Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (born Princess Anne-Marie Dagmar Ingrid of Denmark; Greek: Άννα-Μαρία Βασίλισσα των Ελλήνων, pronounced in Greek, born 30 August 1946) is the wife of former King Constantine II of Greece, who was deposed in referendums in 1973 and in 1974.
Anne-Marie was born a princess of Denmark and is the youngest daughter of King Frederick IX of Denmark and his wife Ingrid of Sweden. She is the youngest sister of the current Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and cousin of the current King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
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