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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 .
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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]
Some of the crown jewels and the original thrones of the Kingdom of Hawaii reside within the custody of the Bishop Museum. The King's crown is owned by the State of Hawaii. All are currently on display in the throne room at Iolani Palace. [42] The two royals crowns were ordered from England in 1883 during Kalakaua's coronation.
The archaeological finds kept coming for a team of 50 researchers on the Greek island of Evia. But the kicker may have been locating 2,700-year-old altars full of precious jewels and historical ...
Constantine I (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Αʹ, romanized: Konstantínos I; 2 August [O.S. 21 July] 1868 – 11 January 1923) was King of Greece from 18 March 1913 to 11 June 1917 and from 19 December 1920 to 27 September 1922.