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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 |
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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 |
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1941 - 1944 |
Greece is occupied by Nazi
Germany. and the Greek monarchy
is only just reinstated after World War II. |
1946 - 1947 |
George II |
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1947 - 1964 |
Paul |
Third son of Constantine I. |
1964 - 1973 |
Constantine II |
Son. Became an exile in 1967. Deposed 1973. |
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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 |
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Dimitrios Ioannides |
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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. |
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Hereditary Kings of Greece
AD 1974 - Present Day |
1973 - ? |
Constantine II |
Exile. |
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Paul, Duke of
Sparta |
Son (b.1967). |
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