Kingdoms of Greece - Kingdom of Greece


Kingdom of Greece Ancient Greece was conquered piecemeal by the Roman Republic in the last two centuries BC. From then until the fall of Constantinople in 1453 it was part of the Roman and Byzantine Empires. Then the Ottoman Empire controlled it until, during the early years of the nineteenth century, the Greeks revolted. They were finding a good deal of success in their fight against the Turks, but the modernised Egyptian army under Muhammed Ali was ordered to sail to Greece to put a stop to their efforts. Popular European support of the revolt led the Russians, French and British to send a fleet which sank the Egyptians at Navarino in 1827. This was the last serious threat to the Greeks' efforts.
1821 - 1829	The Greek War of Independence against rule by the Ottoman Empire.
1821 - 1828	Alexander Ypsilanti		Led the revolt.
1827	The Treaty of London is signed, in which Britain, France and Russia support Greek independence.
1827 - 1830	Count Kapodistrias		Regent.
1828 - 1829	The Russo-Turkish War ends in the Peace of Adrianople. The London Conference in 1830 recognises Greek independence.
1832 - 1862	Otto of Bavaria		First King. Brother of the king of Bavaria.
1863 - 1913	George I of Denmark		Elder brother of King Frederick VIII of Denmark.
1913 - 1917	Constantine I		Son. His brother Andrew m. Alice of Hessen-Battenberg.
1917 - 1920	Alexander		Second son of Constantine I.
1920	Greece attempts to seize a large section of Western Anatolia from the Ottoman Empire. They are defeated and all Greeks are expelled from Turkey.
1920 - 1922	Constantine I
[	Philip Mountbatten		Grandson of George I. m Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain.]
1922 - 1924	George II		First son of Constantine I.
1924 - 1935	The monarchy is abolished and a Greek Republic established.
1935 - 1941	George II
1941 - 1944	Greece is occupied by Nazi Germany. and the Greek monarchy is only just reinstated after World War II.
1946 - 1947	George II
1947 - 1964	Paul		Third son of Constantine I.
1964 - 1973	Constantine II		Son. Became an exile in 1967. Deposed 1973.
[	Sophia		Sister. Married King Juan Carlos of Spain.]
1967	The army leads a coup which establishes a dictatorship. Constantine II tries to organise a counter-coup. When this fails he is forced to flee the country. The monarchy is abolished in 1973.
1967 - 1974	Georgios Papadopoulos		Joint Dictators.
1967 - 1974		Dimitrios Ioannides
1974	Following a failed attempt to invade Cyprus and bring it under direct Greek rule (thus prompting the Turkish invasion of eastern Cyprus), the dictatorship is quashed and a democratic Greek Republic is declared.


Hereditary Kings of Greece AD 1974 - Present Day
1973 - ?	Constantine II		Exile.
	Paul, Duke of Sparta		Son (b.1967).

European Kingdoms

Greece