The burial of the former king, Constantine Glyksburg, who died on January 10 at the age of 82, will take place at the former royal estates in Tatoi near their ancestors, as he and his family had wished.
His mother Frederikis is buried there, as well as his father Pavlos.
The funeral expenses will be covered by his family, as the request for public expenditure was rejected by the government. The funeral will be held on January 16 in the Metropolis of Athens. Archbishop Hieronymos will be the one who will perform the exodus procession of the former king, while he will be accompanied by hierarchs.
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Tatoi
Tatoi, located at the foot of Mount Parnitha, was built in 1889.
The summer palace of the former Greek royal family was located on the estate. The ancient official name of the area is Decelia. Tatoi is the birthplace of King George II.
The cemetery of the estate
The Cemetery of the royal estate is located in the precincts of the Church of the Resurrection. There are the tombs of kings George I and Olga, princess Alexandra, princess Maria, vice-admiral Periklis Ioannidis, second husband of princess Maria, and also the little princess Olga.
The cemetery at Tatoi was chosen by Queen Olga and established then, in 1880, as a burial place for members of the royal family.
On September 1, 2020, vandalism of the burial monument of Paul and Frederica was found.
The construction of the church, which was necessary for the operation of the cemetery, had been delayed for a long time, so the foundation stone of the church was laid on August 6, 1899.
Who are buried in Tatoi:
King George I of the Hellenes (December 24, 1845 – March 18, 1913)
Queen Olga of the Hellenes (September 3, 1851 – June 18, 1926)
King Constantine I of the Greeks (August 2, 1868 – February 6, 1923)
Queen Sophia of the Hellenes (June 14, 1870 – January 13, 1932)
King Alexander I of the Greeks (August 1, 1893 – October 25, 1920)
Princess Aspasia Manou (September 4, 1896 – August 7, 1972)
Queen Alexandra of Yugoslavia, Princess Alexandra of Greece (March 25, 1921 – January 30, 1993)
King George II of the Hellenes (July 20, 1890 – April 1, 1947)
King Paul I of the Greeks (December 14, 1901 – March 6, 1964)
Queen Frederica of the Hellenes (April 18, 1917 – February 6, 1981)
Prince George of Greece (June 24, 1869 – November 25, 1957)
Princess Marie Bonaparte (July 2, 1882 – September 21, 1962)
Prince Nicholas of Greece (January 22, 1872 – February 8, 1938)
Princess Helen of Greece, Grand Duchess Helen of Russia (January 17, 1882 – March 13, 1957)
Prince Andrew of Greece (January 20, 1882 – December 3, 1944)
Prince Christopher of Greece (August 10, 1888 – January 21, 1940)
Princess Francesca of Orléans (December 25, 1902 – February 25, 1953)
Princess Alexandra of Greece (August 30, 1870 – September 24, 1891)
Princess Mary of Greece (March 3, 1876 – December 14, 1940)
Princess Olga of Greece (March 26, 1880 – October 21, 1880)
Princess Catherine of Greece (May 4, 1913 – October 2, 2007)
Vice Admiral Pericles Ioannidis (November 1, 1881 – February 7, 1965)
Ownership
The estate passed to the State, in total, three times, in 1924, 1973 and 1994. Each time, after regime changes, either compensation was paid to the former royal family, or all of its property was confiscated.
In March 2003, Tatoi came definitively into the ownership of the state and in September of the same year it was declared preserved by the Central Council of New Monuments, following a proposal by the Hellenic Society for the Protection of the Environment and Cultural Heritage.
The recent fire
In the fire that broke out at the beginning of August 2021, a large part of the estate’s forest was burned. The fire destroyed the staff building, the caretaker’s house, the telecommunications building (telephone office), the forestry office and the Directorate building. Also, two containers in which palace objects were kept were burned.
Utilization
In June 2007, the Greek government announced that it intended to turn the estate into a museum.
On July 20, 2019, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in his programmatic statements to Parliament, announced the multifaceted utilization of the former royal estate in collaboration with the private sector.
In fact, he had talks about its utilization with the then prince, now King of England Charles, during his visits to Greece.
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