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- Birth namePrins Vilhelm Georg von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
- King George of Greece was born on December 24, 1845 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was married to Queen Olga. He died on March 18, 1913 in Thessaloniki, Greece.
- SpouseQueen Olga(October 27, 1867 - March 18, 1913) (his death, 8 children)
- ChildrenGrand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of RussiaGrand Duchess Maria Georgievna of RussiaPrincess Olga
- Parents
- RelativesQueen Alexandra(Sibling)Prins Valdemar(Sibling)Amedeo Duca D'Aosta(Great Grandchild)Grand Duke Michael(Niece or Nephew)Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia(Niece or Nephew)Prins Aage(Niece or Nephew)Prins Axel(Niece or Nephew)Prins Erik(Niece or Nephew)Prins Viggo(Niece or Nephew)Prinsesse Margrethe(Niece or Nephew)Tsar Nicholas II(Niece or Nephew)Georgiy Aleksandrovich Romanov(Niece or Nephew)Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia(Niece or Nephew)Czarina Maria Fyodorovna(Sibling)Prince Philip(Grandchild)King Charles III(Great Grandchild)Princess Anne(Great Grandchild)Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor(Great Grandchild)Prince Edward(Great Grandchild)Princess Marina(Grandchild)Edward Windsor(Great Grandchild)Princess Alexandra(Great Grandchild)Prince Michael of Kent(Great Grandchild)King George V(Niece or Nephew)Prince Albert Victor(Niece or Nephew)Princess Louise(Niece or Nephew)Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom(Niece or Nephew)Dronning Maud(Niece or Nephew)King Haakon VII(Niece or Nephew)Princess Ingeborg(Niece or Nephew)King Christian X(Niece or Nephew)King Constantine II(Great Grandchild)Princess Louise of Schaumburg-Lippe(Niece or Nephew)Prins Harald(Niece or Nephew)Prins Gustav(Niece or Nephew)King Frederik VIII(Sibling)Prinsesse Thyra(Sibling)Ernest Augustus(Niece or Nephew)King Paul of Greece(Grandchild)Queen Sofía of Spain(Great Grandchild)Princess Irene of Greece(Great Grandchild)Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark(Great Grandchild)King Michael(Great Grandchild)Elena of Greece and Denmark(Grandchild)King Georgios II(Grandchild)H.R.H. Prince Peter of Greece(Grandchild)Princess Maria Pavlovna(Grandchild)Lennart Bernadotte(Great Grandchild)Dmitri Pavlovich Romanov(Grandchild)Princess Olga Paul of Yugoslavia(Grandchild)Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia(Great Grandchild)David Chavchavadze(Great Grandchild)Prince Michael of Greece(Grandchild)Rainer Prinz von Hessen(Great Grandchild)
- Offered the throne by the Greek Assembly at age 17, and ruled Greece for the next 50 years as Georgios I, King of the Hellenes.
- Son of Christian IX. Brother of King Frederik VIII, Queen Alexandra, Czarina Maria Fyodorovna, Prinsesse Thyra, and Prins Valdemar.
- Had 8 children: King Constantine, George (1869-1957), Alexandra (1870-1891), Nicholas (1872-1938), Maria (1876-1940), Olga (1881), Andrew (1882-1944) and Christopher (1888-1940).
- Had 21 Grandchildren: Prince George (1890-1947, King George II of Greece),Prince Alexander (1893-1920, King Alexander of Greece), Elena of Greece and Denmark, Prince Paul (1901-1964, King Paul I of Greece), Princess Irene (1904-1974) and Princess Katherine (1913-2007, Constantine's children), Prince Peter (1908-1980) and Princess Eugenie (1910-1989, George's children), Grand Duchess Maria (1890-1958) and Grand Duke Dmitri (1891-1941, Alexandra's children), Princess Olga (1903-1997), Princess Elizabeth (1904-1955) and Princess Marina (1906-1968, Nicholas' daughters), Princess Nina (1901-1974) and Princess Xenia (1903-1965, Maria's daughters), Princess Margarita (1905-1981), Princess Theodora (1906-1969), Princess Cecilie (1911-1937), Princess Sophie (1914-2001) and Prince Philippos (1921-, Andrew's children) and Prince Michael (1939-, Christopher's son).
- Uncle of King George V, Tsar Nicholas II, King Christian X, King Haakon VII, Prince Albert Victor, Dronning Maud, and Prins Axel.
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