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Apr 27, 2024 · Despite the Ottoman victory on the field, an autonomous Cretan State under Ottoman suzerainty was established the following year (as a result of the intervention of the Great Powers after the war), with Prince George of Greece and Denmark as its first High Commissioner.
Apr 26, 2024 · Princess Alice of Battenberg later Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark (Victoria Alice Elizabeth Julia Marie; 25 February 1885 – 5 December 1969), was the mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and mother-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
- Windsor, Berkshire
- February 25, 1885
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1 day ago · War Cross. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, [1] later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 [fn 1] – 9 April 2021), was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he was the consort of the British monarch from his wife's accession on 6 February 1952 until his death in 2021, making him the longest-serving ...
May 5, 2024 · Christian IX of Denmark (April 8, 1918 – January 29, 1906) ruled Denmark from 1863 to 1906. Known as the "father-in-law of Europe", [1] he and his wife, Louise of Hesse-Kassel (September 7, 1817 – September 29, 1898), became the ancestors of many members of European royalty.
Apr 27, 2024 · The German invasion of Greece was the attack of Allied Greece by Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany during World War II. The Italian invasion in October 1940, which is usually known as the Greco-Italian War, was followed by the German invasion in April 1941.
May 2, 2024 · May 9, 1864 (160th Anniversary) Location: Germany. Helgoland. Participants: Denmark. house of Habsburg. Prussia. Context: German-Danish War. Battle of Heligoland, (9 May 1864), naval engagement of the Second Schleswig War ( see German-Danish War ), pitting the Danes against a joint Prussian-Austrian force.
4 days ago · The Second Hellenic Republic is a modern historiographical term used to refer to the Greek state during a period of republican governance between 1924 and 1935.
