Queen Frederica of Greece poses in the 1940s. Frederica of Hanover (18 April 1917 – 6 February 1981) was Queen consort of the Hellenes as the wife of King Paul of Greece. Frederica was born on 18 April 1917 in Blankenburg am Harz, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire. She was the daughter of Ernest Augustus III, Duke of Brunswick and Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia, the only daughter of German Emperor William II and Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein. As daughter of a Hanoverian Prince, she was Princess Frederica of Hanover, Great Britain and Ireland, and also Duchess Frederica of Brunswick-Lüneburg. AFP PHOTO / THE TRANS-EAST PRESSE AGENCY ATHENS (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)
