Kingdom of Greece
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The Kingdom of Greece refers to a period in Greek history when Greece was a monarchy under a King of the Hellenes.
At the end of the Greek War of Independence, Greece became independent from the Ottoman Empire in 1831 with John Capodistria as the first head of state. Capodistria was assassinated before the new regime was able to attain formal international recognition. At the London Conference of 1832, Great Britain, France and Russia (the Great Powers at the time) offered the Greek throne to the 17-year-old Wittelsbach Prince Otto of Bavaria, who became the first King of the Hellenes.
After King Otto was deposed in 1863, 17-year-old Prince George of Denmark was elected to succeed the throne as a constitutional monarch. Apart from an interregnum from 1924 to 1935 when Greece was a republic, King George I and his family reigned in Greece until King Constantine II was exiled by a military junta in 1967.
The monarchy was formally abolished by a referendum in 1974.
See also
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- History of modern Greece
- List of Kings of Greece
- Royal House of Greece
- Royal Family of Greece
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