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  2. Monarchy of Greece - Wikipedia

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    Monarchy of Greece (Greek: Μοναρχία της Ελλάδας, romanized: Monarchía tis Elládas) or Greek monarchy (Greek: Ελληνική Μοναρχία, romanized: Ellinikí Monarchía) is the constitutional form of government by which a hereditary sovereign reigns as the head of state of Greece.

  3. List of current monarchies - Wikipedia

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    The monarchy was subsequently restored in the peace agreement of 1993. Other sovereign monarchies. Four monarchies do not fit into one of the above groups by virtue of geography or class of monarchy: Tonga, Eswatini, Lesotho and Vatican City. Of these, Lesotho and Tonga are constitutional monarchies, while Eswatini and Vatican City are absolute ...

  4. List of current monarchs of sovereign states - Wikipedia

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    These systems defy the model concept of a monarchy, but are commonly considered as such because they retain certain associative characteristics. [10] Many systems use a combination of hereditary and elective elements, where the election or nomination of a successor is restricted to members of a royal bloodline .

  5. List of kings of Greece - Wikipedia

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    The royal coat of arms of Greece under the Glücksburg dynasty, created after the restoration of King George II to the throne in 1935. The Kingdom of Greece was ruled by the House of Wittelsbach from 1832 to 1862 and by the House of Glücksburg from 1863 to 1924 and, after being temporarily abolished in favor of the Second Hellenic Republic, again from 1935 to 1973, when it was once more ...

  6. Greek royal family - Wikipedia

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    The royal coat of arms of Greece still used by the royal family is a blue shield with the white cross of Greece with the greater coat of arms of Denmark of 1819–1903 in the centre. This was consequently also the arms of Denmark when the Danish prince William accepted the Greek throne as King George I .

  7. Kingdom of Greece - Wikipedia

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    A military coup d'état restored the monarchy in 1935 and Greece became a kingdom again until 1973. [ note 1 ] [ note 2 ] The kingdom was finally dissolved in the aftermath of a seven-year military dictatorship (1967–1974) and the Third Hellenic Republic was established following a referendum held in 1974.

  8. Greece - Wikipedia

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    Greece, [a] officially the ... Greece was the tenth member to join what is today the European Union in 1981 and is ... the monarchy was abolished via a referendum in ...

  9. List of monarchies - Wikipedia

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    There are and have been throughout recorded history a great many monarchies in the world. Tribal kingship and Chiefdoms have been the most widespread form of social organisation from the Neolithic, and the predominance of monarchies has declined only with the rise of Republicanism in the modern era.