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Rosamund:
This uncle of Queen Alexandra appears on many group photographs. Queen Mary and King George went into mourning for him when he died.
The impression is given of a beloved uncle. Was this so?
As he was not married, did he live with King Christian and Queen Louise?

Eurohistory:
Uncle Hans, as the family called him, was prince Johann of Schhleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1825-1911).  He served as regent of Greece in 1867 when King George I went to Russia for his wedding to Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna.  In his memoirs, Prince Nicholas of Greece, has very fond memoires of Hans, whom he called, "a gentleman of the old school...charming!"

Arturo Beéche

Rosamund:
Thank you for replying. I had forgotten he had acted as Regent in Greece (it's a while since I read 'Kings of The Hellenes').

Prince Hans must have been venerated by the next generation too, as he appears on the christening photograph of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg's first child. I assume the baby was named Johan (Leopold) for him.

His brother, Prince Julius, is not mentioned as often. In fact he is listed as part of the bridegroom's family at the wedding of Princess Luise and Friedrich of Schaumburg-Lippe. Did Julius not live in Denmark?  

kmerov:
I have always liked Prins Hans, and the stories about him. He was the only sibling out of nine that survived Christian IX.
When he was regent in Greece he had to sign a death sentence, which caused him much grief. His family knew this and teased him by calling him, The bucher from Greece.

Rosamund:
Poor Hans!! That was funny Kmerov!

I have realised that he had another unmarried brother, Wilhelm, who lived into his seventies. In fact most of Christian's siblings reached a good age before they died.

Did they mainly remain in Gottorp when he became King, or move to Denmark?
 
 

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