King George I of Greece

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King of Greece head of state human monarch

King George I of Greece was the Danish-born monarch who reigned as King of the Hellenes from 1863 to 1913, overseeing significant territorial expansion and national development during a transformative period in modern Greek history.

Aliases (1)

George I of Greece ×10

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	King of Greece → head of state → human → monarch →
birthName	Prince William of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg →
burialPlace	Royal Cemetery at Tatoi →
causeOfDeath	gunshot wound →
child	Constantine I of Greece → George, Prince of Greece and Denmark → Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark → Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark → Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark → Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark → Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark →
coronationDate	1863-10-30 →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Denmark → Kingdom of Greece →
dateOfBirth	1845-12-24 →
dateOfDeath	1913-03-18 →
dynasty	House of Glücksburg →
era	modern Greek history →
father	Christian IX of Denmark →
givenName	George →
languageSpoken	Danish → French → Greek →
mannerOfDeath	assassination →
memberOf	House of Glücksburg →
monarchOf	Kingdom of Greece →
mother	Louise of Hesse-Kassel NERFINISHED →
nativeName	Γεώργιος Α΄ της Ελλάδος →
nobleTitle	Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg →
notableEvent	Balkan Wars territorial expansion of Greece → Thessaly and Arta ceded to Greece → annexation of the Ionian Islands to Greece →
notableFor	longest-reigning modern king of Greece until the 21st century → oversaw major territorial expansion of Greece →
occupation	monarch →
placeOfBirth	Copenhagen → Kingdom of Denmark →
placeOfDeath	Kingdom of Greece → Thessaloniki →
positionHeld	King of the Hellenes →
predecessor	King Otto of Greece →
reignEnd	1913-03-18 →
reignStart	1863-03-30 →
religion	Eastern Orthodox Church →
residence	Athens → Royal Palace of Athens →
sexOrGender	male →
sibling	Alexandra of Denmark → Dagmar of Denmark → Frederick VIII of Denmark →
spouse	Olga Constantinovna of Russia NERFINISHED →
successor	King Constantine I of Greece →
title	Prince of Denmark →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alexandra of Denmark ("George I of Greece") → Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) ("George I of Greece") → Queen Alexandra ("George I of Greece") →	sibling
Constitution of 1864 (Greece) →	adoptedBy
King of the Hellenes ("George I of Greece") →	firstHolder
Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark ("George I of Greece") →	grandfather
1896 Summer Olympics →	hasOpeningDeclaredBy
Kingdom of Greece ("George I of Greece") →	monarch
King of the Hellenes ("George I of Greece") →	notableHolder
House of Oldenburg ("George I of Greece") →	notableMember
Games of the I Olympiad →	openedBy
Otto of Greece ("George I of Greece") →	successor
King of the Hellenes ("George I of Greece") →	titleCreatedFor