(1818-12-21)21 December 1818 Oldenburg, Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
Died
20 May 1875(1875-05-20) (aged 56) Bamberg, Kingdom of Bavaria
Burial
Theatinerkirche (Munich)
Spouse
Otto of Greece
(m. 1836; died 1867)
Names
German: Amalie Marie Friederike
Greek: Αμαλία Μαρία Φρειδερίκη
House
Holstein-Gottorp
Father
Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
Mother
Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
Religion
Lutheranism
Styles of Queen Amalia of Greece
Reference style
Her Majesty
Spoken style
Your Majesty
Amalia of Oldenburg (Greek: Αμαλία; 21 December 1818 – 20 May 1875) was a Bavarian princess who became Queen of Greece from 1836 to 1862 as the wife of King Otto Friedrich Ludwig. She was loved widely by the Greeks due to her patriotic love for the country and her beauty. During her tenure as queen, she was dedicated to social improvement and the founding of many gardens in Athens, and she was the first to introduce the worldwide Christmas tree to Greece.
When she arrived in Greece in 1837, she at first won the hearts of the Greeks with her refreshing beauty. After she became more politically involved, she then became the target of harsh attacks—and her image suffered further as she proved unable to provide an heir to the throne. She and her husband were expelled from Greece in 1862, after an uprising. She spent the rest of her years in exile in Bavaria.
She acted as Regent of Greece in 1850-1851,[1] and a second time in 1861-1862[2] during the absence of Otto.
To Amalia is attributed the creation of the “romantic folksy court dress,”[3] which in return became Greece’s national costume.
^Édouard Driault et Michel Lhéritier, Histoire diplomatique de la Grèce de 1821 à nos jours : Le Règne de Georges Ier avant le traité de Berlin (1862-1878) - Hellénisme et slavisme, t. III, PUF, 1926
^Leonard Bower, Otho I : King of Greece, a biography, Royalty Digest, 2001 (ISBN 1905159129)
^Susan (19 May 2013). "Amalia of Oldenburg, Queen of Greece". Unofficial Royalty. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
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