from Christian IX of Denmark, he is also a Danish prince with the style of Highness. Honours National Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Redeemer (by birth) Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Saints George and Constantine Grand Cross of the Order of George I Grand Cross of Order of the Phoenix Recipient of the Commemorative Badge of the Centenary of the Royal House of Greece Foreign Knight of the Order of the Elephant (R.E., 1997) Recipient of the Commemorative Badge of the 50th Birthday Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf (1996) Ancestry Pavlos was a direct descendant of three reigning sovereign monarchs at birth. He was the eldest son of the King of Greece, grandson of the King of Denmark and great-grandson of the King of Sweden, all living and enthroned when he was born. His paternal aunt, Sofía, was Queen consort of Spain. His maternal aunt, Margrethe II, is the reigning Queen of Denmark. By male-line descent, he is a member of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg branch of the House of Oldenburg. Pavlos is a scion multiple times of the "Grandparents of Europe", due to royal intermarriage. As a result, he descends from Christian IX of Denmark through three of his children; in the male line through his second son George I of Greece, in the female line through his eldest son Frederick VIII of Denmark and through King Christian's youngest daughter Princess Thyra, Duchess of Cumberland. He also descends thrice from Victoria of the United Kingdom: once through her third son Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, and twice through her eldest daughter Victoria, Princess Royal. Notes References Bibliography Καδδάς, Αναστάσιος Γ. "Η Ελληνική Βασιλική Οικογένεια", Εκδόσεις Φερενίκη (2010) Ανδρέας Μέγκος "Εραλδικά Σύμβολα και Διάσημα του Βασιλείου της Ελλάδος", Εκδόσεις Στέμμα (2015) Εκδόσεις Στέμμα, "Κανονισμός Εθιμοταξίας και Τελετών της Βασιλικής Αυλής" (2016) 1967 births Living people 20th-century Greek people 21st-century Greek people Children of Constantine II of Greece Danish princes Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Greek emigrants to England Greek exiles Greek people of Danish descent Greek people of English descent Greek people of German descent Greek princes Heirs apparent who never acceded House of Glücksburg (Greece) Members of the Church of Greece People educated at a United World College Pretenders to the Greek throne Royal Scots Dragoon Guards officers Sons of kings Walsh School of Foreign Service alumni Grand Crosses of