Olympians of Royal Blood

A number of Olympians were to the manor born, a number were born and lived in poverty, and a very few were born of royal blood.  With our recent post concerning King Juan Carlos I of Spain, an Olympian in , now seems a good time to look at Olympians who had royal blood. Here are the Olympians who held royal status in their nations.

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Athlete,NOC,Sport,Era,Notes

Jefri Bolkiah Prince Abdul Hakeem,BRU,SHO,1996-2000,Prince; Brother of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei

Adegboyega Prince Adedoyin,GBR,ATH,1948,Prince; Exact status unknown

Karim Prince Aga Khan,IRI,ASK,1964,Prince; 49th Imam of the Ismaelis; Later the Aga Khan IV of Ismaili Shia Islam

HRH Princess Anne,GBR,EQU,1976,HRH The Princess Royal; Daughter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Mohammad Asif,AFG,HOK,1936,Shahzada

Esper Beloselsky,RUS,SAI,1912,Prince

Birabongse; Prince Bhanubandh,THA,SAI,1956-1972,Prince; Grandson of King Mongkut of Siam

Arunee Princess Bhanubandh,THA,SAI,1964,Princess

Cristina Princess de Borbón,ESP,SAI,1988,Princess; Daughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain

Felipe Crown Prince de Borbón,ESP,SAI,1992,Crown Prince; Son of King Juan Carlos I of Spain

Juan Carlos Crown Prince de Borbón,ESP,SAI,1972,Crown Prince; Later King Juan Carlos I of Spain

Joseph Prince de Caramas-Chimay,FRA,FEN,1900,19ème Prince de Caraman-Chimay

Gabriele D’Annunzio,ITA,ART,1912,Principe di Montenevoso

Shuja ud-Din,AFG,HOK,1936,Shahzada

Patricia Galvin de la Tour d’Auvergne,USA,EQU,1960-1964,Patricia Galvin; but later the Princess de la Tour d’Auvergne

Albert Prince Grimaldi,MON,BOB,1988-2002,Prince; Later Sovereign Prince Albert II of Monaco

Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf,SWE,EQU,1936,Crown prince; Son of Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden

Crown Prince Harald,NOR,SAI,1964-1972,Crown Prince; Later King Harald V of Norway

HRH Princess Haya,JOR,EQU,2000,Daughter of King Hussain I; later IOC Member for United Arab Emirates.

Ernst zu Hohenlohe,AUT,FEN,1912,Prince

Max Prince von Hohenlohe,LIE,ASK,1956,Prince

Crown Prince Konstantinos,GRE,SAI,1960,Crown Prince; Later King Konstantinos II of Greece (presently in exile)

Firidun Malkom,IRI,FEN,1900,Prince

Louis Napoléon Murat,FRA,EQU,1900,Prince

Crown Prince Olav,NOR,SAI,1928,Crown Prince; Later King Olav of Norway

Konstantin Prince von Padua,LIE,ASK,1948,Prince

Daria Pratt,USA,GOL,1900,Daria Pratt; later Princess Karageorgevitch of Serbia

Friedrich Karl Prince von Preußen,GER,EQU,1912,Prince of Prussia; Nephew of Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany

Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich Romanov,RUS,EQU,1912,Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia

Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein,DEN,EQU,2008-12,Princess

Karni Singh,IND,SHO,1960-80,HH Maharajadhiraj Raj Rajeshwar Narendra Shiromani Maharaja Sri – 24th Maharaj of Bikaner

Mohammad Sultan,AFG,HOK,1936,Shahzada

Hubertus von Fürstenberg-von Hohenlohe,MEX,ASK,1984-2014,Prince; Son of Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Princess Ira of Fürstenberg; the reigning dynasty of Württemberg; a former principality in what is now Germany.

Sergey Yuryevich,RUS,ART,1924,Prince

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See also http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi

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      Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips MBE (born 15 May 1981) is a British equestrian and the second-eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Zara Phillips is the second child and only daughter from the marriage of Anne, Princess Royal, and her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips. She holds no royal title or style and is currently 16th in line to succeed her grandmother.

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