princess Aspasia, The Princess Alexander of Greece and Denmark - Dame Grand Cross, Special Class
  7. Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  8. Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  9. Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  10. Princess Elizabeth, Countess of Toerring-Jettenbach - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  11. Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  12. Princess Nina Georgievna of Russia - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  13. Princess Xenia Georgievna of Russia - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  14. Princess Margarita, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg née Princess of Greece and Denmark - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  15. Princess Theodora, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Baden née Princess of Greece and Denmark - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  16. Princess Cecilie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse née Princess of Greece and Denmark - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  17. Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  18. Princess Marie Bonaparte - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  19. Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  20. Princess Alice of Battenberg - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  21. Princess Françoise d’Orléans - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class
  22. Princess Margaret, Princess of Hesse-Kassel née Princess of Prussia - Dame Grand Cross, 1st Class

    Other dames