Royal Order of Saints Olga and Sophia
Τάγμα Ἁγίων Ὂλγας καὶ Σοφίας
Awarded by the head of the Greek royal family
Type
Eligibility
Women (post-1974 typically members of the royal family)
Awarded for
At the monarch's pleasure for personal services of women to the Crown
Status
Currently constituted
Sovereign
Grand Mistress
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1st Class
2nd Class
3rd Class
4th Class
Statistics
First induction
1936 Helen, Queen Mother of Romania
Last induction
2020 Princess Nina of Greece and Denmark
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Equivalent
Royal Order of Saints George and Constantine
The Royal Family Order of Saints Olga and Sophia (Greek: Βασιλικόν Οἰκογενειακόν Τάγμα Ἁγίων Ὂλγας καὶ Σοφίας, romanized: Vasilikon Oikogeneiakon Tagma Agion Olgas kai Sofias) was an order of the Greek royal family. Reserved for women, it was the third highest honour of the modern Greek state and the Crown after the Order of the Redeemer and the male-only Order of Saints George and Constantine. It was instituted in January 1936, by King George II in the memory of his grandmother (Queen Olga) and his mother (Queen Sophia).
The order was abolished in 1973, by the Greek state and today is awarded only by the head of the former Greek royal family.
Upon the creation of the Order in January 1936, Greek Princesses and their daughters were invested in order of precedence:
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