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| Style | His Majesty |
| First monarch | Otto |
| Last monarch | Constantine II |
| Formation | 27 May 1832 |
| Abolition | 1 June 1973 |
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| Pretender(s) | Pavlos |
| Website | greekroyalfamily |
Monarchy of Greece (Greek:Μοναρχία της Ελλάδας,romanized: Monarchía tis Elládas) orGreek monarchy (Greek:Ελληνική Μοναρχία,romanized: Ellinikí Monarchía) is the constitutional form of government by which ahereditary sovereign (Basileus) reigns as the head of state ofGreece. Monarchy in Greece lasted from1832 to 1924 and from 1935 to 1973.[1]
The monarchy of Greece was created by theLondon Conference of 1832 at which theFirst Hellenic Republic was abolished.[citation needed] The Greek crown was originally offered toPrince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha but he declined, later being elected theking of the Belgians.
In 1832,Prince Otto of Bavaria of theHouse of Wittelsbach was styled "His Majesty Otto I, King of Greece", over which he reigned for 30 years until he was deposed in 1862.[2] After Otto's deposition as king, the crown was offered to many others, including the novelist and former British colonial secretaryEdward Bulwer-Lytton.[3]
Ahead of state referendum was held in 1862 to name a new king. The vast majority of Greek people wantedPrince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, to be their new king.[4][5] He won the referendum by 230,016 against theDuke of Leuchtenberg. Alfred declined to be king, and so did every candidate untilPrince Vilhelm of Denmark of theHouse of Glücksburg, who had received only six votes. Vilhelm was elected unanimously by the Greek Assembly, and became "His Majesty George I, King of theHellenes".
There was areferendum in 1920 to restoreConstantine I as monarch, but four years later theSecond Hellenic Republic was established and the monarchy was abolished following areferendum in 1924. Then in 1935 themonarchy was restored after a referendum and maintained after areferendum in 1946.
In July 1973 theGreek military junta called areferendum, which abolished the monarchy for the second time in Greek history. Then in 1974, the democratically elected prime minister,Konstantinos Karamanlis, called areferendum whichlegitimately confirmed the abolition.
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Tatoi was the private residence and 10,000-acre estate outside of Athens originally bought byKing George I in the 1870s. The property was seized by the Republic following the 1974 referendum and has long been a contentious issue between the former royal family and the Greek state.
The Old Royal Palace (Greek:Παλαιά Ανάκτορα,romanized: Palaiá Anáktora) is the first royal palace of modern Greece, completed in 1843. It has housed the Hellenic Parliament since 1934. The Old Palace is situated at the heart of modern Athens, facing ontoSyntagma Square.
Most of the Greeks wanted Prince Alfred – the second son of Queen Victoria and Albert – to be king, but he declined.
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