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George I, King of the Hellenes Georgios A' Vasileus ton Ellinon; December 24, 1845 – March 18, 1913) was King of Greece from 1863 to 1913. Originally a Danish prince, when only 17 years old he was elected King by the Greek National Assembly, which had deposed the former King Otto.

George I(Greek: Γεώργιος Αʹ, Geórgios I; born Prince William of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg; Danish: Prins Vilhelm; 24 December 1845 – 18 March 1913) was Kingof Greecefrom 1863 until his assassination in 1913. George's reign of almost 50 years (the longest in modern Greek history) was characterized by territorial ...

George II followed the Greek government in exile after the German invasion of Greece in 1941 and returned to Greece in 1946, after a referendum that resulted in the maintaining of the constitutional monarchy. He died in 1947 and was succeeded by his brother Paul.

King George I was the emperor of Greece from 1863 to 1913. He was born in the mid-1840s in Denmark as Prince William of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior branch of the House of Oldenburg, which had been ruling Denmark since 1448.

March 18, 1913: King George I of Greece Assassinated. The Greek conquest of Salonika on November 9, 1912 was a major historical event by any standard. Founded in 315 BCE and captured by the ...

George I, in full George Louis, German Georg Ludwig, (born May 28, 1660, Osnabrück, Hanover [Germany]—died June 11, 1727, Osnabrück), elector of Hanover (1698–1727) and first Hanoverian king of Great Britain (1714–27). George Louis of Brunswick-Lüneburg was the son of Ernest Augustus, elector of Hanover, and Sophia of the Palatinate, a ...

Greece: King George I (1863-1913) » See the 40 coins. 10 Lepta - George I; 2 Drachmai - George I (Pattern strike) 20 Lepta - George I (1st portrait) 1 Lepton - George I (2nd portrait) 20 Lepta - George I (Pattern strike) » See the 38 banknotes. 100 Drachmai; 10 Drachmai; 10 Drachmai; 5 Drachmai; 1 000 Drachmai