Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece

Pavlos
Crown Prince of Greece
Pavlos at his father's funeral in 2023
Head of the Royal House of Greece
Tenure10 January 2023 – present
PredecessorConstantine II
Heir apparentConstantine-Alexios
Born (1967-05-20) 20 May 1967
Tatoi Palace, Athens,
Kingdom of Greece
Spouse
Marie-Chantal Miller
(m. 1995)
Issue
  • Princess Maria-Olympia
  • Prince Constantine-Alexios
  • Prince Achileas-Andreas
  • Prince Odysseas-Kimon
  • Prince Aristides-Stavros
HouseGlücksburg
FatherConstantine II of Greece
MotherAnne-Marie of Denmark
ReligionGreek Orthodox

Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, Prince of Denmark[a] (Greek: Παύλος Ντε Γκρες, romanizedPavlos de Grèce; born 20 May 1967) is a Greek financier who is the former heir apparent to the defunct throne of Greece, becoming the Head of the Royal House of Greece upon his father's death on 10 January 2023.[8] Pavlos was Crown Prince of Greece and heir apparent to the Greek throne from birth until the monarchy's abolition.

Pavlos was born in Athens as the second child and eldest son of the last King of Greece, Constantine II, and his wife Queen Anne-Marie. Pavlos was born into an unstable era for Greek politics, just shy of turning eight months old when he and his family were sent into exile, after Constantine II staged a failed counter-coup against the military junta. They first lived in Rome, before eventually settling in Copenhagen, where his family lived with Pavlos's maternal grandparents, King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid of Denmark. Although they were in exile since December 1967, his parents continued to officially reign as King and Queen of the Hellenes from 1967 until 1973, when the military junta abolished the Greek monarchy and established the Third Hellenic Republic as its successor state. Following the abolition of the monarchy, Pavlos and his siblings grew up in London.

On 1 July 1995, Pavlos married Marie-Chantal Miller. They have five children: Maria-Olympia, Constantine-Alexios, Achileas-Andreas, Odysseas-Kimon, and Aristides-Stavros. Pavlos is closely related to many European royals. Queens Margrethe II of Denmark and Sofía of Spain are his aunts, and Kings Felipe VI of Spain and Frederik X of Denmark are his first cousins.

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