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 965 GREECE

Kingdom of Hbi.i.

Reigning King.

Konstantinos, b*nn August 2, 1868, married October 27, 1889, to . boru Juue 14, 1870, sister of William II., ex-German Emperor; led on the assassination of his father, George L, on March 19, 1918 ; abandoned the throne to his second son Alexandras according to the ultimatum of the Guaranteeing Powers on June 11, 1917 ; recalled to the throne after the death of King Alexandres by a plebiscite on December 5, 1920, and returned to Greece on December 19, 1920.

' 'h ildrrti of the King.

I. Prince Gedrgios, born July 19, 1890. II. Alexandroa, born August 1, 1893, King ol tJreeee from his father's abandonment of the throne, June 11, till his death on October 25, 1920. III. Princess Brliru, born May 2, 1896 ; married on March 10, 1921, to Prince Carol, Crown Pri: ituinania. IV. Prince Padlos, born December 14, 1901. V. Princess Irene, born February 14, 1904. VI. PrinttM Catherine, born May 4, 1913.

Brothers and Sisters of the King.

I. Prince Gedrgios, born June 24, 1869 ; High Commissioner in Crete, 1898-1906 ; married, November 21, 1907, to Princess Marie, only child of Prince Roland Bonaparte,; offspring: — Prince Petros, born December 3, 1908; Princess Eugenia, born February 11, 1910. II. Prince X.--6laos, born January 21, 1S72 ; married, August 28, 1902, to the Grand- Duchess Helena Vladimirowna, daughter of the Grand-Duke Vladimir of Russia; offspring, Princess Olga, born June 11, 1903 ; Princess Elizabeth, born May 23, 1904 ; Princess Mariiui, born November 30, 1906. III. Princess Maria, born March 3. 1876 ; married, April 30, 1900, to the Grand-Duke George Michailovitch of Russia. IV. Prince Andreas, born February 1, 1882; married, October 7, 1903, to Princess Alice, daughter of Prince Louis of Bat ten berg ; offspring, Princess Margaret, born April 17, 1905 ; Princess Theodora, born May 30, 1906 ; Princess Cecilia, born June 23, 1911 ; Princess Sophia, boru June 27, 1914. V. Prince Ohrisliphoros, born August 10, 18S8; married, 1920. Anastasia (Nancy), widow of William Leeds.

By decision of the Greek National Assembly (January 1921) the civil list amounts to 4,000,000 drachmai.

Greece, a province of the Turkish Empire since the latter part of the 15th century, gained its independence in the insurrection of 1821-29, and by the Protocol of London, of February 3, 1830, was declared a kingdom, under the guarantee of Great Britain, France, and Russia. The crown was accepted by Priuce Otto of Bavaria, who ascended the throne January 25, 1833, being under the age of eighteen. He was expelled the Kingdom, after a reign of 29 years, in October, 1862, which event was followed by the election, in 1863, under the directing guidance of the three guaranteeing Powers, of King George I., the grandfather of the present sovereign. George I., who was assassinated on March 18, 1913, was succeeded by his son Constantine, who reigned until June 11, 1917. Alexandras, * second son of King