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Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (Greek: Νικόλαος, romanized: Nikólaos; 22 January 1872 – 8 February 1938) was the fourth child and third son of King George I of Greece, and of Queen Olga. He was known as "Greek Nicky" within the family to distinguish him from his cousin Emperor Nicholas II of Russia (first cousin on the paternal side and second cousin on the maternal side). Prince Nicholas was a talented painter, often signing his works as "Nicolas Leprince".[citation needed]
The princesses were raised with an English nanny, Kate Fox, known as "Nurnie".[2]
Residence in Athens
The Nicholas Palace in Athens (now the Embassy of Italy)
Nicholas' marriage significantly improved his own financial position; his wife Elena received the customary imperial dowry of a Russian Grand Duchess, amounting to 1,000,000 roubles. This amount was then equivalent to approximately US $500,000 (equivalent to $18,605,769in 2025).[3][4] The dowry capital was held in Russia, from which Elena was paid an annual income of 50,000 roubles.[5][6]
After their marriage the couple resided in Athens; in late 1902 they purchased a large house near the city centre, which was thereafter known as the Nicholas Palace. The building is a neoclassical residence on Vasilissis Sofias Avenue, which was designed by Ernst Ziller for banker Stefanos Psycha during the 1880s.[7] They commissioned the royal architect Anastasios Metaxas to enlarge it with a Ziller-inspired second block, linked by a glazed atrium that illuminated the mansion’s core works. Prince and Princess Nicholas took up residence at the newly-renovated Nicholas Palace in 1904.[8]
The advent of the Russian Revolution in 1917 and the exile of the Greek Royal Family in 1923 had a significant impact on the couple's income, and as a result the Nicholas Palace was leased to the Hotel Grande Bretagne during the 1920s, who used the building as a 60-bed luxury annex known as the “Petit Palais”. The House was later rented by the Norwegian Embassy in 1930 and, by 1933, the Italian Embassy. The Italian Government later purchased the Nicholas Palace from the widowed Princess Nicholas in 1955; the site has subsequently remained the home of the Italian Embassy in Athens ever since.[9][10]
His father bequeathed him the Royal Theater of Greece which Nicholas, in turn, transferred to the Greek state in 1935. He was friends with George Simitis and was godfather to his son, future socialist Prime Minister Kostas Simitis.[11]
Death and burial
Prince Nicholas died in Athens on February 8, 1938 and was buried in the Royal tomb at the Palace of Tatoi.
↑""Petit Palais" (Italian Embassy)". Archaeology of the City of Athens (in Greek). National Hellenic Research Foundation. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
↑"La Sede". Ambasciata d’Italia ad Atene (in Italian). Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
↑""Petit Palais" (Italian Embassy)". Archaeology of the City of Athens (in Greek). National Hellenic Research Foundation. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
↑"La Sede". Ambasciata d’Italia ad Atene (in Italian). Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
↑Markezinis, Spyros (1994). Political History of Modern Greece (in Greek).
↑Bille-Hansen, A. C.; Holck, Harald, eds. (1933) [1st pub.:1801]. Statshaandbog for Kongeriget Danmark for Aaret 1933[State Manual of the Kingdom of Denmark for the Year 1933](PDF). Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Statskalender (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz A.-S. Universitetsbogtrykkeri. p.16. Retrieved 2 January 2020– via da:DIS Danmark.
1 Also prince of Norway 2 Also prince of Greece 3 Also prince of Iceland 4 Also prince of the United Kingdom 5 Not Danish prince by birth, but created prince of Denmark Princes that lost their title are shown in italics
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