George I of Greece, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

George I of Greece

King of Greece from 1863 to 1913

Date of Birth: 24-Dec-1845

Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

Date of Death: 18-Mar-1913

Profession: politician

Nationality: Denmark, Greece

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About George I of Greece

  • George I (Greek: Ge?????? ??, Geórgios I; 24 December 1845 – 18 March 1913) was King of Greece from 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 former king Otto.
  • His nomination was both suggested and supported by the Great Powers: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Second French Empire and the Russian Empire.
  • He married the Russian grand duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia in 1867, and became the first monarch of a new Greek dynasty.
  • Two of his sisters, Alexandra and Dagmar, married into the British and Russian royal families.
  • King Edward VII and Tsar Alexander III were his brothers-in-law, and King George V, Tsar Nicholas II, King Christian X of Denmark and King Haakon VII of Norway were his nephews. 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 in 1864, while Thessaly was annexed from the Ottoman Empire after the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878).
  • Greece was not always successful in its territorial ambitions; it was defeated in the Greco-Turkish War (1897).
  • During the First Balkan War, after Greek troops had captured much of Greek Macedonia, George was assassinated in Thessaloniki.
  • Compared with his own long tenure, the reigns of his successors Constantine, Alexander, and George II proved short and insecure.

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