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With his death, they were bequeathed to Prince Luitpold, Otto's successor and pretender to the Greek throne. [ 2 ] Almost a century later, in December 1959, Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria , head of the House of Wittelsbach and descendant of Prince Luitpold, sent his son Maximilian-Emmanuel to Athens in order to formally recognize the rights to the ...
The Crown Prince of Greece (Greek: Διάδοχος, romanized: Diadochos) is the heir apparent or presumptive to the defunct throne of Greece. Since the abolition of the Greek monarchy by the then-ruling military regime on 1 June 1973, it is merely considered a courtesy title.
The Greek royal family (Greek: Βασιλική Οικογένεια της Ελλάδος [1] [2]) was the ruling family of the Kingdom of Greece from 1863 to 1924 and again from 1935 to 1973. The family is a branch of the Danish royal family , itself a cadet branch of the House of Glücksburg .
As a result, on the day of the Crown Prince's baptism on 22 August/3 September, at the initiative of the Prime Minister Dimitrios Voulgaris, [1] his father, King George I, issued a decree according to which Constantine, as well as any future heir to the Greek crown, would bear the title "Duke of Sparta". [2]
Ilias Lalaounis (4 October 1920 − 30 December 2013) was a pioneer of Greek jewelry and an internationally renowned goldsmith. [1] He is especially known for his collections inspired by Greek history. [2] In 1990 he became the only jeweler ever to be inducted into the Académie des Beaux-Arts. [3] [4]
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Theodore Palaeologo was born c. 1823 (being 89 years old at the time of his death in 1912), [1] probably in Malta. [2] Palaeologo is first attested in 1862, then living in England, when he upon the deposition of King Otto of Greece put forward his own claim to the throne of Greece.
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