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Kingdom of the Hellenes

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Georgios I., King of the Hellenes, born Dec. 24, 1845, the second son (Wilhelm) of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, present King of Denmark ; elected King of the Hellenes by the National Assembly at Athens, March 18 (30), 1863 ; accepted the crown, through his father and the King of Denmark, acting as his guardians, June 4, 1863; declared of age by decree of the National Assembly, June 27, 1863 ; landed in Greece, Nov. 2, 1863. Married, October 27, 1867, to

Olga, Queen of the Hellenes, born Aug. 22 (Sept. 3), 1851, the eldest daughter of Grand-duke Constantin of Russia, brother of the Emperor Alexander II. Issue of the union are two sons and one daughter, Konstantinos, born Aug. 5, 1868, Georgios, born June 24, 1861), and Alexandra, born Aug. 30, 1870.

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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Greece

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Martin, F. (1871). Greece. In: Martin, F. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253001_7

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