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Aspasia was born in Athens, the daughter of Colonel Petros Manos and his wife, Maria Argyropoulos ( 1874 – 1930 ).

Her family descended, in part, from Phanariote Greeks living in Constantinople.

Some of her ancestors had been leaders during the Greek War of Independence, some had been Hellenic leaders in Constantinople for centuries under the Ottoman Empire, and some had even been reigning princes of Danubian provinces.

She belonged to one of Greece's most aristocratic families, and was considered a suitable consort for a Greek king by some, but not by those who expected royalty to marry only royalty.