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The monarchy of Greece was created by the London Conference of 1832 at which the First Hellenic Republic was abolished. [citation needed] The Greek crown was originally offered to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha but he declined, later being elected the king of the Belgians.
Most states only have a single monarch at any given time, although a regent may rule when the monarch is a minor, not present, or otherwise incapable of ruling. [5] Cases in which two monarchs rule simultaneously over a single state, as is the current situation in Andorra, are known as coregencies .
After the overthrow in 1862 of the first king of the independent Greek state, Otto of Bavaria, a plebiscite in Greece was initiated on 19 November 1862, [note 2] with the results announced in February the following year, [note 3] in support of adopting Prince Alfred of the United Kingdom, later Duke of Edinburgh, to reign as king of the country. [8]
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 ...
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Greece has become the first majority-Orthodox Christian nation to legalize same-sex marriage under civil law. At least for the near future, it will almost certainly be the only one.
(Named regent after the Liberation of Greece, until the conclusion of a referendum on the monarchy) (5) George II Γεώργιος Β΄ (1890–1947) 27 September 1946 1 April 1947 186 days Restored to the throne following the 1 September 1946 plebiscite on the monarchy: 6 Paul Παύλος (1901–1964) 1 April 1947 6 March 1964 16 years, 340 days
England to bounce back from disappointment last time out and record victory in more pragmatic fashion than they tried last time the sides met. Greece 1-2 England.