Princess Friederike of Hanover


Princess Friederike of Hanover is a member of the Royal House of Hanover. She is a niece of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Full name

The full name of the princess in German is Friederike Elisabeth Viktoria-Luise Alice Olga Theodora Helena, Prinzessin von Hannover, Prinzessin von Großbritannien und Irland, Herzogin zu Braunschweig-Lüneburg.

Family

Princess Friederike is the youngest child and only daughter of Prince George William of Hanover and his wife Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark. Her father, George William, was the second son of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, who had been the last reigning Duke of Brunswick, the pretender to the throne of Hanover and the seniormost male-line descendant of King George III of the United Kingdom. Her mother, Sophie, was born a princess of Greece and Denmark, being the daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece, himself the son of King George I of Greece.
Princess Friederike is closely related to the royalty of several countries. Her mother's brother is Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, making Fredericke a niece of Queen Elizabeth II, who is her godmother. Her father's sister was Queen Frederica of Greece, making Fredericke the first cousin of King Constantine II of Greece and Queen Sofia of Spain. Fredericke is a descendant of Queen Victoria, King Christian IX of Denmark, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, and is thus linked in some way to nearly every royal family in Europe.

Early life

She attended Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada in the late 1970s.
Prior to her marriage and move to Canada, Friederike was often mentioned in media reports as a potential bride for Charles, Prince of Wales.

Marriage and issue

Friederike married Jerry William Cyr, son of Gordon Paul Cyr and Emma Grandbois, on 17 August 1979 in Vancouver, Canada. Frederike and Jerry have two children: