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George I of Greece is the 562nd most popular politician (up from 617th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 19th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Danish Politician. George I of Greece was the father of the first king of modern Greece, King Constantine I. George I was the son of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein ...
Feb 28, 2018 · Georgios I, King of Greece (1845-1913) The recently independent Greece chose Prince William of Denmark to be king, and as King George I of Greece he founded a royal dynasty that lasted for over a century. When the recently independent Greece was looking for a new king, it chose Prince William of Denmark. This young prince proved to be a good ...
Feb 24, 2018 · King George I and Queen Olga of Greece began the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg dynasty in Greece, a dynasty that lasted over a hundred years. They had a happy, successful marriage that served their family and Greece very well, and their legacy lives on in their many royal descendants throughout Europe.
Sep 26, 2023 · George I was King of Greece from 30 March 1863 until his assassination in 1913. Originally a Danish prince, he was born in Copenhagen, and seemed destined for a career in the Royal Danish Navy. He was only 17 years old when he was elected king by the Greek National Assembly, which had deposed the unpopular Otto.
Nov 5, 2023 · George's reign of almost 50 years (the longest in modern Greek history) was characterized by territorial gains as Greece established its place in pre-World War I Europe. Britain ceded the Ionian Islands peacefully, while Thessaly was annexed from the Ottoman Empire after the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878).
Following the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (in which Greece remained neutral despite the attempts of George’s sister, Tsarevna Maria Feodorovna of Russia, to get Greece to join with the Russians), Greece claimed Crete and the regions of Epirus and Thessaly which were all under the Ottoman rule. Eventually, in 1881, the Ottomans ceded Thessaly.
May 21, 2023 · George I of Greece. George I, King of the Hellenes (Greek: Γεώργιος A', Βασιλεύς των Ελλήνων) (December 24, 1845 – March 18, 1913) was King of the Hellenes (Greece) from 1863 to 1913. As the first monarch of the new Greek dynasty, his 50-year reign (the longest in modern Greek history) was characterized by ...
